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Posted 3/21/2011 3:38 PM (GMT 0)
So happy that you are feeling better and facing your fears. I am glad that you were able to visit places that you couldn't before. I think it is always nice to hear positive posts like yours. I hope it lasts. Don't be bummed if there isn't always good days, but you should have more good than bad. Keep on trying. You are doing great.
Hugs, Karen
LNichole87
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Posted 3/21/2011 4:01 PM (GMT 0)
I think before I was pushing myself too hard and then beating myself up when I couldn't do it. Everybody kept telling me "you can do it!" but I didn't believe it. I am finally starting to believe it :) It will be nice to have more good days than bad!
Thanks!!
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Posted 3/21/2011 5:23 PM (GMT 0)
I think we are all capable of doing that. We expect too much out of ourselves. I am glad that you are going with the flow now. It sounds like you have accomplished a lot. Relax and enjoy life. Best wishes to you.
Hugs, Karen
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Posted 3/22/2011 12:46 AM (GMT 0)
hahaha overall still a good day :) weather was beautiful & I had a lazy day inside with all the windows
open.. even succombed (sp?) to a nap attack.. gotta love spring break! :) Tonight though am a lil tempermental I guess you can call it. I was talking with a friend on Facebook and meant to put a :) and accidently hit :/ instead.. before I could correct it she sent "now what" I know I could have easily just said it was meant to be a :) but it hit me wrong & made me kinda pissed Instead of typing back tho just said "sorry nm" and signed off.
I can feel the emotions starting to go wacky but Im gonna fight it. So decided to leave facebook alone for awhile and vent here a little bit and then move on (hopefully lol)
Sometimes i am me (HT)...
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Posted 3/22/2011 12:56 AM (GMT 0)
keep fightin' that good fight. you are doin' well. head up high, ok. here for you, jamie.
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Posted 3/22/2011 12:58 AM (GMT 0)
thanks! :) decided to go attempt to make fajitas for dinner :)
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Posted 3/22/2011 4:31 AM (GMT 0)
yum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
save some for me!!!!!!!!!!! lol
jamie
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Posted 3/22/2011 4:34 AM (GMT 0)
lol Ended up being lazy and just taking turkey & cheese & wrappin it up in a tortilla LOL maybe tomorrow will do fajitas. There has been some entertainment for the evening though! Took a break from homework to look outside my window (im on the 3rd floor) and theres 8 cops standing below, arresting one person & not 5 mins later they put up crime scene tape lol lovely!!!!
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Posted 3/22/2011 5:47 AM (GMT 0)
geez, i reckon!!!!!!!!!!!!! stay safe. jamie.
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Posted 3/22/2011 5:49 AM (GMT 0)
hehehehe It was a good distraction from my homework. it was just a bad fight I guess from what Im hearing through my window lol started in the apt 2 floors down and then the dude left here and they found him injured a block or so away
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Posted 3/22/2011 6:16 AM (GMT 0)
alike me..........back 2 the dreaded homework!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jamie
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Posted 3/22/2011 10:29 AM (GMT 0)
I am happy to see you are feeling better Nichole. And Jamie... I imagine it can get kind of scarey to see things like that. You must live in a city. We have a lot of crime here in the town next to us. But our town is pretty quiet. Though there are a few troublesome youths. I guess they are bored. There isn't much to do here.
I hope that you have a good spring break. Keep up the good work. And I know it is work. You are doing good.
Many hugs, Karen
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Posted 3/22/2011 10:41 AM (GMT 0)
cheers mate!!!!!!!!!!! nicole seen the drama. she is on break, not me!!!!! i wish!!!! getting through the first modules assignments, nearly done!!!! it is due fri. take care both of you, nicole and karen
jamie
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Posted 3/23/2011 11:29 PM (GMT 0)
deleted Debbie's number off my phone tonight.... feelin guilty...
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Posted 3/24/2011 10:51 AM (GMT 0)
I know how you feel. I have my nephew's number on my phone still. I don't know how to delete it actually. But I think of him everytime I go through my contacts. I lost him a couple of years ago. Still have his email addy in my system. You can always put it back if it bothers you too much. Know you have that freedom.
You were a wonderful friend. And you still are. I hope that you do feel better soon.
Hugs, Karen
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Posted 3/29/2011 1:52 AM (GMT 0)
I dunno what is the cause of it... it could be the weather being cold & nasty again, effects from feelin guilty about
deleting her number, a reoccurance of a horrible memory that was hidden for awhile (MAJOR meltdown on Sat.. couldnt text, talk, drive.. just sat & cried until it passed & then continued on my way. I was about
50 minutes in on a 3 hr drive..) I dunno! I have felt so.. foggyheaded! That's the only way I have been able to explain it. I can't wait until the 11th when I can see my 'primary dr' (I don't see how they call her my primary doc when it takes 3 weeks just to get in to her! I even added needing to see her about
a pinched nerve in my neck UGH!!!!!!) When I made the appointment, I wanted to see what I could do for depression and of course the pinched nerve (which I still have but at least its a little better so I can move my head) But I have always been curious, at least for the past 3 or 4 years, if I am bipolar and ADD (pretty sure I am ADD but didn't have much trouble till recently) Two of my friends have put thoughts of possible PTSD from Debbie passing away. I see that as a tiny possibility but I don't know much about
it.
Does anybody here have info on PTSD or bipolar?
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Posted 3/29/2011 1:21 PM (GMT 0)
Post traumatic stress disorder, I dealt with that a few years ago. Any traumatic event can cause it. Mine was from childhood repressed memories. I still have some, but the mind wont let them surface until it is capable of dealing with the situation. There are others who have ptsd on the forum, so hopefully they can share with you.
We have a wonderful bipolar forum if you would like to visit it. You will know if you are bipolar by the manic episodes. You get a lot of energy, your mind races and you can possibly do spending sprees, many do. But you are up and can't sleep. I am not sure how long the manic episodes last, you could visit the bipolar forum and find out. We have a few bipolar members here too. You might want to start a thread on it so everybody can read your questions.
I hope that you get this figured out. I think you will feel better after you see your primary. Maybe he will find you a psychiatrist or a counselor to talk to. It really helps.
I hope that you have a good day. I hope that you are feeling better.
Hugs, Karen
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Posted 3/30/2011 1:15 AM (GMT 0)
repressed childhood memories... I can see that one easily for me. I have done spending sprees before.. Not outlandish like 100s & 100s of dollars but have gone up to about
$150 before. My mind definately races and half the time its about
depressive thoughts.
I realized tonight that I hate myself. Once I said it, I cried for about
20 minutes but then moved on. I realized though that I hate myself and have ever since I was little.
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Posted 3/30/2011 11:41 AM (GMT 0)
Learn to love yourself. It is easy. You are a good person and an equal human being to everybody else. Treat yourself good. Pamper yourself once in awhile. What is it that you hate yourself about
? Is it physical or mental? I think therapy would help with that. You will learn to like things about
yourself and eventually you will love yourself completely. I know that there are things we don't like about
ourselves, but we should hate ourselves, we are all we have.
I may have to lock this thread due to length. But you can start another one, or I will start one for you. But when we get close to 100 posts, we are suppose to lock them. So feel free to start another thread, okay?
Do you feel you have ptsd from your childhood? There is a good book called "Healing the Child Within". I think it would do you good to read it. It isn't a very long book and is easy to read. The author's name is Charles L. Whitfield, M. D. I think that this book would do you some good.
I hope that you have a good day. Know that if this thread gets locked it is only because of the length.
Take care,
Hugs, Karen
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Posted 3/30/2011 11:42 AM (GMT 0)
Ok so maybe I didn't move on as well as I had thought (hoped?)... Ended up texting with a friend until about
1am. I hate when you start to cry and its one of those where you know your crying but not breathing for about
10-20 seconds at a time.. eyes of course were super bloodshot & itchy and my chest hurt from straining to force myself to breathe.
As I was leaving work yesterday I started to realize something that left me kinda confused...
Its like my brain is fighting with itself.. One moment I want attention from someone and think of what I could do to get more attention.. next moment thoughts run through my mind about
how I could function acceptably throughout the day with as little attention/contact with this person as possible.. & then its trying to figure out why. A thought that ran through my head earlier was how I could avoid contact/interaction to a degree in the beginning but its like the end result would be to figure out if this person would seek out the interaction first.. almost like in the back of mind, wondering if they cared enough to notice a difference Its confusing because I don't know why these thoughts are running through my head and my mind is fighting against the thoughts at the same time which is leaving a super foggy feeling!
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Posted 3/30/2011 12:14 PM (GMT 0)
I dont' think you saw my above post, as we posted at the same time. I responed to your post right above your last post.
I am going to lock this thread and you can start another one. This one is getting too long.
I want to encourage you to keep posting though, I think it is helping you.
I really didn't quite understand your last post. Are you fighting feelings about
somebody? Somebody that you like? Try not to get in the scheme of trying to get attention. That can be manipulating, you don't want to be that way. I agree to give it a break and see if he makes a move.
Best wishes, Hugs, Karen
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