I've been following child deaths and illness, people with disabilities deaths and illnesses from the beginning, Delta changed things significantly, pretty gutted that Australia is letting it spread among 5-11 year olds when if the government had procured it we could be vaccinating now. It would...
They just dropped the mask mandate here when we have three exposure sites around us. It was a mistake, they didn't know it was going to happen this way. We had decided to continue wearing masks anyway, because you never really know where it will pop up. Which was lucky because they are all...
Any one ever used Nortriptyline? What was it like? What worked? What didn't work? What side effects did you have? (Yes I know our reactions are very individual).
I am on Endep and due to the side effects I am considering a change - dry mouth, increased appetite, jitteriness, anxiety, increased...
So I had been so down on myself about my eating but it was the Endep. Whilst I was off it I had no problems at all not doing the extra eating. So that is at least good awareness. It's like my constantly dry mouth - it's a side effect of the medication.
Self-Compassion (There's a Self Compassion Break and other audio exercises here)
The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self Compassion: Kristin Neff at TEDxCentennialParkWomen
Hope one resonates with you @brat17
Gone from 86 kilos to 71ish again. Trying to maintain. Stopped the comfort eating, but now back on the medication and the appetite has returned. This makes it f*cking tough.
I have bought it but I haven't read it yet. So thanks for the heads up.
I am in a shame spiral and coming out of a major depressive episode and going on medication again. Everyone I meet says you are too hard on yourself.
Oh come on Deb. Asian Americans were just killed because a white guy was "having a bad day".
I feel really attacked by you and gotten at and really hurt to be honest. I feel bewildered as it feels like you are being so nasty and vicious towards me. I am not engaging with this with you again. I...
I apologise for belittling you @intothelight. That was not my intention. I talked to my psychiatrist about the situation and she said that many people with severe early childhood trauma often lacked capacity for humour, it was my way of trying to understanding, your extremely upsetting to me...
In the real world that is what I do, it's an important part of what I do with my life.
At the same time you have to be able to laugh about it all, at times, or you will go mad, or never leave the house again.
You have to have the energy to support people on the edge of intergenerational social...
That would be optimum.
But that is not what happens.
You didn't say it, this is true.
You have a point there.
This is true.
I would agree with that.
This is true, but it is not what happens, and having a laugh about it is a sanity saving way of engaging with a type of resilience. When I...
I am missing your point and I think you are missing my point as well. At it's base I think your severe trauma as a child has meant you are being really concrete in your thinking and not seeing the abstract thinking and humour that goes with where I sit with this. This humour is a survival thing...
That "nothing more" is huge for people who risk being killed by the police or other bigoted people every time that they leave home. It's a way of managing the fear and anxiety. Having the horror reduced can mean gaining the ability to leave the house again.
Asian Americans were literally killed...
Hello Folks,
In case anyone is interested there is a 16 week Book Club on the newest of David Burns' book "Feel Great".
1. March 17 at 9 am Pacific Time
2. March 17 at 5 pm Pacific Time
The cost will be 8 dollars per session, paid in advance, but you can pay whatever you can comfortably afford...
In case anyone is interested there is a 16 week Book Club on the newest of David Burns' book "Feel Great".
1. March 17 at 9 am Pacific Time
2. March 17 at 5 pm Pacific Time
The cost will be 8 dollars per session, paid in advance, but you can pay whatever you can comfortably afford, and no one...