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Baskin Robbins Vanilla Chocolate Chip in an old-fasioned cone, not those yukky waffle cones. Rainbow flavour Paddle Pops. There must be 3 and they must be put in a bowl eaten in turns as each melts a little on the end. Bet you didn't know there are ice-cream rules.

Maybe start off with a little less strength of pressure and build it. This way it won't seem to take a lot. It will sort of come to a climax and you will know when you can stop. I remembered I also do upper body stuff while holding the steering wheel and gripping like a mad woman but only enough...

It could be adrenaline. If so, it has to be burned up. Easiest fastest way to do that is to use isometric contractions. Sit, stand or lay. Doesn't matter. Squeeze as many of your muscles as tight as you can for as long as you can and make a bit of noise while you do it. Or open your gob at the...

Macadamia nuts. Damn you @sun seeker Now I want Neopolitan ice cream and I never eat the chocolate section.

@Chava. I do hope we haven't pissed you off with too much advise. But then, I guess that is the glory of this forum. We get told the hard stuff we dont want to hear. None of us really 'get it' with each personalised circumstance but there are some truths that are universal and we hate that. I...

@Chava Dont dismiss it too early. I dont know how long you took it or how it was introduced of course. So ignore it if you've done all this. It took three months to kick in properly with no side efffects for me. The first two weeks I hated it and I had started on the lowest humanly possible...

@Chava Have you tried Wellbutrin/Zyban? It is the med used to stop smoking. It is said to help with addiction. I guess alcohol addiction could be helped by it, I do not know. I do know it works differently from the other SSRI's and SNRI's. It works on Dopamine which is the hormone that makes...

I figure if I don't take benzo's now, I won't get to be old enough to get Alzheimer's. Or I will be on weekly ECT within five years with associated memory loss. I'll take the risk. It's a quality of life thing for me. Benzos stop the cascade and the descent into hell. I dont want to suffer...

Remind me Chava. Sorry I have crap memory. Do you take a med? I have a niece who uses alcohol to self-med and totally refuses to take prescribed meds. I believe she thinks they will change her personality. I think the nerves need something to take the edge off for a year or two while going...

@Cj77 Of course there is room and you get to choose your favourite chair and spot at the cafe. Wear whatever you want. A tutu, Doc Martins, a long dress, Bib & Brace overalls, harem pants. Whatever makes your heart smile.

@barefoot - oh no, you didnt sound critical to me. I am just tired and typing in bed. I sensed I was not writing at my best. No problem at all. Time to turn the light out soon. Both the dog and my husband are snoring.

@barefoot. I respond to rules and my life coach and I saw 'saying shame is not allowed" is more in the sense of things between her and I and also shame attached to my thinking while learning how to think differently. It definitely rewired my brain working with her. I no longer see a therapist...

@Sammyiam I used to have this. I fixed it by doing thing that made my stomach valve open up and allow me to burp. I woudl stand in the shower, bend over, put my head back and make a silent scream and a gurgle noise in my throat. I would do it three or four times and then I would burp or almost...

Fibromyalgia! I have it. What works for me is SNRI's. I take Pristiq 100mg AM. If I don't it's like the worst toothache in my wrists and legs and other areas.. There is a Tender Point Test your doctor should done by now to diagnose it. If he hints you are causing the pain through your anxiety...

I had a skinny latte at the cafe and am about to make myself another one. I have a scarf wrapped around my head cos I was too lazy to brush my hair and I have gold shimmer stuff on my cheeks and kohl on my eyes. My wings are a bit muddy today, but they can still flutter. :) I just tidied up the...

@barefoot I think it will help you if you make the shame into a 'thing". I call things "monsters". I say the Depression Monster is here or the Shame Monster is here. Or the "My Son Died Monster" is here. It detaches the Monster from being a part of you, your DNA, your mind. It is something that...

I love my coffee. Have one out and about every morning and stopped feeling guilty about it three years ago. I dream of a place like Faerieland where the cafe would be down by the creek and all the creatures would meet there to have their coffee. Toads in waistcoats, rabbits, pomeranians &...

@gizmo My biggest fear is to lose my husband too. I am so sorry for you. I guess recently I have made peace that it is possible and even picked out where I would go to live if it happens. That gave me more peace about it. You and I could be coffee buddies if we lived in Shimmerzville (If we all...

@Jigsaw Puzzle Or you could be a Wicca Woman. Drawn to the moon, live with the cycles of nature, believe in magic. PS my real name means Daughter of the Moon. I do think of it as a loving thing like a good mother would be.

@gizmo Grief and loss do suck. I hope it has faded a little. Maybe not. After 10 years it does. I promise. I go for weeks not remembering I had a son. It's been 14 years for me. I have accepted this as part of grief and never feel guilty. It helped me a lot to get onto a grief support forum...

Ten weeks on Buproprion now. I am still on the Zyban brand. I put the dose up to 150mg a day AM. The Depression Monster left within 24 hours. I have no problems now with nausea, burping or face itch. I go to the loo (BM) first thing every morning, have dreams which are normal dreams and have...

No, you're not really f#cked in the head and one day you won't use that term even in your thoughts. I used to think it all the time. Never occurs to me now to think that about myself. It's all about the physical pathways in the brain. By pathways I mean routes of brain nerves (neurons) that...

@itsKismet I am like that. Hate to be 'booked ahead" or an expectation of being available. How am I supposed to fly freely or under the radar when people keep trying to pin me down? @Jigsaw Puzzle and @Cashew Can I wear boots? In the brute squad. Not army boots, Little House on the Prairie...

@SheilaKathy I have a 13 year old 5kg black pomeranian. He has leukemia but he is doing well on steroids. Dogs are a life saver for someone with PTSD. Nothing like forced joy to bring you back. @Cashew I just find them annoying. I am being selfish cos I dont have one. OK we will have them but...

I would like a rockpool to sit in and read trashy magazines. I want to be allowed it sit in it and drink my cup of tea out of a fine bone china tea cup, so please no signs telling me what I am not allowed to do in the pool or next to it. I might pee in the pool. Just sayin. I volunteer to cook...