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I just got my laundry done, and now I'm just working online again until I go to bed a little bit later on.

You're right, PirateLady, the first appointment they ask a lot of questions about your past, symptoms, and more. It's what they call an intake assessment. Part of why they do this is so they can diagnose you.

StrangeLongTrip, I think it's great that you have found a state out west that you love and that you believe you'd be happy living in. I wish you good luck once you move out there later this year or in early 2021. I'm sure you'll find it to be exciting to move to a place you love. Maybe I'll...

It's true that some people don't understand. However, their are people who do understand, and not just therapists. I've found that mental health workers who aren't highly trained therapists who have Master's Degrees and Ph.D's or anything like that do understand, as many of them have had...

I've never worried about fires, whether it be fires started from fireworks or started some other way, because I've never even seen a forest fire or a fire near the house I live in. I'm less likely to worry about something if that something has never happened to me before. However, I do think...

Right now I'm just watching a little TV and working online. Later on before the sun goes down I'll water the lawn at the house that I live in. That way the lawn will stay green.

Now I'm hearing Nickleback with Photograph.

Yes, Joey Little, I have bloodwork done once per month at a nearby community health center because I'm on Clozaril. Also, I had a nurse tell me that it's a good idea to pretty much take my medication at the same times each day.

I've been on psychiatric medications since 2000. And over the years, I've always done the best I can to take my medications at the same times each day. Since 2011, the only psychiatric medication I've been on is a drug called Clozaril. Everyday, I take my Clozaril practically always at the...

Sideways, Lithium was one of the medications I was on back when my hands shook real bad.

Now I'm hearing Scatman John with Scatman.

Changing4Best, I'm also better at remembering faces than I am remembering names, although I'm not real bad at remembering names.

I can see where some people who are seeing a psychotherapist need to take a break from the therapy sometimes.

Back in 2000 and 2001, I was in severe depression much of the time. I was also dealing with symptoms of PTSD, including anger and anxiety. The psychiatric medications weren't working for me. Hence, the psychiatrists recommended ECT treatments for me. Unfortunately, the ECT treatments didn't...

The first time I went to the hospital for psychiatric reasons was in 2000. It was before I went on Maine state disability. I had health insurance through my employer at the time. But my insurance plan was limited as to how long the insurance company would pay the hospital for me to be there...

I used to put up with psychiatric medications that made my hands shake and tremor unusually bad every time I'd get nervous...to the point where some people would ask me if I had Parkinson's Disease. It was embarrassing because when my hands would shake and tremor, I looked to everyone else like...

I've never taken psychiatric medications that required me to take them on an empty stomach before.

Esz, I don't think that taking psychiatric medication(s) means that you are taking the easy way out if you need to be on meds. Instead, I think that if you get on pills that help you a lot, it will also make the talk therapy work even better for you than it has.

I can't work full time because of my disability. But if I were to be able to work full time someday and get off of disability, I would fear that it would be hard to get back on disability if I became disabled once again. I've heard that getting on disability in Maine, United States is harder...

Cleaning sliding glass doors isn't my favorite thing to do. But sometimes it has to be done. And the result of doing a good job at that is that the windows and everything outside looks better, making it worth it.

Chitoshi, I think it's great that you're both committed to your marriage.

Earning a Master's Degree is a huge accomplishment. Not everyone can do that.

One good thing for me not being able to go out as much during the pandemic is that I have more time to comment to online forums such as MyPTSD.com. I have always found commenting to forums and blogs as rather therapeautic for me.

I ruminate a lot, sometimes about past traumatic experiences that I went through years ago, but also about my future. I often ruminate way too much about where my life is going. If you think about things way too much, ever try staring at the flame of a candle to get your mind off of unpleasant...

I don't believe that someone can go crazy or become crazy because people are too complex to be put in one category.