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Sometimes I try to work on both at the same time. For example, when I am doing house chores, I will try to work on mindfulness and breathing exercises. I'm not always successful, but I do try. When I'm at work, I try to take a 10 minute break to do some meditation. I figure that if others...

It was recently recommended to me by a shrink that I try Bach's Flower Remedies to combat fear. I'm all for placebo effects since I don't want to try pharmaceutical medicines, but I'm also very skeptical. Has anyone ever heard of these or tried them? Our local health food store has them...

Honestly, if I could just get the person to admit to what happened, to be a witness to the truth, and to validate my feelings about it, that would be enough for me. I think.

I want to go to your 367th birthday party please!

Last night, watching Clinton's speech at the DNC, I was very moved by her description of her mother's childhood. It is a description that matches much of mine, and much of my mother's. A child being essentially abandoned at an early age, and then thrown out of the house while still a...

Yesterday, I brought some very basic questions to ask my therapist, and I wonder whether her answers are correct and I'm just naive, or if I need to find someone else to work with. I asked her what therapy is for, what can be accomplished in therapy, what "getting better" looks like, what I am...

President Obama's speech at the convention last night was fantastic & inspiring. I'm looking forward to hearing Hillary Clinton speak!

I'm multi-ethnic, but I appear white. That typically puts me in an interesting position with racist white people who feel that they can safely express their racism in front of me, not knowing that I am 50% of the race that they are talking about.

I'm not sure if that would be helpful. I get extremely nervous & angry when I even suspect that a child is being wronged, even if I logically know they aren't. IT has lead to fights with my spouse, even though I know she would never ever harm our son. In fact, last weekend, while I was...

Sometimes it feels like there is just too much to work on. It's overwhelming. I need to fix my anxiety, depression, temper, house, weight, phobia, inability to connect with others, financial situation, blah blah blah blah. I don't even want to type it all! Why do I have to have this shit to...

One thing that always has me hesitant about 3rd parties is that a candidate could win with less than a majority approval. For example, if there were 3 close candidates running, the person who ultimately won the presidency could win with only 35 percent of the popular vote. To me, that is a...

Growing up, I never thought I would see a woman as a major candidate for President. I hope I get to see a woman not only as a candidate, but as President! I really think that Clinton has the experience and temperament to do the job well. I was thinking last night that it would take an...

I don't know what to feel about the neglect I experienced as a child. I was left alone each day in the house with no supervision from the age of 5. When my mother & step father were home, I had to either be in the garage, or my bedroom (when I finally had a bedroom instead of a couch in the...

I've never had them tested. I spoke with my Gyn about the issue once, and she said it sounds like I have depression that is just worse when I bleed. She prescribed some anti-depressants that I never took.

I think we have all probably let a few un-truths slide by in therapy. Could you possibly print out your post here and show it to your therapist? I'm sure your therapist would most likely understand. And it would probably be very relieving to get this off of your chest.

So, after a strange falling out with my therapist involving her views on race & gender, I ended up finding a new therapist. I'm hopeful that I can make some real progress with this one, although I am not at all sure what "progress" actually looks like. Living in Montana, I know it will be...

Do any other women notice an increase in PTSD symptoms around the time before their period? I notice that in the week before my period, I tend to have more angry outbursts & fight more with my spouse. My anxiety increases, as does my insomnia, lack of focus, depression, and irrational...

Great thread. I haven't cried at all this year. Sometimes, it feels like I am going to cry, but nothing happens. A few months ago, I tried watching sad movies to induce the tears, thinking that would make me feel better. No tears came. Still, here are some songs that would ordinarily do it...

Ugh. Another round of depression seems to be coming over me. Violent thoughts, anger, lethargy, thoughts of suicide. I don't know what to do. When I've spoken with a therapist in the past, she focused a lot on the "why" part of it all. But does that even matter? Can't I just figure out...

Thanks, everyone. I made an appointment with my therapist, who I haven't seen for some time. She said that I need to acknowledge that what happened in my memory was significant to me when I was a child, and that I was right to feel fear at that time. Then, I'm supposed to remember that I'm...

I'm at work right now, and I just realized that whenever I experience conflict with an authority figure or anyone who is older then me, I get an image of my mother chasing me with a piece of baseboard that she used to hit me with. It was about 2 inches wide and maybe 18 inches long, dark brown...

I have an opportunity to start a new job as an insurance adjuster which will come with a lot of good benefits. I will have health insurance for my family & I, which will ensure that I can continue with therapy if I need to. The pay is also a little more than I receive now. I am, however...

ScandanavianGirl: I have the same feelings after each session with my shrink. I feel like she is irritated with me and would prefer that I stop going. Rescheduling is always awkward and uncomfortable. I'm not sure if she wants me to keep coming because she's getting paid, or if she'd like to...

So, I went back & saw my shrink. She says that I misunderstood her, and that she did not intend to say anything against me or against my family. She offered some explanations, and what she said sounded very different from what she had previously said. I'm not entirely sure that I follow her...

Thank you, everyone, for your support. I ended up sending her an email explaining how I felt about what she said. She claims that it was all a misunderstanding, and that she did not mean those things at all. I don't see how what she said could be interpreted in any other way, but I'm willing...