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Hi AshDawn, Yoga helps me a lot. My problem is staying consistent with it when I need it most. When my schedule gets so busy, I let the yoga slip -- self-sabotage big-time! I'm spiritual but not religious. I was raised Christian, but, like many folks with abuse in their childhood, the...

(((Ms. Spock))) Do you have some herbal tea? Maybe you could make a hot cup of tea and sit in a soothing hot bath. I feel for you and am sending you thoughts of support.

Sunset colors are my favorite! Thanks for posting your beautiful work. Really lovely!!!

I can understand why you conceive it as "really small gradual progress," but from my vantage point in reading your posts and your determination, I find what you just recently wrote and processed as incredibly HUGE progress.

My boyfriend has noticed this in me when I sleep. In fact, he says that if he brushes up or touches an innocuous part of my body -- my shoulder, for example -- the twitching will be localized to just that spot. I've always assumed it was part of PTSD, but I've not read anything about it.

I wish you both the best. I'm no longer on an anti-anxiety med (although I'm still on an anti-depressant) and I think I'm going to have to take the anti-anxiety med again. I can't concentrate enough to get my research done, so... I'll see my psych in two weeks. But, Ms. Spock and Pippi, I'm...

I've dropped off significantly from my therapy appointments -- money is an issue, time is an issue, recovering time from therapy. It's interesting that you mentioned the end of the semester. That's when I find I can actually tackle therapy sessions again. It's such a stop-and-go process for...

Hi vtap, I agree with Lucycat on telling your therapist. In terms of not forgiving yourself due to self-medicating with recreational drugs, I look back on my own bout with recreational drugs in a different way. In my childhood, from the time of 8, I ruminated on suicide daily. It got so bad...

Glad to read that. Although I've awakend way too early, my spirit is up. I've had a four-day period of constant depression-anxiety (and insomnia), but I'm feeling much clearer today.

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My boyfriend took note of a "new" (meaning freshly laundered) shirt and my letting my hair down (literally), and told me I looked nice. I sure needed to hear that today. Perfect timing.

I took a hot shower. Although I generally dread the bathing routine, I reminded myself that it's part of self-care, self-love, and that I need to wash allergens off of me to have a better day. I felt much better afterwards. A lesson I have to keep repeating over-and-over, but it was nice to...

It's been a real struggle today (depression, anxiety), but I'm feeling a little better now.

Hi Mika, I appreciate your courage in posting your story, and I understand how disheartening a warning like that is. Like Lucycat, I also received warnings when I first started participating. I hope you decide to stay. And, thank you for sharing. Sincerely, SPSB

Not as depressed as yesterday, but I still feel somewhat numb.

That makes a lot of sense -- the most effective/efficient calculation is a very useful tool in all of this.:)

Energy - fatigue is my constant battle. For me personally, I find if I have more energy, my sense of hope improves. It is, however, a battle zone. For instance, yesterday was not one of my better days due to fatigue. Last night I finally got some decent sleep and, though I'm not chipper, I...

This is a hard nut to crack for me, but in the last several years I've been trying very hard to remind myself that the more energy I have, the happier I am. Like Philippa, I try to focus on better nutrition and some exercise. Putting myself to bed (other than napping) has always been so...

A cook -- I need to get into cooking. A random idea: where I work the university offers adult-education courses of which a person from the community offers their skills to teach a workshop/course. It's not for credit and the pay is not that great, but, if your university offers something...

Hi Rosalia, I'm in the same situation because I teach also. I have a hard time maintaining a sense of structure and in my anxious, self-loathing, like you, I go out "shopping." My financial situation is a mess because of the emotional spending. I have a similar situation regarding friends in...

Anxious, overwhelmed and uninspired to take care of things.

That sounds so lovely. Where I once lived in Arkansas, there were places to mine for quartz, diamonds. A river near the college I went to had a lot of tiger iron and jasper, too.

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Wow! I have that same problem. I literally have to shake my wrists when I want to process that "ok, I need to turn left, etc." And, I panic when someone asks me for directions because I know I'll have to calm down and rattle my wrists before I start to explain things. I've often wondered if...

Get some grading done, enough to feel I've made a sufficient dent and Clean Out the Kitty Litter Box!!!