My sister was, and is, the scrapper of the family (IMHO). I remember hearing once about how she was at band practice (she was on the rifle squad), and a girl made some comment about her being black. My sister clocked her in the jaw with the butt end of the rifle. When someone attempted to...
Just an update
I'm still doing really well, emotionally. Two days ago I felt like something was wrong, though. My mood changed a little.. the initial 'high' I had was dimming, and I felt sleepy and tired all the time. A trip to the emergency room revealed that I have a sinus infection, and a...
lizagurl: Thank you! *raises hands triumphantly in the air and does a mini-cheer* Today, and yesterday, are the first two days I've had where I honestly haven't thought about the childhood traumas and wanted to cry. The thing that worries me now (and probably rightly so) is that this could...
Ooh Anthony! More to ponder, indeed! Especially since today when I met with the psychiatrist, she asked me flat out why I was so upset after my father died when he was abusive to me, and I told her that it was the first death in our immediate family, and that it hit too close to home, made me...
Thank you piglet, and good luck with your meeting! :)
I had the strangest dream this morning, and I can't help but think it was my subconscious trying to work things out. It's fragmented, but from the pieces I remember, there were two men in my home (or whatever house I was in), and they were...
hi Anthony and thank you for the welcome :)
When I was first diagnosed with depression, I was put on imipramine. 6 months and 20+ pounds later, I saw the prescribing doctor again, and told him of my weight gain. He told me basically to try and recognize real hunger from head hunger (good...
lizagirl, thank you SO much. Already I feel understood just reading your words because they resonate with me. My brother and I have a very strained relationship because, way before I knew I needed treatment, he had a "discussion" with me about my life - days after my father died, days after I...
I sought out treatment in 1995, and was diagnosed with clinical depression. I was put on antidepressants, but they seemed, to me, not to work. I still felt the way I always have. Recently I mentioned to my counselor that I thought I might have depersonalization disorder and asked to be...