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  • About Me

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    shearcar

    Female, 49
    ORTING, WA, USA
    Member since January 15, 2007

    • About Me

      IM A 46 YEAR OLD SINGLE MOTHER OF 2. I WORK FULL TIME AS A CAREGIVER TO A LADY WHO MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. IM SEEKING FRIENDSHIPS WITH BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WHO BATTLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS AS I DO. WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER OUT.

      IM A 46 YEAR OLD SINGLE MOTHER OF 2. I WORK FULL TIME AS A CAREGIVER TO A LADY WHO MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. IM SEEKING FRIENDSHIPS WITH BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WHO BATTLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS AS I DO. WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER OUT.

    • Interests

      IM REALLY A HOMEBODY AT HEART, BUT LIKE TO GET OUT AND SHOP AND HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS. IM PRETTY FLEXIBLE AS LONG AS WE COULD DO THINGS "KID ORIENTED". IM BEST WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE KIDS, WE CAN HANG OUT TOGETHER, KIDS AND ALL. IM NOT LOOKING FOR A RELATIONSHIP, JUST BUDDIES, MALE OR FEMALE.

      IM REALLY A HOMEBODY AT HEART, BUT LIKE TO GET OUT AND SHOP AND HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS. IM PRETTY FLEXIBLE

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  • Journal

    • Journal Entry for March 2, 2008

      Mood March 2, 2008 7:25pm

      Sorry ive been so out of touch.  Bruce and i had a big argument, and i told him to leave/move out!  Of course his responce was you have to …
    • Journal Entry for January 30, 2008

      Mood January 30, 2008 9:04pm

      ITS BEEN A BETTER DAY, IM NOT FIRED AFTERALL, JUST RELOCATING TO A CLOSER OFFICE.  STILL PISSED WITH BRUCE, BUT IM CALMING DOWN, HE WAS TOTALLY …
    • Journal Entry for January 29, 2008

      Mood January 29, 2008 11:39pm

      I NEED ADVICE FROM MY DAILY STRENGTH FRIENDS, AND ANY OTHERS THAT MIGHT HAVE A WORD OR TWO.  MY SON CHARLIE WAS CAUGHT WITH A SMALL MEDAL ROD, …

    • Journal Entry for January 28, 2008

      Mood January 28, 2008 11:15pm

      I GOT AN EMAIL REGARDING MY LOVE THAT DIED LAST YEAR, NOW I CANT STOP CRYING, ALSO BRUCE IS ON A RAMPAGE AGAIN
    • Journal Entry for January 26, 2008

      Mood January 26, 2008 9:32pm

      YOU KNOW FOR THE MOST PART ITS BEEN A GOOD DAY, BRUCE HAS A TENDENCY TO GRIPE OVER LITTLE THINGS, AND THAT CAN BE IRRATATING, BUT OVERALL, ITS BEEN …

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    Goal End Date is Jan 1, 09 326 days ago.

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    Goal End Date is Jul 1, 08 510 days ago.

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    Goal End Date is Jul 1, 08 510 days ago.
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    Goal End Date is Jan 1, 09 326 days ago.
    Current Weight (Lbs)
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  • Support Groups

    • Close Family Issues

      IM SINGLE AND IN A DISFUNTIONAL RELATIONSHIP. I HAVE 2 TEENS FROM A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE, WHO ARE DEFIANT, AND WONT MIND, AND AN ALCAHOLIC BOYFRIEND WHO LIVES WITH ME, AND MAKES MINE AND MY KIDS LIFES MISERABLE. I HAVE ZERO SELF ESTEEM, DEEP DOWN I WANT HIM GONE, BUT IM AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE MAY REACT, WHAT CAN I DO?

      Treatments

      Emotions Anonymous (EA) Too Soon to Tell
      I'LL CHECK INTO THIS
      Family Therapy Not Working
      CANT AFORD IT
      Talking Working / Worked
      HELPS WHEN I CAN TALK TO SOMEONE
      Writing Working / Worked
      IT HELPS TO WRITE OUT MY FEELINGS
    • Close Depression
      Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

      MUCH OF MY LIFE IVE HAD DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY ISSUES, WITH MEDICATION I CAN KEEP MYSELF SOMEWHAT ON AN EVEN KEEL, BUT THE DEPRESSION IS STILL THERE.

      Treatments

      Celexa Working / Worked
      IT SEEMS TO WORK, BUT EVERY FEW MONTHS IT SEEMS I NEED TO UP MY DOSAGE
      Meditation Considering
      I WANT TO LEARN THIS
      Positive Thinking Not Working
      I HAVE PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA
      Support from Friends & Family Not Working
      I FEEL ALONE
      Writing Working / Worked
      SOMETIMES IT HELPS
    • Open Parenting Teenagers (12-18)

      I HAVE TWO ADOLESANTS, AGES 13 AND 15, AARRGGG! THEY DRIVE ME NUTS SOMETIMES. THEY'RE DEFIANT, AND ARGUMENTITIVE, AND LIE ALOT, WHATS A MOTHER TO DO?

      Treatments

      Education (School) Working / Worked
      SCHOOL GIVES ME A BREAK BUT THATS JUST ABOUT IT
      Patience Not Working
      I HAVE NONE
    • Open Diets & Weight Maintenance

      MY WHOLE LIFE IVE BATTLED WITH MY WEIGHT, I NEED TO DROP 84 POUNDS

      Treatments

      Counting Calories Working / Worked
      DONE THAT BUT I DONT LIKE IT
      Eating Healthier Foods Working / Worked
      IVE MADE SOMEWHT OF A CHANGE IN DIET
      Eat Less Working / Worked
      TRYING THAT
      Hoodia Working / Worked
      HOODIA DOES WORK!
      Physical Exercise Too Soon to Tell
      I NEED TO DO IT
      Slim-Fast Not Working
      YUCK I DONT DO THE SHAKE THING
      Weight Watchers Working / Worked
      CONSIDERING IT, IT WORKED FOR MY MOM
    • Open Hypothyroidism

      I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HYPOTHYROIDISM WHEN I WAS 14, IM NOW 46, AND HAVE BEEN ON MEDICATION ALL THIS TIME, YET IM STILL TIRED. WHAT TO DO?

      Treatments

      Synthroid Somewhat Helpful
      IT HELPS A BIT, BUT NOT THAT MUCH
    • Open Codependency

      ALL MY ADULT LIFE IVE BEEN CODEPENDENT ON MEN JUST SO I FEEL I COULD SURVIVE. NOW IM IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP, AND IM FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO LET HIM GO, IM AFRAID OF HOW HE'LL REACT

      Treatments

      12 Step Program Considering
      AT LEAST I REOLIZE I HAVE A PROBLEM, ISNT THAT STEP 1?
      CoDA Considering
      WERE DO I FIND THAT IN MY AREA?
      Emotions Anonymous (EA) Considering
      NEVER HEARD OF THIS, WHAT IS IT?
      Pets Working / Worked
      I HAVE DOGS AND CATS
      Talking Working / Worked
      IT HELPS TO TALK ABOUT IT
    • Open Financial Challenges

      IM IN DEBT UP TO MY EYEBALLS IN CREDIT CARD DEPT, YET I CANT SEEM TO PUT THEM AWAY, IM TO MUCH OF AN IMPALSE BUYER, AND I KNOW ITS GOTTA STOP. WHAT DO I DO?

      Treatments

      Budgeting Somewhat Helpful
      I DO THAT EVERY MONTH, SOMETIMES IT WORKS, MY PROBLEM IS I HAVE A TENDENCY TO IMPULSE BUY
      Cut Up Credit Cards Working / Worked
      I WILL DO THAT AFTER THE DEBT CONSOLIDATION GOS THROUGH
      Debt Consolidation Working / Worked
      IVE GOT IT LINED UP, ITS IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW
      Earn Money Working / Worked
      I WORK DOES THAT COUNT?
      Filing for Bankruptcy Not Working
      GOD NO I DONT WANT TO DO THAT!
    • Open Child Support & Custody

      IVE BEEN DIVORCED NOW FOR 5 YEARS, AND IN ALL THAT TIME I HAVENT RECIEVED CHILD SUPPORT. HERES MY STORY. WHEN MY DIVORCE BECAME FINAL MY NOW EX HUSBAND WAS WORKING, BUT NOT EARNING MUCH! SO THE COURTS ONLY ALOUD $250.00 PER MONTH FOR OUR 2 KIDS. WITHIN A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK AND IS NOW DRAWING SSD. MY KIDS DO RECIEVE SSD THROUGH THEIR FATHER, BUT ACORDING TO SOCIAL SECURITY, THATS NOT! CHILD SUPPORT!!!! I COULD GO AFTER HIM FOR PAST SUPPORT IF I WANT TO BE MEAN.

    • Open Caregivers

      IVE BEEN A CAREGIVER OFF AND ON OVER 25 YEARS, WORKING FOR COMPANIES. SOMETIMES IT CAN BE DEPRESSING, BUT I TRY NOT TO LET IT GET TO ME, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE OTHER CAREGIVERS TO TALK TO.

    • Open Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Female
      Type: Genital Herpes

      4 YEARS AGO I GOT HERPIES FROM A MAN WHO I THAUGHT WAS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. HE WASNT, HE JUST USED ME FOR SEX! HE KNEW HE HAD IT AND DIDNT TELL ME, SO NOW I HAVE THIS DESEASE FOR LIFE. IM OK WITH IT NOW, I EXCEPT IT AND IT HAS DEFINATLY CHANGED THE WAY I SEE THINGS.

      Treatments

      Valtrex Working / Worked
      VALTREX WORKS LIKE IT SAYS, IT LESSENS THE SEVERITY OF OUTBREAKS, AND SHORTENS THE TIME SPAN, HOWEVER WHEN I WAS ON SUPPRESSIVE THERIPY, IT DID NOT DECREASE THE NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS, TIME DID THAT.
    • Open Hepatitis C

      I DONT HAVE HEP C, BUT MY OTHER HALF DOES SO IM LEARNING FIRST HAND WHAT GOING ON, BUT COULD USE SOME SUPPORT WHEN THINGS HAPPEN TO HIM

      Treatments

      Interferon Working / Worked
      JUST STARTED TAKING IT
      Liver Transplant Too Soon to Tell
      HES ON THE LIST TO GET A LIVER TRANSPLANT
    • Open Fitness Goals
      Type: Be the best you can be

      IVE BEEN OVER WEIGHT MUCH OF MY LIFE, THEY SAY ITS HEREDITARY, AND I COME FROM A LONG LINE OF TALL BIG PEOPLE, STILL I HATE IT AND IM VERY SELF CONCIOUS OF MY SIZE.

      Treatments

      Dancing Not Working
      I LOVE DANCING BUT HAVE 2 LEFT FEET
      Physical Exercise Not Working
      IVE NEVER BEEN INTO PHYSICAL FITNESS AT ALL IN MY LIFE, EVEN AS A CHILD, AND ITS STRAINGE I THINK ABOUT RUNNING, BUT WITH MY DISC DESEASE I PROBABLY SHOULDNT CHANCE IT
      Pilates Not Working
      THAUGHT ABOUT IT
      Slim-Fast Somewhat Helpful
      BEEN THERE DONE THAT, IM NOT INTO THE SHAKE THING
      Swimming Working / Worked
      IVE DONE THAT, IT HELPS, I JUST DONT HAVE THE STAMINA
      Weight Training Not Working
      THAUGHT ABOUT IT
      Weight Watchers Not Working
      THAUGHT ABOUT IT, MY MOM DID IT WHEN I WAS A TEEN, AND SHE LOST QUITE A BIT OF WEIGHT SO I KNOW IT WORKS
    • Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

      MY CASE ISNT SO SEVERE, YET IM THINKING THERES SOME EMOTIONAL ABUSE GOING ON WITH ME AND MY CHILDREN. MY LIVE IN BOYFRIEND GETS MOOD SWINGS, AND NO ONE WANTS TO BE AROUND WHEN HES MOODY, WHICH IS MOST EVERY DAY. SOME TIME HE SCARES ME

      Treatments

      Abuse Counseling Not Working
      CANT AFFORD IT
      Divorce Not Working
      WERE NOT MARRIED, BUT I WANT A DIVORCE
      Forgiveness Not Working
      IVE FORGIVED HIM MANY TIMES
      Group Therapy Not Working
      ONLY WHEN I COULD AFFORD IT, WHICH IS PRACTICALLY NEVER
      Leave Working / Worked
      YES DONE THAT ALOT
      Talking Somewhat Helpful
      IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT
    • Open Bereavement
      Type: Loss of a Friend

      THE LOVE OF MY LIFE JUST DIED TODAY, I CANT IMMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT HIM

      Treatments

      Crying Not Working
      I CANT STOP CRYING
      Grief Counseling Not Working
      CANT AFFORD IT
      Keeping Busy Somewhat Helpful
      I TRY TO DISTRACT MYSELF WITH WORK ETC. BUT A DAY DOESNT GO BY WHEN IM NOT THINKING OF HIM, AND I DO GET VERY EMOTIONAL
      Pets Somewhat Helpful
      I HAVE DOGS AND CATS, AND I KNOW THE BENIFITS OF HAVING A PET, BUT SOMETIMES IT DOESNT WORK
      Prayer Working / Worked
      GOD PLEASE TAKE CARE OF HIM
      Remembering Not Working
      I'LL NEVER FORGET HIM
      Support from Friends & Family Not Working
      I JUST FOUND OUT, IM STILL IN SHOCK
      Support Groups Not Working
      I WISH I COULD FIND A FREE ONE, OTHER THAN HERE, AND IN PERSON WITH OTHER PEOPLE
      Talking Not Working
      I FEEL THERES REALLY NO ONE WHO I CAN TRUELY OPEN UP TO
      Time Not Working
      TIME, I'LL NEVER FORGET
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