Joined an awesome gym!
March 16, 2009 12:31am
Just joined Lifetime Fitness on Thursday evening and have been there every day since. Making it easy to meet my goal of running 3-4 times a week!
Progress
95 %
meg80033
12:33am, March 16, 2009
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About Me
meg80033
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About Me
Mom of two boys, 3 and 4 years old. Have a great boyfriend of going on 2 years. I'm a nurse and love the outdoors!
Mom of two boys, 3 and 4 years old. Have a great boyfriend of going on 2 years. I'm a nurse and love the outdoors!
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Interests
Anything outdoors, photography, sports, writing, scrapbooking, running, hanging out with friends and family.
Anything outdoors, photography, sports, writing, scrapbooking, running, hanging out with friends and
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Hugbook
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If today was your last day
And tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
-Nickelback
Present
Happy Mother's Day! Hope your day is great.
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Hug
Keep hoping to hear from you or at least see a new journal entry. Hope things are going well for you. Take care. *Hugs*
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sending some hugs your way.
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Hope things are working out for you. Take care and hope to chat soon. Much love and many, many hugs.
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Goals
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Support Groups
Close Physical & Emotional Abuse
I dated a guy for a year and a half when I was 18-19.Sex started as an issue w/him convincing me to sleep w/him again and again when I wasn't wanting to. He hiding my keys so I couldn't leave, physically restrain me while he had sex w/me,not letting me leave during an argument for fear of me not returning. Had relationships since then, but always sexually awkward. Have been in a relationship w/a great guy for 20 months now. Its been rough because of my past, but we are working through things.
Treatments
- Abuse Counseling Working / Worked
- I have been in counseling since January 2008. I have been doing EMDR which has helped me process some of my memories and triggers. It also brings up many things I had forgotten, so it is also very nerve-racking and anxiety-provoking at times.
- Art Working / Worked
- I love to scrapbook. Just spending time doing it helps calm me down.
- Ativan Working / Worked
- Ativan definitely helps get rid of the anxiety I have for a short period of time. I only take it on my rougher days or at night to stoop nightmares.
- Leave Somewhat Helpful
- My parents called the police when my ex-boyfriend chased me home after a fight one night. A restraining order was issued and I later moved 1800 miles away. Still have issues w/new relationships and intimacy but I know he isn't an immediate threat to me being so far away now.
- Talking Working / Worked
- Have talked about pieces of my story in therapy, a very small peice to my boyfriend, and some to a friend who has been through a similar past. DS has been the most helpful though since many people here have been through traumatic pasts similar to my own. I finally feel "normal" considering what I have been through after communicating with people on this site.
- Zoloft Somewhat Helpful
- Definitely did help lower my anxiety, but it was also making me tired and I lost a lot of physical feeling during sex. I am weaning off it now.
Close Sexual Abuse
I was raped several times by an ex-boyfriend during our relationship. I was afraid to leave the relationship because I didn't know what his reaction would be. He would put a guilt trip on me, threaten me and not allow me to leave during or after a fight b/c he was afraid I wouldn't come back to him. I finally got a restraining order against him and have since moved across the country. I am now in a new relationship of 1.5 years and am having intimacy issues. My anxiety level is very high.
Treatments
Open Rape
I dated a guy for around 1-1.5 years and was frequently raped.
Treatments
- Rape Counseling Working / Worked
- I have been in counseling since Janaury of 2008. I have been doing EMDR for several months trying to process my stored trauma. It has been working, but it has also retrieved many forgotten memories and details and my anxiety sky-rockets frequently after sessions.
- Talking Working / Worked
- DS has been a great help!
Open Anxiety
Since my rapes started happening in that relationship with my ex-boyfriend 13-14 years ago, I have had anxiety. Once starting counseling almost a year ago, the anxiety became worse. I just started on ativan and zoloft two months ago. Thank God.
Treatments
- Ativan Working / Worked
- Definitely helps slow my mind down and eliminate unneccesary thoughts temporarily
- Breathing Exercises Working / Worked
- Helps for the small bouts of anxiety
- Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful
- I try to think positively, but the thoughts that often fly through my head during my anxiety make it extremely difficult to sincerely focus on positive thoughts.
- Zoloft Working / Worked
- Its not a cure-all after 2.5 weeks, but my general anxiety seems to be lessening.
Open Step Families
I have two boys, 3 and 4 years old from my ex-husband. He moved out of state after 7 years of marriage and we separated then divorced. We have not received child support in 7 months, he hasn't talked to the kids in 10 months, and has not seen the kids in 14 months. We are filing contempt charges for him not paying attorney fees and child support now. I have been with someone new for over a year and a half and he has two great kids, a 3-year old daughter and an 8-year old son with shared custody.
