jan62

Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

I have suffered severe depression in the past & I feel like it's starting again. I am trying to avoid another severe depression.

Open Diets & Weight Maintenance

I need to lose 70 lbs. I have difficulty exercising due to ongoing illness

Open Fatty Liver Disease

I have fatty Liver disease & I want to find out how to heal this from others who have it

Open High Cholesterol

my cholesterol has gone up since I started menopause, was always low before, I have a famiiy history of it and want to lower it naturally

Open Financial Challenges

health problems have caused financial problems, just need a safe, supportive place to be able to talk

Open Pneumonia

I'm having my second sudden onset pneumonia after whooping cough

Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

A survivor of physical & emotional abuse as a child, treated for PTSD & much improved but it still rears it's ugly head at times

Treatments

Abuse Counseling Working / Worked

The first counseling did me harm as they were not professionals & believed in emotional release. They did not see that I had PTSD & those techniques just retruamatised me and shut me down more, to the point I became suicidal. The next therapist diagnosed my PTSD immediately and treated me professionally, I saw her every weekly for over a year. It saved my life. My PTSD symptoms occur rarely now, are well managed most of the time.

Art Working / Worked

I spent a couple of years doing a drawing or painting every day when I first woke up. It helped me get all the horrifying images out of my mind and my nightmares.