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I haven't posted in a while. I've been really depressed and just trying to stable myself enough to focus. Depression increases my anxiety when it's that bad. But this weekend my "keeping busy," as the doctor ordered, meant not stopping all weekend while I cleaned the house, painted, cooked, etc. I think it really helped but then I picked up my kiddo (with dad this weekend) and ANXIETY!
lovely intrusive thoughts about someone breaking into my apartment, which hasn't happened in 13 years....I'm safe here.
im coping okay though.
I say that but I definitely binged and purged tonight. I'm just surviving.
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88FIn 1969 we decided to get married without a big wedding. Most of our friends and family liked large over the top for the time kind of weddings and I did not. First, I didn't see why spending so much money for one day when we have the rest of our lives to live. I have never regretted not having a big formal wedding. Another issue is not liking all the attention. Also, we have gone to big...
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We're all troubled.WSo, to remind ourselves we're not at rock bottom (this is a reverse optimism thing I learned as a kid):We are not living on the island of Krakatoa when the volcano goes boom!Yeah, okay, that sucks.***Toay in 1942, Pierre Laval announced that the way to free France was for Germany to win WW2. Pierre did not win a lot of friends. When the war ended, quite quickly he was tried...
Be gentle with yourself.