amelah
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- Anyone have ideas or places that they recommend for a 75 year old, intelligent woman who suffers from a variety of serious health issues, as well as some kind of cognitive impairment, along with long-standing Depression, Anxiety, and Personality...
- Bubble baths aren't doing it. Neither are affirmations which feel false, no matter how many times I say them. Mirror work doesn't work at all. According to coda.org, looks like I am the list of Low Self Esteem Patterns:*I have difficulty making...
- Depressed. Unemployed. No career direction. No friends. Middle-aged. Never married, no family, no kids, only a sick mother who has dementia and an estranged sister. Why bother getting up early? Never been a morning person anyway. 10 a.m. is early...
- I grew up in a home where both parents yelled all the time, name-calling and labeling us daily with derogatory terms of endearment. Both parents repeatedly told me I was stupid. Mom had some real special names to add to the daily mix: lard-ass,...
- My heart aches.Mom was admitted to the hospital due to ongoing health issues. After receiving a blood transfusion and IV fluids, she was as "clear as a bell" yesterday. I couldn't believe it. Gone were the obsessions, compulsions, paranoia, the...
- I've always been sensitive to the summer heat, ever since I was a kid, but it seems to have gotten worse since Perimenopause hit. Now I fear the summer altogether. I cannot walk outside if it's hot. If I do have to walk somewhere, I have to use an...
- I have noticed that towards the end of my period (which I still get most months), I go into a serious slump of depression for a few days. I am just pulling out of it today (today is day 6 in the cycle). Has anyone has this kind of experience,...
- Mom in the hospital. It's bad, bad news.i've been hog-tied by my sisters.i have no idea what meds Mom is on. i do not know what goes on at her Dr appointments. My Sisters rule the roost and deem fit what info is okay for me to hear. i am the last to...
- I am grown up, so this isn't cute anymore. I've met with Career Counselors -- who I can't afford anymore. We've done the tests: Myers- Briggs (INFP) and Holland (ASI). They tell me I should be earning a good living. Wonderful. I've read "Do What You...
- I was diagnosed with multiple uterine fibroids a year ago -- my Gyn seemed rather nonchalant about them, saying many were calcified (indicating they were "end stage") -- the largest were 4cm (golf ball sized). She told me to come back in a year,...
- I find motivation, inspiration & clarity from short quotes and slogans. They are like the guideposts of my life. Some are written on my walls, on post-its, scraps of paper. Others just stick in my mind... Do you have favorites? I'd love to hear...
- I am grown up, so this isn't cute anymore.I've met with Career Counselors -- who I can't afford anymore. We've done the tests: Myers- Briggs (INFP) and Holland (ASI). They tell me I should be earning a good living. Wonderful. I've read "Do What...
- a poem written by Max Erhmann, 1927:Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to...
- Is it possible to be Codependent and in a healthy, intimate relationship? If so, I'd like to hear your stories because I'm beginning to feel that it is hopeless and I will always be in this toxic rut with dysfunctional people. Thanks.
- I have been listening in on phone meetings, trying to figure out how to "Live in the Solution" (rather than "living in the Problem") .... It is depressing to hear how many people have been in program and continue to have the same struggles again &...