do you like to read or listen to music. that helps my anxiety and depression? when those don't work i am sunk.
i am very confused as to why you don't like mental health to be differentiated
unless it is not as respected or believed. Personally the medications I been given are practically worthless. so for the most part the consulting . for me there has no magic pill. I am glad i have all the labels now because i am so extremely self critical that maybe I at 77 1/2 at least part of the mystery has been unraveled. i just used to blame it on growing up with my family.
It is amazing how reading can quell the anxiety.
i don't know what i am taking about. i was a child psychologist and really did help a lot of kids-unconditional load and building trust.

Thank you again for sharing parts of your life.

I hope you don't mind doing this.Of course you
can just say yada, yada, yada.

from jerry seinfeld. an episode we watched last night.
skiming over details and just giving the out come of events.
It is a funny episode.
I hope we are not too much for you?
bizi

lol bizi. great perception! I know that episode. That's a bit how I feel. It's difficult to cram a lifetime into a couple of posts. No, not too much for me.

bobby, I just meant that I think that depression and anxiety and many other conditions are basically biological in nature just like everything else. The mind is connected to the body. Many people in the world do not undersand these types of conditions and we are treated differently because of that. We should be able to talk openly with our friends or employers about things like anxiety or depression or whatever, but we usually can not due to these misunderstandings. That's all I was saying.

I'm also very self critical as you mentioned. It sometimes is a positive though if I channel into getting things done properly. I'm more relaxed these days than I used to be I must say.

Reading is something that I've always done. Apart from a lot of medical reading that I try to keep up with, I love non fiction reading but also like fantasy and some of the good old science fiction. I don't find it as easy to read as I used to though due to all the brain fog caused by gammaknife surgery and constant infusions that cause it. Anxiety increases with having to go out. I like to be at home now. I get anxious because I'm living waiting on the next blood test and waiting on the next mri, ct or pet scan result etc. etc. Nothing can take away that part of my anxiety.

p.s. I made a whole heap of hair scrunchies last week out of remnants of pretty fabric I had left over. I have a room here set up as a "sewing and craft room" with two large tables and my overlocker and sewing machine are set up all the time ready to go. I've been a bit slack lately but making the hair scrunchies was a lot of fun and a good start in getting back to it once the cooler months head around.

Thank you for caring and showing interest. I appreciate that. I also forgot to mention that I loved learning about where your name came from my morgy. :hug:
I hope you've been sleeping better and doing OK there.

I have found this thread totally enjoyable and entertaining lately.

Also thought I'd say I appreciate all the information that you have
shared Lara. Its been enjoyable.

I will be updating my thread today.

Donna :grouphug::hug:

out of sorts. yesterday i gave my password to a scam. i don't know what is going to happen. so far nothing-so scared

i am terrified that they might either block me from access to my computer or charge all sorts of things or get at my money. i can't calm down. robert wouldn't listen one of the things that have to done but i am to scared to do it.

i changed a password and think it worked. i am shaking so much.

I am sorry you gave your password to a scammer.

yes glad that you changed your pass word.
you did what you needed to do. so that is perfect.
you can rest now...
bizi

i so hope that you are right. i don't know what the scammer was trying to get. can you believe but i am still shaking. i have to work harder on trusting God.
love,
bobby

So many scams around these days. Every couple of weeks lately I get a scam on my phone with links to click. So much data is stolen these days too. That's a huge problem with buying online. I hope it's all sorted now bobby.

so far so good but still really nervous.