[Guest]

Hi,

Just a word : I will change of psychologist..... I wrote to someone who is member of the International study of dissociation, he will wrote me back. And I have the choice (my psychiatrist wants to give me a paper) to go to the anxious issues clinic. (free one!) I think they do cognitivo-comportemental approach. I know this won't help me much, but maybe if I can feel normal a bit... my psychologist doesn't know what to try with me anymore.

And go back to my old meds. I feel horrible w/o any antidepressant, I have major depression, cry each morning and night and really feel like I have to treat this because it won't go away. If only my depression would lift a little bit, I would deal with DP more. But now I am at the bottom. Yesterday I was in the car, it was grey outside, cloudy, and I really felt like I was dead, or in a nightmare. I really felt left out in space, without brain, it was horrible. These days I feel so alone and nothing, useless, I think depression doesn't help all this.
:shock:
MAYBE I will be less chicken and try this Lamictal thing.

Thanks for reading me.

Cynthia xxx

 

[Guest]

Is that Bridget Jones in your new photo icon? If so, she's PERFECT to represent you, lol....all her worrying and fretting and [email protected]!

Sounds good, your plan.

But...and I will keep saying this till I drop dead of old age: the way to TREAT mental symptoms is to focus on anything BESIDES mental symptoms.

The "cure" does not come from learning more about the symptom states. Granted, at first you need to learn something to be reassured that what you're experiencing is common to others. We all need a sense of understanding about what is happening to us.

Then MOVE ON.

The cure comes from all the things we will learn about ourselves in other areas.

The cure will come from all the things we will try, and all the things we will do and explore in all areas of life/self. The cure comes there because CHANGE comes there.

And the cure comes in the form of Change.

The cure does NOT come from focusing so hard on the symptoms that one identifies with the state of being ill.

The cure does NOT come from trying to master the symptoms.

The cure comes from mastering OTHER areas in life, making the symptoms useless as a by-product.

The symptoms are there. And they're awful.

Now...go out there and do something about the REST of yourself....and keep doing it. And then you will say "I am too ill to do ANYthing!" and you will sink back into misery and self-worry.

Stop yourself as fast as you can and immediately start focusing on other areas of yourself and your life.

It's very very hard. I know that.

It's also what works.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my USA friends!
Janine

 

[Guest]

Yes I am Bridget Jones (kind of) Silly, stubborn, indesive (Not that fat thought) )))

Thanks Janine for the post.

Cynthia xxx

 

[Guest]

Is that Bridget Jones in your new photo icon? If so, she's PERFECT to represent you, lol....all her worrying and fretting and [email protected]!

Sounds good, your plan.

But...and I will keep saying this till I drop dead of old age: the way to TREAT mental symptoms is to focus on anything BESIDES mental symptoms.

The "cure" does not come from learning more about the symptom states. Granted, at first you need to learn something to be reassured that what you're experiencing is common to others. We all need a sense of understanding about what is happening to us.

Then MOVE ON.

The cure comes from all the things we will learn about ourselves in other areas.

The cure will come from all the things we will try, and all the things we will do and explore in all areas of life/self. The cure comes there because CHANGE comes there.

And the cure comes in the form of Change.

The cure does NOT come from focusing so hard on the symptoms that one identifies with the state of being ill.

The cure does NOT come from trying to master the symptoms.

The cure comes from mastering OTHER areas in life, making the symptoms useless as a by-product.

The symptoms are there. And they're awful.

Now...go out there and do something about the REST of yourself....and keep doing it. And then you will say "I am too ill to do ANYthing!" and you will sink back into misery and self-worry.

Stop yourself as fast as you can and immediately start focusing on other areas of yourself and your life.

It's very very hard. I know that.

It's also what works.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my USA friends!
Janine

MY RELATIVES ALWAYS REMIND ME OF MY MENTAL ILLNESS MY MUM DID TOO OVER & OVER & OVER AND THEN THEY COMPLAIN THAT I'M BEING NEGATIVE, ANALYTICAL AND TALKING ENDLESSLY ABOUT PSYCHIATRIC THINGS...
They ALWAYS "analyse" me, as if they're QUASI-PSYCHOLOGISTS (Only my Mum is one though) AND THEN THEY'RE ALWAYS NEGATIVE AND DEPRESSING AND THEN THEY REMIND ME OF MY MENTAL HISTORY, BY ASKING ME ABOUT MY MEDICATION AND WHETHER I'M SEEING THERAPIST.

GOD HELP ME CAPS CAPS CAPS

I'm only "allowed" to be mad, neurotic and NEGATIVE. Only "allowed"... Woody Allen, Robert de niro, and Shirley Maclaine THAT'S IT.
No more - GOD HELP ME.

CYNTHIA stubborn, silly and indecisive??? OMG...
You're warped I'M WORSE THAN YOU.

my psychologist doesn't know what to try with me anymore.

HaHa

And go back to my old meds. I feel horrible w/o any antidepressant, I have major depression, cry each morning and night and really feel like I have to treat this because it won't go away. If only my depression would lift a little bit, I would deal with DP more. But now I am at the bottom. Yesterday I was in the car, it was grey outside, cloudy, and I really felt like I was dead, or in a nightmare. I really felt left out in space, without brain, it was horrible. These days I feel so alone and nothing, useless, I think depression doesn't help all this.

A present
I think I might try HEROIN Evan Dando said it was the best thing He ever did PLEASE LORD LET MY CONSCIENCE EVAPORATE