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Late on-set PTSD

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Grieving Mother's Day

By Julie May 9, 2008 11:36pm 40 Comments

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This will be the second Mother's Day without my mother and I am noticing a trend. About mid-April it starts - the commercials, the billboards, and newspaper ads collectively describing the "perfect" gift to give or place to go for Mother's Day. At first I felt a slight twinge of sadness, but being the well trained therapist that I ...

I Am Lovable and Capable Part I: Self-Esteem-The Mood Disorder Cure

By Julie May 5, 2008 12:00pm 21 Comments

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I am lovable and capable: Isn't that what it's all about? If we all felt lovable and capable there would be significantly less depression, anxiety or panic as diagnosable conditions. Urban legend has it that all of us wear an invisible sign around our necks that have the letters "I.A.L.A.C." on it. IALAC stands for; I am lovable and capable. As we ...

I am Lovable and Capable Part II: The Importance of Recognizing Negative Core Beliefs

By Julie May 4, 2008 11:05am 12 Comments

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I am asked almost daily how to "fix" depression, anxiety and panic. Many want to know about a pill or a word or where to buy the pixie dust that will "cure" them. I understand the urgency to find that "quick fix." I know personally what it feels like to suffer with anxiety. I have read posts & journals on Daily Strength of people suffering. In ...

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Tired and Rundown!

I think today, it was hard to remain sober but I t...

SerireiAi May 16, 2008

Tired and Rundown!

Friday, May 16, 2008 | A General Update story

I think today, it was hard to remain sober but I think I did okay. It just was bad a day.

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Counselor Session 1

This morning I went to my counseling appointment. ...

SerireiAi May 16, 2008

Counselor Session 1

Friday, May 16, 2008 | A General Update story

This morning I went to my counseling appointment. It went alright. But I noticed later in the afternoon I am beggining to feel somewhat better but not completely. I think the counseling itself will help. I just need to give it more time.

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lost another pound

lost another pound! i'm at 187!!!! ...

79pounds May 16, 2008

lost another pound

Friday, May 16, 2008 | An Inspiring story

lost another pound! i'm at 187!!!! perhaps all of this stress and anxiety is a good thing. so does that mean all of those years of being thin were filled with stress and anxiety as well and as soon as one get overly sedate in some way. bam, they get fat and gluttoness? hmmm.
i ate mcd's frenchfries and didn't even finish a small one. wow. ...

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GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA!!!!

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continuation...

Though it's been awhile, some feelings don...

beylou2007 May 16, 2008

continuation...

Friday, May 16, 2008

Though it's been awhile, some feelings don't mean shit when it comes to virtual paper. Done, and been there, that's all I know. Thought of as once sacred, brought unto a grimy bastard, licking sand until there's no more taste. I've been to the edge of what's considered madness, but in that madness I found comfort. Don't know how but I did. Towards the end it was p...
view into the family

I have gotten alot of messages asking about my fam...

James12 May 16, 2008

view into the family

Friday, May 16, 2008

I have gotten alot of messages asking about my family, the kids, and how I handle three kids. Well here's an entery to try to answer all of your questions.
I adopted all of my kids. Me and my ex wife sent in papers and 2 months after our divorced i got them. I do not get child support since she wasn't here when they came. I do get a check from the government once a month for $600, I'm...
Journal Entry for May 16,...

pattyana May 16, 2008

Journal Entry for May 16, 2008

Friday, May 16, 2008
Journal Entry for May 16,...

  These journal entries  ...

RuthMH May 16, 2008

Journal Entry for May 16, 2008

Friday, May 16, 2008

These journal entries   are always  a bit  awkward for me. I think they can be a good thing but  I do feel a bit stuck sometimes as to what I should say and what I should leave out.
Some people here on DS use the journals as a way to tell all of us exactly how their day has gone for them.   Some people use them to o...

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Alesha Update

I think my friend, Alesha, is going to heaven soon...

SavedSoul... May 16, 2008

Alesha Update

Friday, May 16, 2008

I think my friend, Alesha, is going to heaven soon. Her doctors say that they think she's got ovarian cancer now along with all the rest. They have to do surgery to remove the ovaries and test them. I told Alesha about Jesse Duplantis going to heaven. I told her all about heaven and what it's gonna be like. She said that she loved the story. I'm excited for her suffering to finally en...
depressed

Financial, physical, emotional, Seizures, Hospital...

hugsneeded May 16, 2008

depressed

Friday, May 16, 2008

Financial, physical, emotional, Seizures, Hospitalization, just overload! I need MONEY. not getting it from my unemployed BF and not that he is not trying, but my disability does not cover enough. I even tried to take my life last friday. That does not do anything except make you throw up. So, Here I am to stay for a while.
Thank you friends for sho...

I still want to end my life the only reason I have...

overthera... May 16, 2008

Thank you friends for showing me support past few days

Friday, May 16, 2008 | A Sad story

I still want to end my life the only reason I haven't yet is that I want to drive my son to my mother first so he will have a place to stay a while.I really think I have lost God and His help and that I am cursed and I think this may be hell I am living in and I just don't know that I am already dead.Sure can't find any reason or anyone that can make me believe that this is not hell.I...

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God maybe? Tell me what ...

So, we had our first sonogran today. Baby Ne...

Jakobsmom... May 16, 2008

God maybe? Tell me what you think....

Friday, May 16, 2008 | A Rambling story

So, we had our first sonogran today. Baby Nevaeh, or baby Dylan look great! Heart rate was 171, about 2 inches long, bouncing around like a little jumping bean, it was amazing! I went ahead and schedules my 18-20 week sonogram. The date they gave me is Jakob's birthday, July 11th. I took it, thinking maybe it will give me something to look forward to that day.&nb...

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Tired and Rundown!

Friday, May 16, 2008 | A General Update story

I think today, it was hard to remain sober but I think I did okay. It just was bad a day.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a term for certain psychological consequences of exposure to, or confrontation with, stressful experiences that the person experiences as highly traumatic. [1] These experiences can involve actual or threatened death, serious physical injury, or a threat to physical and/or psychological integrity. It is occasionally called post-traumatic stress reaction to emphasize that it is a routine result of traumatic experience rather than a manifestation of a pre-existing psychological weakness on the part of the patient.

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