Richeart’s Profile
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About Me
I had originally joined DS thinking I had ADD. Then Codependency. I accept codependency as an addiction. There is a narcissistic component as well as an avoidand personality component. Shame/Shyness and Social Phobia may be the result of an anxiety disorder, causing Stress and to be highly sensitive to my environment. It keeps me in a survival-mode. Survival-mode thinking allows for a greater chance of addictive behaviors to relieve the anxiety. I look forward to recovery, and to share with others, as I learn more.
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Reading: Psychology, Philosophy, Spirituality; Classical-style music. Counseling and therapy.
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Richeart commented on hoops’s journal entry Feeling Good 4:07pm
You sound like you're in a good place now; that's really good to hear.…
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oh i am learning how to not talk or say as little as possible it also keeps people away from you.lol they forget you exist .safer that way.hugs again
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hello.read your profile.i am an out going woman who should be social phobic.its not easy living in todays society without being hurt.hugs
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Hope you will have a great week! Also, I love the cute little boy picture on your profile!
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i'm not sure if it was your intended effect, but this line made me actually SNORT WITH LAUGHTER! XO ********We're all concerned...okay, not all, but alot...okay some... ********** i'm giving you a gift. it is the power of NOW...this millisecond. the past is gone the future ain't here yet. what's wrong with this millisecond? you ever read any eckhart tolle? think you might like it.
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Thank you. I'm well...I think. Just really busy and feeling a bit overwhelmed today. How are you?
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Close Codependency
I have ben codependent all my life, I just didn't realize to what extent. I am finally reading enough to understand how it works for me. I have a long way to go, but I'm beginning to find the triggers, I'm learning which habits to break. I thought boundaries were to keep others in line; in fact, the boundaries I need to set are to keep me from continuing to hurt me. I guess it's about awareness of the unconscious habits codependent's have. So far, so good.
Treatments
- CoDA Not Working
- Didn't work for me. I needed information on the behaviors and thought processes.
- Music Working / Worked
- Classical, Yanni, and some of John Tesch have a tendency to calm me, soothe me.
- Reading Working / Worked
- Codependent No More, The Highly Sensitive Person, The Introvert Advantage, The Disease To Please, The Artist's Way; many more
- Talking Working / Worked
- Talking with friends to get feedback of my feeling epiphanies.
Close Shyness
I'm doing research on myself about this. I know I'm an Introvert, and possibly suffer from social Phobia. I just read a cited message from my codependency support group that suggested this site existed, so I joined.
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- DailyStrength Working / Worked
- What a blessing
- Pets Working / Worked
- Dog, Cat, 20 chickens...
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Better, I've a new therapist (3 wks), and new meds from a Dr.
- Self-esteem Not Working
- A real struggle
- Self-help Working / Worked
- Read extensively, including Lainey's "The Introvert Advantage"
- Singing Working / Worked
- Lots of Classical music CD's, I prefer instrumentals (typical introvert?)
- Socializing Working / Worked
- 'Church' (which is really more worship than organized religion)
- Abilify Working / Worked
- Mood swings are less past depressions could be from the introvertextravert experience
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