meal
August 2, 2008 8:37am
Im going out for a meal tomorrow night with an old childhood friend ,she split with her husband 11 months ago,i look forward to doing something …
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Current Weight (Lbs)
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Karl42’s Profile
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About Me
Im Karl aged 42, im back into full time work driving after years on the sick . I like cinema, walking, and animals, i suffer fron general anxiety disorder and mild depression, and mild agoraphobia, i had the illness since childhood and may have been caused through intense school bullying and i always fight this illness. I get alot of tension in my neck and i get pain in my tounge aswell, i have quite low self esteem , and am working through emotional issues first via councelling, i guess bottling emotion up is very damaging.
Interests
cinema, socializing, walking, sometimes gym, dvds , internet , animals, diy
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Recent Activity
Wednesday
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errrr ,paracetamol ?? x…
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Karl42 updated their status 6:58am
at last the headache is gone…
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Karl42 gave carina99 Flowers 6:57am
Sorry your not feeling too good,thinking of you x…
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Karl42 gave vod a High Five 6:55am
Hi great to see your feeling better x…
Tuesday
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Karl42 updated their status 3:35pm
'had a really splitting headache for 2 days,cant even think properly'…
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stuck
August 1, 2008 4:24am
cant seem to release this stuck emotion and it causes me terrible pain,i am loosing confidence in the councelling process,however this is the best …
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ok
July 13, 2008 10:08am
Feeling ok today so im going out with a friend for a meal tonight at the chinese buffet.I got a very annoyed with my dog earlier as it scratched my …
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unable to communicate
July 7, 2008 11:25am
Today im picking up,but for around a week ive found it almost impossible to communicate,pretty much devoured by this illness,its frightening …
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Quiet Sunday
June 29, 2008 2:42pm
Just had a quiet day.I painted my outside walls and stained my shed so its all looking nice ,it was a sunny day so i thought id get some jobs …
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Goals
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Support Groups
Close Anxiety
I have suffered high anxiety ,depression and moderate,agoraphobia all my life,and tried so many things ,but still suffering bad from it.
Treatments
- Acupuncture Not Working
- accupuncture not helpful to me
- Anafranil Somewhat Helpful
- This medication helps me a fair bitand helped reduce my obsessive thoughts
- Breathing Exercises Somewhat Helpful
- breathing exercises offer short temporary releif
- Breathwork Working / Worked
- ok
- Hypnotherapy Working / Worked
- only slightly helpfull
- Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful
- practiced c.b.t for quite a while and it helps
Close Breakups & Divorce
I broke up with my partner around 7 months ago and have not bothered with anyone else,she was great until she had a drink then she would flirt with men when ever she could,i really didnt like it,but she would not change,she was unfaithfull to me twice during the last 6 weeks of our relationship,and im finding it difficult to move on,i found out afterwards that she has a history of infidelity,still left bewildered as to why ?
Treatments
- Forgiveness Considering
- trying to forgive her but when im getting lonely and feel sad its hard,but when im feeling ok i can kind of forgive her,because se cant seem to help it
- Pets Working / Worked
- i give my love to my 2 dogs and for now let them sleep,in the bed
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- managed to release some of my hurt through counselling,and partially understand,but still getting councelling once a month.
- Support from Friends & Family Somewhat Helpful
- talking always helps,it was just sickening that she bounced straight into a relationship straight away ,and im still alone with some negative feelings towards her.
Open Phobia
Type: Agoraphobia (fear of open spaces)I have suffered agoraphobia all my life since i can remember,i still get out almost every day ,but takes me around an hour in the mornings,and get quite paralysed by the fear sometimes
Treatments
- Acceptance Not Working
- i accept it but ,am nowhere near free from it,and letting go isnt an option as its with me all the time,but in degrees
- Hypnotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- you have to see what you want in order to change it hypnotherapy techniques helped to create a stronger visualisation.
- NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Somewhat Helpful
- did nlp for 1 year,helped a little
Open Shyness
Ohh,i hate my shyness,it really holds me back and if isee someone that i like the look of i just clamp up and my mind goes blank,and i dont speak to them ,its terrible because most people who know me like me,but i find it nearly impossible to meet a woman that i fancy !so i stay single for ages,nightmare!
Treatments
- DailyStrength Working / Worked
- somewhat helpfull,met some nice people online
- Pets Working / Worked
- my pets are my backbone in life,i love them to bits
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- spoke to many councellors over the years and it has helped quite alot to unravell alot of distorted thoughts and understand why certain things have happened
- Self-esteem Working / Worked
- done a course on it and it helped somewhat
- Self-help Working / Worked
- went to a self help group once a week for 9 years learned alot about anxiety ,ocd behavioral problems ,cbt ,coping techniques ,depression ,etc
- Singing Working / Worked
- singing helps to lift me and its a release
Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionSuffered moderate depression and high anxiety all my life,it has ruined my life
Treatments
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Working / Worked
- helped somewhat
- Positive Thinking Working / Worked
- i do so much positive thinking every day ,but it does not change the situation i feel trapped in
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- done loads over the years and it helped improve me somewhat but i still suffer terribly
- Writing Somewhat Helpful
- i done my journal for 15 years,it helps a little but its like fighting a monster with feathers
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