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| Alcoholism |
| I am looking for support, and know I need to stop driking. Financial issues, depression, medicaions, all paralyzing me. Can't seem to function at all anymore! Out of work, major money problems, therapy, spiraling, spiraling, too many creditor calls! "The Secret" didn't help!! | |
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| Cold Turkey (Somewhat Helpful) Went back after 6 weeks, but at least not drinking every day like I used to!! | |
| Willpower (Somewhat Helpful) Need a new dose today!! Need to stop and know I can not drink socially anymore!! | |
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| Depression Clinical (Major) Depression |
| Battlng 15+ years. Infertility, 3 miscargs, 1, 1 & twins 16 yrs ago, still have frzn embryos! totl hysterectomy, full blown mid life crisis! Was bread winnr, lost exec job, no sever$, business,$,assets,poor house mkt, few $$ jobs, no stedy income, don't want BK, lose house, + issues w/family, Mthr In Law w/us 13+ yrs. now, 4 siblngs r all useless!, I do it all!! Can't please evryone, holding it all 2gethr, 4ever guilty, therapy 18 mos, meds & trbl w/drinkng! 2 mny bills, 2 mny collector calls! | |
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| Cymbalta (Working / Worked) For about a year, made me feel like I was outside of myself, not connected. | |
| Meditation (Working / Worked) Reading a really good meditation book, and when I keep it with me, it really help, visualization, breathing, letting go of problems and people, living in the now and inside of your body, being mindful of each and every precious moment throughout the day...very good. Forget the names of the books! | |
| Positive Thinking (Working / Worked) Read 'The Secret' and watched th video, very good and very inspirational. Need to continue to revisit more frequently to keep it right in front of the way you greet and go through each day. | |
| Prozac (Working / Worked) Felt like I was zoned out and distant even inside of myself, difficulty concentrating, couldn't work! | |
| Psychotherapy (Working / Worked) Psychiatrist really helped, never wanted to go..but needed to! Need to be brutally honest - no holding back! Still going. Feels good to go. Also seeing a social worker, and really need to go, even if I want to tell myself that a year and a half is enough. Unearthed things from my childhood that never ever would have come out. Continues to be very helpful for me...but you have to be honest...all cards have to be put on the table or you are fooling no one...but yourself. | |
| Support from Friends & Family (Working / Worked) "Surround yourself with people who nurture your soul"! ~ is one of the best pieces of advice ever!! And that group only includes "very special people, whether family or friends who really do nurture my soul"!! ~ and stay away from the rest!! ~ remove them from your life as much as you can!! | |
| Writing (Working / Worked) When I do it consistently, it really does work, especially in concert with meditation, sorting out very specific issues, and then writing about what you really can or can not change - taking one item at a time. Helps you feel like you can handle things! and that the big problems are really not so big and bad. | |
| Zoloft (Working / Worked) On this now...seems to help me feel more like myself than any other...no zoning out..no out of body experiences...high dosage, but can function, and need to take WITHOUT ANY ALCOHOL...or you will risk BLACKOUTS!! Very frightening. | |
| Walking Yoga (Working / Worked) Should be doing a strict exercise regimen and using a calendar or something when I do I feel really good...took a 45 min walk today with my pups yoga maybe once a month because I am low on I try to do it at home...need to do it MORE OFTEN and MORE CONSISTENTLY!! endorphins DO HELP!! Imagine that!! When I dont do some kind of exercise or get out of the house I STAY IN MY ROBE ALL DAY WITH NO SHOWER FOR DAYS!!! | |
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| Sexual Abuse |
| Still dream, only w/in past 6 mos I finally told my therapist, somethng came up, and it finally came out. I know it really happened, and now understand the impact on my life, my behavior, then and now. I can't believe my Father molested me, or worse, and exposed himself to me, from the age of 7 til 14 and had a door I could lock! The exposing contd til I left to get married. The abuse led to my promiscuity in my teens, a pregnancy and abortion at 16, and then my inability to have children!! | |
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| Talking (Working / Worked) In therapy ! Never discussed til after I turned 50! drinking problm, drug problm meds taken 4 depressn, lost job, went 2 therapy. Nervous days, esp. when it finally came out!Heaving, crying, sadness, loss of my childhood innocence, embarassed, denial, filthy, dirty, disbelief, disgust, anger, relief 4 having let it out! fear, low tolerance with men in power, men in general, resentment, guilt, nausea, pity, and now somehow working on forgiveness. Still going on...but better. | |
| \ (Working / Worked) Reading it, reading it, reading it, read it! | |
| Reading Welcome to Your Crisis (Working / Worked) Helped me see that no matter what you have gone through you CAN get through it and the book shows you how to do so...very very helpful and good to read. | |
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