coppersfriend’s Profile

About Me

I want to get better. I wish I knew how, and what better would look like. Currently, I am unable to hold a job. My anxiety and agoraphobia make leaving home difficult. Everything in life seems to be a challenge. I wish things could be easier. My service dog (the smiling guy in the picture) is my best and most effective tool to combat my conditions. His name is Copper and he does a number of things for me. He alerts me when people are getting too close or will surprise me, he wakes me up when I sleep through my alarm, he gives me something to focus on when I flashback or when the anxiety is about to get me, he leads me out of crowds, he lets me lean on him when I get dizzy from the side effects of my medicinces. He alerts to anxiety attacks and when I hyper focus... among other things. The past several months I've been trying to find things that help me manage my conditions. I listen to audio books when I go out because normal sounds are overwhelming to me, I have begun creating a variety of types of jewelry including just beading and polymer clay, I play with my dogs, all three of them, and I try to force myself out of the house. Any tips on getting better are more than welcome. I've considered everything it seems like, sometimes, but hopefully you all will have some ideas that I haven't had. My current big challenge is that I need to have oral surgery to pull 3 teeth that have basically disentigrated. They are requiring medical approval and my shrink won't give it. I don't have a regular doctor so here's hoping that all works it's self out soon. My anxiety is currently through the roof about setting up and having the procedure. My service dog is not allowed in an operating room. Anyways, that's probably more than you want to know about me :) I'm here and message me if you want to.

Interests

jewelry making polymer clay service dog training general crafts audio books (try podiobooks.com) getting by :)