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June 23, 2008 9:15am
GAYINILLINOIS’s Profile
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About Me
I am a very understanding person with all I've been through in my life. It helps me be a better person with all the things that have happened and are still happening to me. I like friendships with down to earth people who can talk about the things in life that others sometimes find difficult to share. It's part of being human and everyone has there own opinions but I holistically understand them all.
Interests
Dancing and getting together with friends.Going on outings.Enjoy being a Hairdesigner for 18 years.
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Be carefull and don't do anything I wouldn't do. ha ha.
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hey, nice to hear from you, things are going well here in Indiana, missed the floods but it did hit some friends of mine. its hot here right now. how are things in your world?
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a round of HUGS for all!
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Hope everything's going well...HUG
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haven't seen ya round.. HUG
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Close Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Treatments
- BuSpar Somewhat Helpful
- Positive Thinking Working / Worked
- I have had OCD since 1988 and continue to have it. I have been on many medications and am receiving counseling and have a phsyciatrist. I've learning pretty much how contol OCD.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Helps one understand the reasons behind why you think things and why you do the things you do.
Close Gay Men's Challenges
I am a gay male but did have struggles accepting myself during highschool and shortly out of highschool but with therapy and a good therapist you understand the issues blocking one to live that life.
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- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- The best thing I could have ever done for myself.
Open Anxiety
I have generalized anxiety and social anxiety from as young as I can remember.I face uneeded anxiety just about with anything but cope with it the best I can day to day.
Treatments
- Positive Thinking Working / Worked
- Medication from a phsyciatrist and advice during therapy sessions from a therapist.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Learn so much what triggers anxiety to happen.
Open Shyness
I have always been shy but sometimes I am not. It just depends on the situation and the anxiety I am feeling at that point of time.
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- Positive Thinking Working / Worked
- Psychotherapy Not Working
- I'll always be this way. I always have been and always will be and I'm ok with that.
Open Smoking Addiction & Recovery
I have quit different times in my life and as of July 19th, 2007 I have quit on that date using chantix.Gonna take one day at a time and it gets really rough at times but I make it past the cravings.
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- Chantix Working / Worked
- Positive Thinking Working / Worked
- Chantix
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- My therapist helps me with this to and you learn that you need to keep strong and not get stressed over things and not make them bigger than they really are.
Open Brain / CNS Tumors
I had an Acoustic Neuroma benign bran tumor removed in 1996.Was the size of a large apple. Recovered well with 2 years of work and patience and makes you appreciate what you have and appreciate life more and makes you think about the truely important things that matter not the petty things.
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- Surgery Working / Worked
Open Shopping Addiction
I have a shopping addiction.I need friends to help me out with this. Thanks
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- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Learned that just to say no and do that to the best of my ability.
Open Hearing Loss & Deafness
I am deaf in one ear.This occured at the age of 26 after the removal of the brain tumor.
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- Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
- Talking about a permanent hearing loss with friends helps you be more comfortable with it.
Open Fitness Goals
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