weird night, no sleep til 0500 then nightmares, and sweats and hot flashes.
Soooo tonite if yoga and meditation aren't doing it,
I'm going for the heavy artillery
Drug Therapy, Something for the persistent headache and to give me some sleep.
Dat's it--Dat's all
G'nite
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Friday, 4 February 2011
Laughter is the best medicine......
No Wonder those old axioms last through the ages.
Crappy Day, but played Jeopardy with Mutti.
We managed to share our misery, and the burden feels manageable.
Sometime when the anxiety that accompanies clinical depression does
not respond to any of my attempts to tame it, it feels overwhelming.
The good news is I now know after all these long years that even if
I don't believe it right now, this will lift.
Time has taught me that.
I've been way worse than this.
Soo....
Thinkin' of the things I am grateful for.
Family that I love---Cuz Linda is home and a walking miracle----
I am sound of body, and the darkness will lift.
G'nite
Crappy Day, but played Jeopardy with Mutti.
We managed to share our misery, and the burden feels manageable.
Sometime when the anxiety that accompanies clinical depression does
not respond to any of my attempts to tame it, it feels overwhelming.
The good news is I now know after all these long years that even if
I don't believe it right now, this will lift.
Time has taught me that.
I've been way worse than this.
Soo....
Thinkin' of the things I am grateful for.
Family that I love---Cuz Linda is home and a walking miracle----
I am sound of body, and the darkness will lift.
G'nite
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Healthy Expression........I read about it.....
In the December issue of Alive magazine---an article on Healthy Expression
Recently, people with health problems have been turning to expressive writing as a way to meditate and become more aware of their body.
In the past few decades, researchers have delved into the benefits of writing, and a bulk of scientific literature supports the benefits of releasing thoughts onto the page.
Pychologists found that regular expressive writing resulted in better working memory, improved
social skills, and relief from anxiety and depression.
Here we go..........
crappy day, dark grey, rainy, not too cold, felt dopey, down, and anxious all day.
Not much sleep last nite.
Almost makes me not want to go to bed tonite.
so, hot shower, some yoga and breathing meditation....and to bed with a book.
G'nite
Recently, people with health problems have been turning to expressive writing as a way to meditate and become more aware of their body.
In the past few decades, researchers have delved into the benefits of writing, and a bulk of scientific literature supports the benefits of releasing thoughts onto the page.
Pychologists found that regular expressive writing resulted in better working memory, improved
social skills, and relief from anxiety and depression.
Here we go..........
crappy day, dark grey, rainy, not too cold, felt dopey, down, and anxious all day.
Not much sleep last nite.
Almost makes me not want to go to bed tonite.
so, hot shower, some yoga and breathing meditation....and to bed with a book.
G'nite
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Warmer outside today.....so dragged my ass out to .......
The Library and chapters, and spent some of my gift card money on books.
Chapters didn't have their paperback sale in Dec. this year.
They usually have one twice a year, buy 3 get 4th free.
I'd been stockpiling titles waiting for the sale.
Broke down today and bought 5 books, all the next in series I've been waiting for
that the library doesn't have.
As I was walking home, a cyclist wasn't paying attention and clipped me.
no harm done, banged into right shoulder and hip, but I stayed on my feet.
Yay, me.
G'nite
Chapters didn't have their paperback sale in Dec. this year.
They usually have one twice a year, buy 3 get 4th free.
I'd been stockpiling titles waiting for the sale.
Broke down today and bought 5 books, all the next in series I've been waiting for
that the library doesn't have.
As I was walking home, a cyclist wasn't paying attention and clipped me.
no harm done, banged into right shoulder and hip, but I stayed on my feet.
Yay, me.
G'nite
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
"WHITE RABBITS"----I remembered.
When I was a youngster, my Dad would run from room to room waking us up and whispering, say "white rabbits" say white rabbits...... and groggily I would respond.
My Dad told us that saying White Rabbits first thing (before uttering any other syllable) on the first day of a new month meant you received good luck for that month.
Soooo....Today I remembered, to say it before I said anything else.
Ahhhhh, see Ahhh instead of Argh....,
Today I changed this one small thing.
Tomorrow is a new day.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
And now I will channel Scarlett O'Hara, " After all, tomorrow is another day"
G'nite
My Dad told us that saying White Rabbits first thing (before uttering any other syllable) on the first day of a new month meant you received good luck for that month.
Soooo....Today I remembered, to say it before I said anything else.
Ahhhhh, see Ahhh instead of Argh....,
Today I changed this one small thing.
Tomorrow is a new day.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
And now I will channel Scarlett O'Hara, " After all, tomorrow is another day"
G'nite
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