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Well, I did a whole lotta nothing today. Read a book. I need to go to the store, but fighting a touvh af agoraphobia. Don't know if I will end up being able to talk myself into going or not. It's a crawl under the covers and hide for a week kind of day.
Sweet Pea-Don't let it get you down. You will find the perfect buyer for your house!
Marie-Wow, you are the queen of exercise! I think I would enjoy walking more if it weren't for the agoraphobia. It's not really severe, but at times it makes itself known, and I REALLY don't want to leave the house. Anyone else experience that? It's a huge pain in the butt.
Okay, I'm going to try to just do it.l Talk to you all later.
Marie it does sound a busy day. I can see why you suspect mania LOL but at least it's nice to get stuff done. Iced tea is something else we don't get here! somehow i can't see it taking off
Marcie - good on you for braving it and going (or are you hiding under the covers hehe). I have had severe social phobia in the past and hidden at home because i didn't want to see people. it was the reason i moved into town because it was dangerous for me to spend so much time without seeing people. i find for some reason i am ok about leaving the house if my dogs are with me but not on my own which is why i prefer to walk everywhere. then i can take them to the shop and tie them outside. taking them in the car is not the same. it was the only way i could get over my fear of leaving the house. i do think thought that you are right marcie to push yourself to go. i found the more i made myself do stuff the more i realised that it was safe and that it was okay. after a while i became more comfortable with being around people altho in many ways i would still enjoy being a hermit and just have everything delivered and not leave the house. but it can get so bad that i won't leave even when i need to e.g. when i need pills, groceries, etc etc. then i had no friends and no support when i needed it. vicious cycle
i had a lot of trouble sleeping last night and ended up getting up for an hour to calm down. i had a few glasses of wine so i didn't want to take a pill. i will probably nap later today
i better rush outside before it rains. need my dose of sunshine!
i will work today on my article for the book and then spend some time thinking about where i want to move. there is a house for tender closing this friday i am interested in but i think i will wait until this place sells before doing anything or make an offer conditional on selling this place. still thinking
had fettucine for dinner last night. yummy i love pasta!
SweetPEa, I'm making pasta for dinner tonight. I put the ingredients in the bread machine for fresh bread and I'm making an angel hair pasta with veges and chicken in it. Very yummy!
Also, one thing about the napping - I finally figured out that the nights I have more trouble sleeping are the days that I napped in the afternoon. I'm trying hard to not nap since I like sleeping through the night. Something you might want to think about.
Marcie, sounds like you had a good day. Reading a book is great for the soul and takes you to a wonderful place. I love fiction but I get very addicted to it. If I read a book, I read another, then another until I haven't seen my fmaily for a couple weeks. Sort of a problem. Right now I'm in a cold turkey stage.
On the walking, a lot of my walking is done with the Walk Away the Pounds DVDs so I'm inside. From the end of October until the weather improves in the spring (perhaps May this year) wlaking outside is difficult. Either too dark o too wet or both. The DVDs helped keep me in shape and the depression at bay.
Yes I try not to nap for that exact reason but yday i did nap and it was a late nap 3.30-5.30. i think an earlier nap is better. later naps tend to see me going to bed later and undoing the good work. trouble is though i have constant headaches. they seem to be sinus headaches altho i have only very minor symptoms (slightly blocked nose). i can't understand why thge headache is there when i am not especially stuffed up. also headaches are uncommon for me
i need to get FOCUSED i am very distracted right now. thinking about too many things and getting sidetracked looking at stuff for my website which can wait. it isn't urgent.
oh well the rain started, once again i got distracted so didn't spend enough time in the light before it clouded over
i love reading. if i get a good book i will read all day and all night. i carry it with me everywhere even to the letterbox. lately tho i have found that the headaches mean i can stop reading. probably a good thing as some nights i used to read until 3am as i was so caught up in it all!!! sounds like my twin marie is the same hehe
only difference is i find those WATP DVD boring. admittedly i only did it once and i have the 1, 2, 3 mile tapes. truth is if i am doing a tape i'd prefer to dance. last night i tried to dance but i just couldn't get the energy up. mentally i couldn't get into the music and physically i was sluggish. have to keep persevering. walking with saffie is a pleasure. if only i could sort jasmine out so we could all go. however i think i have found some walkways i can take the dogs to. that would be better - no leads to hold
interesting i didn't really feel like wine last night, haven;t had any for ages but couldn't find any mountain dew at the shops (love that stuff) so had wine instead. no desire for it at all, and it didn't calm me or stimulate me. i think i know when it will work and when it won't. good tho that i am on the wagon. cheaper too
i have to stop obsessing over my website. once i get something in my head it is hard to shake. i ahve to keep reminding myself today i need to work on my article for the book...
I am at a crisis with my dogs. The puppy is untrainable on a lead. I have never seen anything like it. I've had squillions of suggestions and they're all things I know to do and have been doing consistently. I will scream at the next person who says I am not being consistent or not doing it properly. I know how to walk a dog. My other dog went to obedience (Saffie) and she is perfect on a lead. Pretty good off a lead except where water is concerned. I can't stop her going into water. But off the topic.
walking one dog and leaving the other behind is simply not practical. much much easier on me but it's not fair to leave the little one behind on her own and i worry about her getting a "complex" but i am about this close {--} to smacking the living **** out of her. she is cute and adorable but absolutely stubborn and unwilling to be on a halter. I am not prepared to go back to walking her on collar and lead as I hate being pulled everywhere
what the heck can i do. walk just one dog or walk no dogs. i will ring and so if i can get another obedience person prepared to come out but honestly i doubt it will help. i am at crisis. this is the way i like to live my life. for 20 yrs i have had dogs that walk everywhere with me. it's the way i like to live my life
Sweet Pea-I did force myself to go out. Whenever this comes up, I do make myself go, because if I didn't I know it would just get worse and worse till I was a hermit.
I really can't nap during the day. Totally messes me up, and I am useless (even more than usual, lol) for the rest of the day.
Marie and Sweet Pea-Sounds like we all have reading addictions! I start to panic if I'm down to my last book. Have to go to the library!!!! That's one place I will always go, even in the worse of the phobia times. And like you, I often stay awake till 3 AM reading. I get so tired, I will first close one eye, then the other, and keep switching back and forth so I can read even longer. What a goof. Oh well, I feel like I really need it at this point. I would hate to see myself cold turkey! You are a brave woman, Marie.
I also find exercise dvds boring. I just ordered some belly dance ones. I can't wait to try them. I've done it once or twice, and really liked it. Great for the abs! Of course, at the moment I have no abs....
Sweet Pea-Sorry, I have no ideas for your dog. I do not have the patience for training. Good luck! Hope you find a solution soon.
you've done well marcie. it's the only way. sometimes the fear is worse than not doing anything.
i'm so bad i have rung the doc. i can't get into see my doc so i'm seeing her hubby who works at the same place. i think i may need to go back on AD or something i am really really bad. i can't go on like this. mystress threshold is so low that everything is getting on top of me. i have an appintment in 50 mins. i don't even know if there is anything he can do. i am just so angry and tearful and irritable.
i've phoned the chief instructor she said she'd see if she can come out to my house so she can see her in her own environment. hopefully that might help
will go to doc anyway my stress tolerance is too low
Hope I can join your chat if you don't mind.
I have depression and social phobia, and being overweight certainly doesn't help me with that! But talking with all of you is very comforting and I can be myself!
Anyway I have a golden retriever named Bailey he's my sweetheart And I have two sisters one of which my twin. I live with my parents and I am a high school student.
I am an emotional eater, if I am unhappy I will try an compensate with anything sweet I can find. I usually end up feeling really lousy later on though.
Anyway, I joined 3fatchicks in December of last year, and I love it here! I really need to put more effort into losing weight but I am just not very motivated, any tips on motivation to eat right and exercise.
Welcome Kristen. You live where I was born (moved so many moons ago I don't remember it). But if you're from Jersey, then you're definitely welcome. I too am an emotional eater, but even more than that, I eat when I'm bored. Like today, I want to munch, munch because I'm back at work. So sad for spring break to be gone - maybe for good since there are ugly rumors my contract will be upped to year round. Anyway, when I'm bored I eat. Work is boring at the moment, hence I want to eat and am doing my best to ignore it. But there are only 13 minutes left to lunch so I'm almost halfway through the day. Kristen, just out of curiousity, is your twin overweight? If not, I would think that's got to be so hard to handle. Give Bailey a hug from Goldilocks (who is currently at the groomer getting her summer cut - short).
SweetPea, I know that there are people that can take your dog and train them, then come back with the dog (after trained) and train you on their training. Maybe this is the only option for Jazz. I know that my Siberians are horrid to train. They're so darn smart that they act like the class royalty, performing perfectly. Bring them home and they're asses. In the past, I certainly thought of sending them away for training, but then I moved to the country and much of the problem went away.
Glad that you might be on the way to recovery with the antibiotics. Did dr. address the mood problem? did you discuss AD's?
Marcie, way to go on getting out. It is easy to become a hermit. I do that on my summer vacations. I just want to be in my little world. I hate traveling. Despise it. Dread it. Mostly because I don't want to be away from home and my doggies. (They are my life) But I am forced about 2X per year to travel. We're going to Minnesota in July and I'm already dreading it. So I'll be in your boat, forcing myself to go. I think much of my problem is the bi-polar and need for consistency and regular patterns. At home I have control of my life. At work, not as much and on vacation I have none.
Okay, back to work I suppose. Again, Kristen, welcome!!!!!
Marie
kristen!!! aww another golden retriever owner... I have 2 goldens and Marie has one
yup major emotional eater here haha
Marie i don't think anyone does the dog training here. i know what you are talking about there is a guy 2.5 hours away who does that sort of thing. an animal behaviourist. we will see but meanwhile i will leave her home as it is too much for me. or take her to parks where i don't need to put her on a lead. i love her but arggggh. also she has a bacterial skin infection that is spreading and the halter won't be helping.
what to do... i am meant to meet a woman this afternoon. she asked to meet giving me some blather about how much we would have in common and wanting to network with me but truthfully she just wants to pick my brain on how to promote herself. i put her off for nearly 3 mths. now i want to wriggle out of the meeting. i just can't be bothered. also not really in biz mode. instead i want to buy curtains and do the house up nice LOL so i can move on out of here! am thinking of cancelling. how do i tell her i'm not interested in helping her (altho you see that was subtext. she says it's because we can swap and share ideas but i know she just wants me to give her free advice)
oh well into the shower i go and wash my hair. see how i feel then.
Marie we are definitely twins. Jasmine is perfect at the obedience class and the instructor didn't believe me. he's like jasmine doesn't need a halter!! grrr one time tho i forgot the food treats and she was a right sod. but i don't have enough hands to walk 2 dogs and hold treats etc etc. besides i shouldn't have to
also twins - i hate leaving my dogs behind. that's why i like walking everywhere with them. and holidays mean leaving the dogs behind and they're my security blanket...
oops i forgot to answer the question on ADs. he said that he looked over the report from the p-doc and that they had stated that ADs are unlikely to be helpful. and that has proved correct in the past. they stop the crying and the suicide nothing more. of course that's a good thing but altho i am v emotional and crying i am not suicidal
i have a personality disorder and a mind that won't still and meds can't really do a lot about that. short term they can help calm my mind but after a few days they turn me into a zombie. that's why i wish i could meditate. i have done a lot of courses and never mastered it
Sweet Pea-So did they give you any advice at all??? Or just turn you loose, saying they can't help? It sounds like you really need something to get you through this. I feel for you. I've been there.
Kristen-Welcome. I love coming here. I was posting on the jc site before, but connect so much better here. Because everyone understands what I'm going through.
I had my appt with the psych today. Never having been to one, it was quite the eye-opener. She was asking me the date, where we were, what was happening in the news, and if I had ever committed homicide!!!! Okay, NOOO, I'm not crazy. Anyway, she agreed with my therapist that I have a form of bipolar, and is starting my on lamictal. Then she will phase me off the Celexa. I am so hopeful. Something has to work. Although she did kind of scare the crap out of me talking about this rash associated with the med that is fairly common, and can be fatal! She went on and on about it, how to tell if you have it, how long to wait before you call her. I will be inspecting every inch of my body for the next week!!
Sweet Pea, are you the one who likes the rose oil? I tried it. Love it. It does seem to lift my mood, and the scent lasts so long.
Okay, I guess I better get back to the housework. Oh yay.
And I have two sisters one of which my twin. I live with my parents and I am a high school student. 
I too am an emotional eater, but even more than that, I eat when I'm bored. Like today, I want to munch, munch because I'm back at work. So sad for spring break to be gone - maybe for good since there are ugly rumors my contract will be upped to year round. Anyway, when I'm bored I eat. Work is boring at the moment, hence I want to eat and am doing my best to ignore it. But there are only 13 minutes left to lunch so I'm almost halfway through the day. 
kristen!!! aww another golden retriever owner... I have 2 goldens and Marie has one