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02-09-21, 05:25 PM
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02-09-21, 05:26 PM
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02-09-21, 05:26 PM
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02-09-21, 05:27 PM
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Thanks, brother. I hope the meds kick in soon. Feel bad for his wife and kids too. He’s successful, well off, and loved by many people, as if that made any difference. Feels he failed at one stupid job and maybe he did, but now he feels cursed, snake bit, guilty, and incompetent, deep down in his bones. Glad I got a lower dose of those genes!
02-09-21, 05:27 PM
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02-09-21, 05:30 PM
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Thanks, brother. I hope the meds kick in soon. Feel bad for his wife and kids too. He’s successful, well off, and loved by many people, as if that made any difference. Feels he failed at one stupid job and maybe he did, but now he feels cursed, snake bit, guilty, and incompetent, deep down in his bones. Glad I got a lower dose of those genes!
02-09-21, 05:36 PM
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I can tell you from personal experience that there's not a lot you can tell someone with an anxiety disorder that makes much difference, with the possible exception of helping them remember that, as real as their anxieties FEEL, they aren't reality. It doesn't stop the anxious thoughts, doubts, etc., but it can help with perspective.
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02-09-21, 05:39 PM
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You can get an anxiolytic effect immediately from a high enough dose, or so the psychiatrists tell me. He has a shrink, but I want him to get CBT to start derailing that thought process leading to “I suck,” but that might have to wait on the meds too.
02-09-21, 05:42 PM
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I can tell you from personal experience that there's not a lot you can tell someone with an anxiety disorder that makes much difference, with the possible exception of helping them remember that, as real as their anxieties FEEL, they aren't reality. It doesn't stop the anxious thoughts, doubts, etc., but it can help with perspective.
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02-09-21, 05:50 PM
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I was discussing the nature of anxiety disorders with a friend who DOESN'T have one. We were talking about the unwelcome thoughts one gets. He said, "I know I cant do anything about it, so I just don't think about it." I think we both got new perspective - him realizing that some people can't do that, and me realizing some people can.
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02-09-21, 05:53 PM
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Yeah, that helps. I looked back on all my hobbies over the years - cycling, archery, watchmaking - and one thing I noticed is that they all put me in a different head space.
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02-09-21, 06:00 PM
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My daughter and I once put a bike computer on her mouse-size pet hamster’s wheel for a school project and damn if that little bastard didn’t run 5-10 km/night. I know why.
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02-09-21, 06:04 PM
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02-09-21, 06:16 PM
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Secondly, I'm currently taking online CBT courses to help with my mercurial moods due to my Eligard injections. It's helped a lot but I still have a long way to go. I'm determined to stay off meds this round. I wasn't so lucky in 2009.
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First off, I hope your brother does ok and all works out.
Secondly, I'm currently taking online CBT courses to help with my mercurial moods due to my Eligard injections. It's helped a lot but I still have a long way to go. I'm determined to stay off meds this round. I wasn't so lucky in 2009.
Secondly, I'm currently taking online CBT courses to help with my mercurial moods due to my Eligard injections. It's helped a lot but I still have a long way to go. I'm determined to stay off meds this round. I wasn't so lucky in 2009.
Good to hear.
02-09-21, 06:31 PM
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Salad.
I don't need physical exhaustion to suffer.
I don't need physical exhaustion to suffer.
02-09-21, 06:33 PM
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02-09-21, 06:41 PM
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02-09-21, 06:50 PM
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02-09-21, 06:52 PM
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she's trying to fatten you up.
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hiking and cycling are two major helpers in keeping me sane.
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02-09-21, 06:56 PM
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3 of us rode 60 miles today, very similar to the route from 2 weeks ago except this time there was no headwind. It was in the 40s at the start and got into the 50s but the sun did not make an appearance. It was a good day.
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02-09-21, 06:56 PM
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We had spaghetti marinara with big roasted portobellos on top.
Washed it down with a decent Montepulciano.
Washed it down with a decent Montepulciano.
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