havehope Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 do you ever feel like life is a weight you can't carry, and it feels so hard just to even breathe? don't ask me how i make it through these times, i think maybe I'm just stubborn.20YearsandCounting, yes I often feel like this, especially right now... I know this feeling all too well.Although, this weekend I had a brief moment of peace, thinking and knowing that all would sort itself out somehow, all that I am carrying and worrying about. It was a brief moment that eased my anxieties and gave me a greater sense of strength, that I could make it through no matter what the outcome.. that I have before, and will be able to again. I know that my anxiety and fears will take over again and I will fret and toss and turn feeling like I can't handle things, but that brief moment of certainty helped...I hope to send the same kind of inner peace and certainty that I felt along to you... what is that saying? We are never given more than we can handle in life.... I believe that this is true, even though often times I feel like I can't handle it. I think we have more inner strength than we even know about or are aware of consciously. (((hugs))) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaniro Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I want to make a CD to listen to in the car on my Christmas shopping trip today. It will have zero Christmas songs on it, lol. I need to get up and get moving. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havehope Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I am cloudy from medication for my rash, itchy all over, and struggling. I don't want to have to go shopping later, but I must. Maybe I'll put it off until tomorrow. I don't know. Just not feeling good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralingMind Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 20Years I'm right there with you. If it's shear stubbornness keeping us around, then I'm glad we are. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffindoor Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I'm wondering if I feel up to a yoga practice tonight. I haven't done yoga in a few days and I think I would feel a lot better if I did it but I just don't know if I have the energy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella5769 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 That I shouldn't be alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20YearsandCounting Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Thank you for your kind words and sympathy, havehope and spiralingmind. I really hope you start to feel better, havehope. Bella5769, I know it's hard, but you absolutely should be alive. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella5769 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Thank you! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulberrypie Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 ((((((Bella5769)))))) glad you are here!! :rose: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylark1 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 ((((((Bella5769)))))) glad you are here!! :rose:Me, too! You are here for a reason, and to hell with people who make you feel otherwise! (((hugs))) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elicia Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 That I shouldn't be alive*hugs* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella5769 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Thank you!!!!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralingMind Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 On the 18th, Lindsay tweeted, "Fight #depression with #turmeric (haldi)!" with a link to an article at The Health Site which says that curcumin (a component of turmeric) has been shown to increase levels of serotonin and dopamine. There's research out there showing a correlation between inflammation of the brain and depression. Curcumin has been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties. I wonder what would happen if brain inflammation was reduced by other means (like with NSAIDs). Would that also lead to increased levels of neurotransmitters? Or do decreased levels of neurotransmitters cause inflammation? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elicia Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Christmas is on my mind... Only 2 more days! I can't wait to put out the milk and cookies for Santa, light a fire, and watch old xmas movies with the kids! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sober4life Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Alf is on my mind. I'm trying to remember his real name. Maybe I should ask Willy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sober4life Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Willy said his name was Gordon Shumway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzle Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Nothing. Not much going on between my ears at present. Somehow need to cook xmas food.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopekaK Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I seem to write a lot of replies that I don't post. My intentions are good but maybe I'm full of ######. What I do post often seems like a mistake. I don't know. I never know.Sometimes people just want to know that they're being heard. I feel like my replies, comments and advice= sh!t. never have i come across judgement here on the df so try not to worry too much about it. But yeah I know what you mean 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentle sun Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) It's going to be very different next Christmas! No more will be the host for the Christmas dinner get-together. Unless, which is very doubtful, my husband goes on meds for anxiety!! Edited December 26, 2015 by gentle sun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentle sun Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 My favorite holiday is January 1st New Years day because the holidays are over and I get hopeful about starting off the new year and leaving behind the old. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epictetus Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I'm trying to help and comfort a sick beetle. Don't know if I'm doing anything that helps. I guess I will just be "with" him or her. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anita_123 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Sometimes I forget that not everyone loves animals (specifically dogs) and when they scold my dog for acting a certain way it really makes me angry. Maybe I'm being overly sensitive (sometimes it makes me cry) because my dog is hyper and an attention seeker but I love it. She doesnt bite when meeting strangers and plus she only bites cause she's teething. I lost track of the purpose of the post but I'm just angry. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epictetus Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Estimates of the number of animal species on the earth are 2 million to 50 million. Estimates of the number actual of animals on the earth are 500 billion-billion or much more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in the shadows Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) I feel lost . Confused about a situation. I thought things were going well . I have questions and I can't get myself to ask them . I don't want to cause any problems. So much is going on in my mind . I failed as a friend and at everything else Edited December 29, 2015 by in the shadows 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulberrypie Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I'm trying to help and comfort a sick beetle. Don't know if I'm doing anything that helps. I guess I will just be "with" him or her. What a fortunate creature the beetle is, Epictetus, to have you for an ally. My best wishes to you, and the beetle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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