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I need a Six Feet Under fix, so I'm going to binge-watch the whole series this weekend.

It's the best show in the history of television -- and I'm in love with David, too!

my husband loves sfu.

You have a good taste in husbands, then!

Thank you IsabellaLinton. I've been a patient of my doctor since 2005. He is the chair of General Medicine at the hospital where I worked as Patient Advocate and Education Secretary from 1999 until I retired in 2007. I get thorough blood work done twice a year, as good preventive medicine practice, so I think my doc would have picked up on diabetes if he thought it was a legitimate concern. I think a lot of my problems stem from hypochondria which induces anxiety and depression. I really do want to start meditation and yoga. In fact, on my last visit I reported being anxious and depressed and my doc asked if I would like a script for something to help with that. I told him "no" that I would rather meditate than medicate. This is why I like and trust him so much, he welcomes my involvement in my healthcare and he doesn't push pharmaceuticals on me. Some doctors will drop you if you don't go with the program they dictate rather than suggest. I also believe - if your mind can make you sick, your mind can heal you.




Thank you auntblabby. I'm glad to hear that your hypertension issues were abated by cutting out salt and sugar. I've never been big on sugar, even as a kid. I use organic turbinado sugar in my coffee and thinking of cutting one teaspoon full down to half a teaspoon. That's the only sugar I use on a daily basis. But your salt substitutes I will definitely seek out and use. I've already written both down in my little notebook that I always carry with me. I really do appreciate your input.

you're welcome also consider Chinatown soy sauce, available on amazon, it has only 145mg sodium per tablespoon, the lowest you can find anywhere. tastes a bit like a cross of a bit of Worcestershire and mild soy sauce, slightly sweet. there is also Herb Ox salt-free bouillon you could use. and be aware that sugar hides in things like whole wheat products, in anything made of wheat and wheat flour, in white potatoes, in white rice, in anything starchy, as well. if you eat pancakes and waffles, better to make them out of buckwheat instead of wheat or oat flour, both of which have a high glycemic index and lead to hypertension in vulnerable individuals. a convenient shorthand, is that the unhealthy foods tend to be white, and that white [colored] foods are best limited. consider replacing your turbinado with stevia. just a suggestion

cosmiccat,
I'm grateful to hear you are comfortable and happy with your physician. That always makes a world of difference. I don't like sugar either (I also use Stevia), and I like Blabby's suggestion about No Salt. Meditation and yoga are an excellent idea which seem to stem from your excellent attitude You can find some mindfulness videos online to use with meditation. The ones I was first recommended in trauma therapy were from UCLA Mindfulness. They had podcasts, too, so you won't even have to leave the house (if you're a homebody, like me!)

Thanks, auntblabby. I’m going to try eliminating sugar totally. I can live without it. The Chinatown soy sauce sounds tasty and a good idea. Also, will limit my intake of the white colored foods. I love white potatoes, but yams and sweet potatoes which I also love can easily replace the white. I’ve seen Buckwheat pancake mix in the market, will give it a try. I like white rice, but brown rice is tasty too. I have a friend from Cambodia and she told me that diabetes is prevalent among her family and her people because white rice is eaten almost daily. I think a diet void of these culprits you mention will produce more energy and clearer thinking. Excellent suggestions.



Thank you IsabellaLinton. As I was reading your comment, the news was on television and they were covering a story about Laughter Yoga. “Serendipity, the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.” I’ll look for the mindfulness videos on line.

To simply be human again

Thinking about trying to get myself on disability and get an apartment of my own. First I need to finish some of the therapy and stuff, and try to make sure my self-harm tendencies and suicidal thoughts are controlled enough that I'll be safe alone, but I'd still be living pretty close to my parents, so I'll still be able to get help from them, and they've said that if I feel I can't be safe on my own, they're perfectly willing either to come to my place or have me come home for an evening, until I'm too exhausted to do anything but go to sleep once I'm alone (right now the strategy is for me to hang out in the living room until I'm too exhausted to do anything but go to sleep when I feel like I can't be safe alone - it works well enough to get me past the worst of it, even if I have to do it again the next night, and the next...). It would at least give me some freedom and independence, and be something to work toward, which I don't really have right now otherwise.

I have two awesome Personas, and I have no idea what to do with them.

you, creative kura, will think of something.

Adorable Kura , creative Kura and mischievous Kura . Yes, I know you have a dark side. You can't hide it from me

I'll switch to normal difficulty, and use the weaker one, and then save the super strong one for emergencies.

Unfortunately my dark side is more self-deprecating than anything.

Are we talking Shin Megami Tensei Personas here?

We are; Orpheus Telos and Thanatos in Persona Q, to be exact.
I love PQ and Persona 3 PSP and Persona 4 Golden. Three of my favourite games ever.

Cathy Lynn

Your statement is correct, but (almost) everyone acts like he or she is, the exception

There are exceptions, but not many

The older I get, the more triggers I reaalize I have

A friendship might require a written contract

Why would anyone want to be my "friend", when so many precious lil "people" would be willing to be their friend, without a written contract



besides it is also correct, that I don't have much to offer, positively, in a friendship


A lot of the time, I feel too tired and lazy and apathetic to even talk







Job hunting emotionally drained and disturbing



"Five years experience " this

"CPA" that

"3.5 gpa" this

"Lift seventy five pounds" that

"Driver's license" this

"Full time" that

"People person" this

"Outgoing" that

"Standing up" this

My personality makes it hard to do much of anything

Work, "friends"




Written friendship contact

Might as well pay someone to be my "friend"

Many things are tabboo.








Like I don't like compliments because then I have to act like he or she did me a personal favor



Nothing to do all day long


"Life" going nowhere










Discipline

Motivation