Posted by noa on October 13, 2003, at 18:01:10
In reply to Re: Remember me?, posted by Janice on October 10, 2003, at 12:12:47
Janice,
Thanks for the kind words. Your advice to me about the 12 minute timer is good, but I haven't followed it enough! I still struggle with getting stuff done and the place being a total mess.
On the other hand, my symptoms have improved, and I am mostly functioning pretty well these days. I have my moments, of course. And dealing with unstructured time is still hard for me. It is like depression created a void where my life used to be and now, though I am not depressed so much, I have to figure out how to put the life back into the empty space.
But I'm better. I bought a place to live (now it is all *mine* to mess up!!) and am working full time. I'm even beginning to test out talking about the *future* in therapy, though this is very difficult for me, still.
You're right about the accomplishment of getting the illness under control, but not being able to toot that horn in all settings. Oh well, at least you can toot away here!
poster:noa
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