Posted by Intrepid on May 10, 2007, at 7:49:25
In reply to Re: help meds » Intrepid, posted by Phillipa on May 9, 2007, at 23:01:10
> Oh I'm definitely taking babysteps did you see the movie? Anyway big step tomorrow for me I get to drive myself to get a new perm. Now isn't that ridiculous for an old lady like me.
No. Having a life happens in babysteps. The constant is life changes - we change in mind, body and circumstances. Adaptations are critical. I have read somewhere (may have been here) that some of roots of depression is lamenting or glorifying the past we thought we had - sometimes a case of focusing on the all the good stuff and sometimes a case of focusing on the bad stuff. And anxiety is rooted in dreading the future we imagine for ourselves. The task is living in the present - not recklessly but realistically seeing our lives and empowering ourselves to seek the changes needed and improvements needed and take steps to make them.I liked a recent N. Giovanni quote (paraphrased):
^I am stronger than I believe myself to be and not quite the person I’m wanting to become.^
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