Posted by Jost on October 29, 2006, at 16:51:08
In reply to Re: Struggling about being misunderstood » ElaineM, posted by Racer on October 28, 2006, at 19:22:55
I wondered, Racer-- and I don't mean to in any way invalidate or imply that the wrong answer would invalidate your feelings, or the reality or rightness of your perceptions or beliefs-- but could I ask one thing. It's a technicality, but it would help me orient myself in your world== a little
when you say that you gained a lot of weight on SSRIs, could you say how much, and over what period of time, and whether there were any clues you got as to why you did, or explanations that may be out there about why SSRIs cause weight gain.
I dont know much about SSRIs, except the most superficial things.
I definitely understand your not going out to dinner, for the reasons that you didn't. I wouldn't go to restaurants for years-- for those reasons. Still have the reaction, and still put a lot of limits and provisos on going.
I do think we can understand, and empathize, and not think you're "imagining" things-- or just deluded. It's more important how you perceive things, and maybe to some degree if there are other parts of your mind that perceive things differently, or could, in time, react to things differently--which could lead to different outcomes in how you managed things, and even in the ultimate way experiences turned out. That's hard to know, but I see that it's happened in certain ways for me/
Even though I see changes in myself along those dimentions-- I can't understand how they arose, or what the "truth" was or is about many things.
Jost
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