Posted by BarbaraCat on August 1, 2002, at 1:11:23
In reply to Re: What I do for a living » BarbaraCat, posted by allisonm on July 31, 2002, at 8:20:41
That is so wonderful and inspiring that you're going for what you love. As dear Joseph Campbell said, you gotta follow your bliss. Fibromyalgia is definitely bad news, feels like always having the flu with the widespread body aches and stiffness, the insomnia, the anxiety. I definitely don't need all that on top of my long term depression/bipolar, or whatever it is, although I think they're intertwined. No one knows for sure what it is, although current research is coming up with some clues. But I'm convinced it's due to environmental toxins and emotional stress, at least for me. I'm like a canary in a coalmine in my emotional sensitivity, and my heretofore resilient body is saying 'no more, can't go on like this'.
I went to a naturopath today whom I think is going to be able to help me. I'm trying to get back my spark and energy again because I too am determined to follow my bliss. I just can't see clear right now to even know what that is. Oh, good luck to you, Allison, in your new and exciting venture! - BarbaraCat
> I'm trained as a journalist and also have worked in public affairs and publications. I am studying floriculture and ornamental horticulture because I want to be a writer/editor in that area. I've always wanted to be a horticulturist. Just never thought it was a 'real' job when I was a teenager picking a major in college. So now at 40 I'm going back to do what I probably should have done in the first place.
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> Yes, I like my pdoc very much. He's the best! He is a psychiatrist but I also do my therapy with him. I see him every week.
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> I'm sorry to hear about your fibromyalgia. I don't know much about it, but know it's debilitating.
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