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Oct 07, 2009, 02:51 AM
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Member Since: Aug 2009
Location: Fringes of the bell-shaped curve
Posts: 779
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Originally Posted by Zen888
Lynn, I mean this with all due sincereity (excuse my spelling) you should become a psychologist! Your advice as well as others has been very helpful. I know I tend to get worked up over small things and blow them out of proportion, this is a bad habit of mine.
But having supportive people help me to think in "black and white" terms and things based on facts means alot to me. I don't have a mental health support team right now I only have my family doctor to give me refills for my prescriptions.
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 Zen, I don't think your anxiety has anything to do with being "a bad habit" - I think it is a component of your mental illness, so don't go beating yourself up about it. Just recognize it for what it is and try to do some research about it - get more information about your bipolar condition so you can more readily recognize your "symptoms" and develop coping skills to keep them from impacting you so hard.
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Originally Posted by Zen888
*update*
My brother replied to my e-mail! He told me that he isn't angry with me and would like to meet up but I have to give him a weeks notice because he is busy with work.
I am still in shock and in tears after reading his e-mail. I miss him so much!
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That's great! Now, use the skills you are now developing by dealing with these background checks and interviews to prepare yourself for when you and he get together. Again, RELAX! You do not have to "explain" everything to him - you do not have to justify yourself to him - just relax and enjoy sharing time together and each other's company. Take the spotlight off of you and focus more on talking about what is going on in HIS life - let him know that you are interested in him as a person - not just as someone to provide you with support.
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Originally Posted by Zen888
Wednesday and Thursday I have interviews. I will do my best to relax myself before the interviews and to eat properly. I wish I could bring a friend along to the interviews so I wouldn't feel so nervous. Thank-you so much to all my "Getting a Life..." supporters!   |
You can take your PC friends along with you to the interviews - print out the responses you have received in this thread and tuck some of them in your purse. If you feel nervous before going in to the interview, take a private moment to just quickly read through them to help you remember to breathe, relax, be yourself, etc. We can't be there for you in body, but I assure you that we will all be present in spirit in the words we've written to you. You are going to get a life, Zen, and it's going to be a great one.
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"I walked a mile with Pleasure; she chattered all the way, But left me none the wiser for all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow and ne'er a word said she; But oh, the things I learned from her when Sorrow walked with me!"
(Robert Browning Hamilton; "Along The Road")
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