I totally understand about the not getting off the couch. You know, I have such terrible unreasonable fear that at times I hardly breath because nothing feels safe. I also have panic attacks for no reason. That never happened before my mental break down. Since my mind snapped, it never healed completely. More then anything I needed to be on medication and getting treatment when I was going through my separation and divorce. I sought outside means to feel things like joy. I was loose, I slept around, I didn't focus on my children because my self esteem was so bad I let them spend most of the time with their dad, and I acquiesced to his opinions - if he thought I was worthless, and left me, he must have been right, right? I gave my children memorable gifts, I got a life insurance policy, and figured out which day I could commit suicide and leave my children money. I made money too important, I listened to forceful people who didn't have my best interests at heart. I believed I was capable of making decisions. It is the WORST time of an average life, and the stress factor for someone with mental illness is through the roof. Please keep posting. We really do care.

When I say,"watch your hands" I mean it literally. For me, learning how often my mind was in the clouds was as simple as trying to watch my hands, and when I wasn't paying attention to what they (I) was doing, I was usually thinking something that did me no good.

Get off the couch. Just to prove the jerk wrong.