[DechanDawa]

For me, BIG TIME supportive! Thank you, all, for seeing me through a really rough few days. I was certain I was going to end up in the Emergency Room and instead I ended up on Psych Central. I am not going to be like an Academy Award recipient and list every single person who responded to me, many of you multiple times, because you know who you are. Oh heck, I will say thank you to the esteemed little turtle, BudFox, Skeez, von, prefab, Dave, rcat, Fuzzy, Valentina, George H., bluekoi and kindness as many of you responded multiple times. Also Nickname who I call Nick, and just a bunch of others like the guy who suggested I try wearing broccoli around my neck! A joke -- and I actually laughed, which was shocking as I had not heard that sound come out of me for some time!

I am sorry I can't name you all due to my lousy memory -- there are so many of you -- but you know who you are, and DechanDawa loves you all! I am especially thankful for the suggestion to exercise, exercise, exercise. Also, to be pointed to ACT, and of course, my old friend CBT. Spiritual practice and meditation are also important to me. They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it also takes a village to heal mental illness. In this case, a global village. Thank you, sweet peeps. You rock big time!

I think I may have broken some kind of record for the number of posts in a 24-hour period. In my defense, I was bedridden with a nasty horrible head cold, and with no cable TV, Neflix, or magazines. Thankfully, PC supportive peeps were on-call 24/7. I feel so grateful. Love you all to bits. Dechan PS I am eating animal crackers - a happy food. This proves my depression has started to lift!

[bluekoi]

Animal crackers? That's great I used to think of depression lifting as coming out of the Old Forest in Fellowship of the Ring. Being very ill can exasperate depression a lot. In my case it can sometime bring on a mini bout of depression/anxiety. Enjoy your animal crackers

[vonmoxie]

You have such positive energy and power, Dechan; it really comes through, and I'm so glad the support you rallied through your thoughtful posts was able to help you in some way as I'm sure it helped us too. I'm even thinking about trying this broccoli necklace method you speak of. What've I got to lose?

[DechanDawa]

Originally Posted by George H.

Animal crackers? That's great I used to think of depression lifting as coming out of the Old Forest in Fellowship of the Ring. Being very ill can exasperate depression a lot. In my case it can sometime bring on a mini bout of depression/anxiety. Enjoy your animal crackers

Thank you so much, George H. I think it is good to remember coming out of depression because I never do remember. And there is something very thrilling about it, like being reborn but still feeling distrustful and raw. Maybe remember isn't the right word. Maybe...attending. Attend to the rebirthing process. I feel like my psychic skin is hanging in raw strips, like, yes, I am emerging from some liminal wilderness place.

By the way... Your whole presentation is so very interesting. Whenever I find a post from you I look at that picture on your signature line and for the life of me I have yet to figure it out. It is like a dream or a vision or a talisman, and all your signature line and avatar line words are so mysterious. Some in French, some in English but might as well be French. It's all so enchanting and fun. OMG, I am once again enchanted by life thingies! Let this spark burst into flames. The Phoenix rises!

[DechanDawa]

Originally Posted by vonmoxie

You have such positive energy and power, Dechan; it really comes through, and I'm so glad the support you rallied through your thoughtful posts was able to help you in some way as I'm sure it helped us too. I'm even thinking about trying this broccoli necklace method you speak of. What've I got to lose?

OMG, you are looking straight through cyberspace at the authentic me! I am normally described in ways such as you have said, but never ever when depressed. I was really scared I lost me forever. I am only a little bit back. But thank you. Now we should share some chocolate and make our broccoli necklaces! I was thinking about the Carlos quote you sent today. I got so heavily into those books at one point I felt I was having liminal out-of-body experiences and everyone laughed, except my son who said, go for it, you don't need drugs to fly, you're a zany mama. Nighttime nudges!

PS Apologies for paraphrasing my son's message and making him sound like a neo-retro-hippie kid. He would be mortified! He never calls me mama. I was just fun-ning.

Are you two talking about Don Juan... Castaneda? Flash from a far distant past.
I don't know who wrote that last post with my name on it. I promise I know the difference between exasperate and exacerbate
When you reach the end of the Old Forest turn and give those trees a rousing chorus

BTW I can explain my sig if you like but the mystery may be better. The tiger is symbolism... should be easy enough to figure that one out.

[EnglishDave]

That you feel your Depression is lifting - no matter by how much - shows that Online Support works and justifies all of us putting our faith and effort into trying to help each other. It is rewarding to hear that one of our Community has benefitted from the words of fellow Members.

I hope many people with issues read this Thread, and are encouraged to participate in receiving and giving help and advice.

Dave.

[Fuzzybear]

[DechanDawa]

I feel that being able to talk about my crisis in a safe place with cyberfriends was incredibly helpful.

It seems that I have rounded a corner, as I am feeling a hundred times better! But it was a rough few days there. I have also been very sick with a bad head cold and migraine like head pressure. Maybe that caused my depression to suddenly flare up, as George H. suggested.

I don't feel entirely myself, but I now feel I have the courage and the strength to to step on the peddle with all those things that work to help put a depression into remission. Back on my holistic path.

[DechanDawa]

Originally Posted by George H.

Are you two talking about Don Juan... Castaneda? Flash from a far distant past.
I don't know who wrote that last post with my name on it. I promise I know the difference between exasperate and exacerbate
When you reach the end of the Old Forest turn and give those trees a rousing chorus

BTW I can explain my sig if you like but the mystery may be better. The tiger is symbolism... should be easy enough to figure that one out.

Indeed, yes, it was the timeless Don Juan...and Castaneda... we were discussing. I agree...flashback!

I think I will sit with the mystery of your sig. Heck, that still doesn't look like a tiger to me. I thought perhaps, cougar. Or some kind of shape-shifter.

[DechanDawa]

Originally Posted by EnglishDave

That you feel your Depression is lifting - no matter by how much - shows that Online Support works and justifies all of us putting our faith and effort into trying to help each other. It is rewarding to hear that one of our Community has benefitted from the words of fellow Members.

I hope many people with issues read this Thread, and are encouraged to participate in receiving and giving help and advice.

Dave.

Yes. It is a happy thing when community support can be so very helpful. I always get excited when your little blue dog shows up!

DechanDawa,

You did receive very good feedback, but if you didn't have the humility to listen and learn from the feedback you still would have went to the ER. Thus you deserve a lot of credit.

You gave an example of how Psych Central absolutely has real-world applications.

We truly are a community. We are not independent; we are interdependent. We have each others' backs.

We need each other.

[Skeezyks]

DechanDawa !

This is so good to read Dech, I'm very happy to say my experience of PC members has been as positive as yours.

Keep well, and exercise, exercise, exercise.

[Pikku Myy]

Very supportive

[DechanDawa]

I wanted to write at the end of this month since I had the crisis at the beginning. The best thing I did for myself this month was to start walking, and start daily meditations.

I also watched a lot of coaching videos on YouTube.

And I have been doing Snap!Club. (See vital's explanation)

And of course, Psych Central for support.

I feel much better...March roared in like a lion but is a tamer cat going out...