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Humour. Without it, I'd have given up a long time ago. One thing that Shell and I do at least once every single day is have a good laugh. Lots of times it's at ourselves ... two gimpy women in one house is a set up for a comedy of errors, believe me. At least once a day our dog makes us laugh out loud. Jack Russells are the comedians of the dog world. No matter how miserable I am, I know as long as I can still laugh, I'll make it through. My positive thought for today is that I'm so grateful I can still flex my humour muscles. And in keeping with that thought, here's what I look like in the mornings ... [IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a4/JR_Sandy/mymorning-vi.jpg[/IMG]

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DL ... "shudda-wuddas" ... :p know that tune by heart. Good thought for today (although I'm a bit behind here). Stay in the now. Is exactly what I need to hold onto today. I've crashed in a big way since starting the sessions, but am climbing my way back up the hill. Slowly, which I hate, but every day gets better. Remember a positive thought each day is one of the biggest things I can do to help myself. :)

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Live in the Now... I've always liked that maxim since I spent (wasted) so much of my time reflecting about past errors and sins and shudda-wuddas. My wife and I got it engraved into our wedding rings for good measure. It goes - Et in Arcadia ego... Google that one!

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Very good idea, Danielle. I'll have to think about how to do that. The board is pretty much ready to go but there's always fiddling that can be done. :)

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Sandy, Fantastic! Have you thought of making practicing your skills a treatment goal? Something you can work towards slowly? Danielle - Bilingual Health Educator

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:blush: Gabs, I'm one of those people who do that. I hate doing it, but between the fibro and the depression I'm so unreliable. I've learned to not promise to do anything anymore. It's cost me some friendships, but at least I'm not constantly guilty for letting people down. I do understand your frustration! Today's happy thought for me ... I figured out some HTML stuff I thought I'd forgotten. :) Doing a happy dance at the moment. I have a discussion board (am just launching it) so all the techie work has been driving me nuts. It's taken weeks to do -- where in the old days it would have taken hours -- but I haven't given up. I can't work right now, but I still have the skills. That is a huge relief for me. As a graphic designer and web designer I've been so frustrated and plagued by negative self talk the past year that I had to do something to show myself I still have the ability. So my happy place is that I can still do what I once did ... maybe not as quickly, but I'm learning that time limits are not my friend (as Danielle reminded me with doing the sessions!). Just getting it done is what matters these days. :)

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My thought today is If you say you are going to do something do it. This is for me and all of the people that surround me. I hate it if someone says they will call round to see you and then dont, or if they say they will phone and dont, or just anything really. I would rather people say nothing than promise to do something and then dont do it. You end up feeling let down and like your not worth the time or effort from anybody. It never used to be like that, Its only since my depression. Too sensitive i know. But thats the way it is right now. x

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Thinking about the upcoming Christmas holiday and thought I'd share a quote from The Stress Doc with you all: [quote][color=Maroon]"Holiday blues is the feeling of loss or sadness that you have over the holidays when, for whatever reason, you can't be with those people who have been or are special and significant. And holiday stress ... is when you have to be with some of those people!" {Stress Doc's classic holiday joke.}[/color][/quote] PS ... you can Google him or ask me for a link if you are interested in his site. He attacks stress with humour and is pretty amazing. I'm not a big fan of Christmas. We don't have kids so we aren't obligated to do the whole show, thankfully. We get to choose the parts we like and ignore the rest. We both like the pretty lights, we both like to buy gifts for our Jack Russell and we both like shortbread. We also choose either someone alone or an elderly person and get them a little something. Aside from that, all we have to do are the obigatory phone calls to family. This year I'm feeling grateful that I've finally worked past that crazy guilt and underlying deep sadness of Christmas. I finally have reached a place where I do what I want rather than being plagued by all the "shoulds". The therapy I had to deal with my crazy family has worked. I've learned that I'm grown up, and that even the hype of the holiday can no longer revert me back to a helpless state. Therapy and Prozac rule! The best part is that without all the anxiety I actually can enjoy the idea of Yule. I'm not a christian, but I am spiritual and the concept of a time of peace and love is a good one. It's nice to be able to do that instead of spending the whole season wishing I could dive back into a bottle of scotch. A big thing to be grateful for.

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Wonderful thoughts everyone! Who's next to share theirs? Danielle, Bilingual Support Specialist

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Today's happy thought for me is being glad I found this site. I've met people who understand and offer me support, I've met people I can offer support to, I'm working through the sessions and find the guidance from the support staff is exactly what I need to hear. Thank you all!!! Today I will think about what you said, Gabs ... being kind to myself. I did have a handle on that at one time, but it seems the handle has fallen off. :) The negative self stuff is back. Sneaks up when I forget to pay attention, it seems. I need to remember to treat [b]me[/b] with the same kindness I'd treat any one of you. So my house is messy, I'm behind in projects, I just want to crawl into bed and get warm and read ... that doesn't make me lazy or a failure. If one of you told me you felt that way, I'd suggest you take care of yourself, nurture yourself and do exactly what your body tells you. I get to have the same privilege. Gabs, I have spent a lot of time feeling guilty and selfish over the years. I got that message drilled into my starting at a very young age. I finally found something that works for me ... "enlightened self interest". That means I have permission to treat myself with exactly the same degree of kindness I treat my loved ones with. If I don't take care of me, I have nothing to offer anyone else. It seems like NOT taking care of myself is the selfish thing to do. Selfish, to me, means giving in to my fears, my guilts, my negative self talk. All that stuff makes me so focussed on self that I can't really give the best of me (or even much of me) to anyone else. Taking the time to be good to me, making myself strong enough to look outward is the unselfish thing to do. ~shrug~ Everyone has their own way of doing things and that's mine. :)

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