I'm still trying to figure out how to beat my own moodiness :l.
Mood disorders...wtf is that? Is it really all in my head? Can I change it? Is it just a mindset? Am I just not trying hard enough? Am I doing stuff the wrong way?
These are all the things I"m trying to figure out in order to combat my own mood disorder (I'm listed as being depressive at my Internist's office.) I mean, my psych classes are teaching me that depression is an imbalance of seritonin, but dont we have at least a bit of control over our neurotransmitter levels if cognitive behavioral therapy can help us? And it does, which means that having a different view on life (restructuring our thoughts) can somehow help.
I think a lot on this subject, trying to figure out ways so I will never ever feel as depressed as I used to. That was an awful feeling.
Are you trying to figure out things too? or have you given up? (just wondering...) Sometimes I think it is easier to give up than try.
And also, who says sadness needs to be medicalized? Maybe it's ok to feel sad sometimes. Maybe...we over-react to our moods and give them too much power.
Hell, I dont know. I'm clueless. But I muddle along anyway.
I"m sorry you feel so alone.
And what is food? Food is...to keep you alive. Food is to nourish you, to give you energy and health. Forget all those fancy sophisticated foods from france and yugopotamia
. Food's primary purpose is to keep you ALIVE and healthy. And while I may not know what food tastes like (I dont most times.) or how it feels to eat the same thing over and over again, I do know the primary functions of food. I bet we like a variety of foods just because of an evolutionary reason. If we eat a variety of foods it would give us more nutrition. So eating the same thing over and over again is bland and blegh.
Sometimes we crave things because they arent HEALTHY for us. For example, i just learned in human biology class that we crave things high in sugar and fat because in prehistoric times we'd sometimes starve, so the body wants these unhealthy things to build up more fat in the body in case of a famine. It's a bad survival mechanism in today's modern world.
This has to be the longest response I've ever given to a thread.
Strange.
lol,
*thinks*
Exes = Poo. That is my algebraic equation. And it makes sense to me!
And you know what, that ex husband of yours. He's an *******. I grr him. *thinks* You may think he is happy, but maybe he isnt. People have a remarkable way of making things look fine on the outside when things are shattering behind closed doors and on the inside.
You never really know what's going on.
And I agree with Lokey-loketron. Have fun! Have some you time! Is there anything you've wanted to do but couldnt because the kids were there? If so, do it! Just remember it's a temporary situation. I find that helps when I feel sad, or upset, to remember my sadness/upsetness is temporary. Your kids will be back before you know it!
Oh and remember, none of us have the answers. We're just human, limited, all of us. And I agree, its hard to stand strong all the time. I dont know what i'd do without my mom to support me :l.
Oh and here's a poem I wrote about a month ago:
Life is meant for living,
never standing still.
For even trees which grow as arrows
move the dirt below.
The barnacles in stony silence
hardened; calcified,
peep from their little shells
to catch organisms floating by.
And man which stands
as a silent picture;framed
weeping in his hands
will never see the day.
He will never see the sunshine,
or feel the cool-brown dirt.
His tears become his bars
he stands crippled;inert.
For life is meant for living
for standing straight and tall,
breathing in the air;
dancing at a ball.
Rocky cliffs feel nothing.
Volcanic ash lies still.
Inanimate,
dispassionate; forming nothing; silent hills.
