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#194749 11/11/03 10:45 AM
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Ok Shiny,

I did my walking video this morning. Right now I'm afraid it is all I am up too!


But I'm sure it will build up. So 20 minutes, probably still didn't get the candy bar.

So later today AFTER you work out you can post and tell us you did it!


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so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
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Yeah well I WORKED, sure enough...but all on school stuff, right til 7 p.m....Thursday for SURE!

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Hi Shiny,

Did my video again this morning.

I have pretty much decided to move on with my life and trying to plan out how to do that, do you happen to know any good books on dealing with grief?


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HI Pam,

Can't think of any titles, but there ARE plenty out there..I saw a bunch the last time I was at Chapters.

Perhaps a trip to the bookstore is in order? Lots of other helpful tomes out there...including ones on anxiety and depression.

Not much to report on this end, busy day, lots of snow .

Shiny

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Soooo how much snow is lots of snow???

It was 70 degrees here today!

Of course tomorrow it is only going to be 50

Just took my pill as I think I forgot it last night.

Being bad and having another chocolate chip cookie although I do prefer them warm out of the oven!



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Enough snow so that everything is white, including telephone wires, trees, lawns, CARS...(I so hate scraping the car off ).

It was heavy wet snow, and actually rather pretty.

Haven't been posting much of substance on this thread of late...pondering why.

I think it's just one of those spells of "normalcy"...no real issues (except for the usual), no negative interactions, no icky feelings on my part...

I still have questions...but as time passes their urgency fades.

Wonder if anyone else is experiencing this?

Shiny

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Well, I'm not, but I WOULD LIKE TOO!!!


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Quote:



Haven't been posting much of substance on this thread of late...pondering why.

I think it's just one of those spells of "normalcy"...no real issues (except for the usual), no negative interactions, no icky feelings on my part...

I still have questions...but as time passes their urgency fades.

Wonder if anyone else is experiencing this?

Shiny




here! sometimes I think it is during these times when I start sniffing around looking around for something to worry about or be concerned about etc...ya know like rattling the birds cage when it finnaly shuts the hell up just to make sure it's still alive and then wondering why the hell ya did that as it's gonna take a bit before the darn thing gets quiet again. (ok so I've never actually had a bird but I imagine that's what I'd do if I had one so best I don't huh!)

it's a good thing shiny...is part of why I don't bother to post much on my thread anymore and decided to not start a new one...not enough drama in every day "normal" married life to interest.

take it as a good sign!

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Hi Shiny,

Question for you, how do you change black and white thinking? I believe that has always been the way I do a lot of my thinking.

I think my mom is that way and that is the way us girls were raised. I believe at least one of my sisters tends to think black and white as well.

Maybe the baby doesn't, I don't see her often enough to know!

Is it through your self talk? That is my guess as that seems to be the root of changing a lot of things. At least that is what the C I was seeing would say to me at times.


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Pam,

It takes a lot of work to change the usual way we think...it becomes second nature to us and hard to stop.

That's one of the major reasons I believe a GOOD therapist can be invaluable to you.

In my opinion it not only has to do with self talk (which is vital) but also the basic Mistaken Beliefs that underlie the negative self talk.

For example:

"I'm basically unlovable"
"I'm not worthy of happiness"
"I'm "broken" somehow"
"No one can be trusted"
"The world is full of pain"

Now you might think...how are these mistaken beliefs? Because they ARE...they themselves represent a black and white view of the world.

One thing I did was begin to actively CHALLENGE these beliefs: AM i basically unlovable?....NO....(then I would list all the people who DO love me)

Can NO ONE be trusted? NO...my parents, my siblings, most of my friends, are eminently trustworthy

Am I "not worthy" of happiness? of COURSE not! We are ALL worthy of love and happiness...such a belief is BLATANTLY false.

Again, Pam, this whole thing takes WORK and PRACTISE...I've been actively doing so since the fall of 1998...

Shiny

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