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Many of you know much of my story so sorry if you are hearing some of it again. I have suffered on and off for 30 years with my anxiety and depression....always in fear of it striking again...never feeling that it will not be a part of me. I must say one of my biggest fears in this treatment was thinking I am going to have to go through more of it and maybe even worse than before until my body gets healthier. I was laying in bed thinking for so long I have wanted to be free of this fear that grips me. It came to me that after I turn that corner in this treatment and healing process I will no longer be bound by this!!! I will not only no longer be suffering with IC symptoms but this will be part of my past as well. I cannot tell you how good it makes me feel to know that day WILL come for all of us. Sometimes those doubts creep up especially in the midst of the storms but through our doctors, our faith and each other we will be ok. Maybe better than ok. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Much love, Patty
Thanks Patty!
Thanks Patty!
Alot of emotional things are shifting and changing for me. I use both words because I have shifted in and out of worry and obsessive thinking (I realize there is a difference between anxiety-non-specific and free-floating) and worry. For me, it is mostly worry which turns into obsessive thinking. This has improved in treatment but it is not gone yet. I have had a lot of short-temperd-ness also, and Dr. B says it is the liver and it will improve too. The emotions and health are very powerfully linked, and Chinese Medicine has a better grasp of this than western (at least, so far). I am going to post a seperate article on this.
If we don't excel at health, the only other option is disease.
In case it is of any use to
In case it is of any use to you, Mimi and Patty, I am finding Mindfulness Meditation (for me, in the form of Theraveda ) so available and expanding in pschological and mental health fields under the Mindfulness heading.
I mention it now, after reading your posts, because I just realized I have strayed from the practise for a few weeks and have been reverting to my old ways of thinking. So, began again last evening and notice such a difference...Im realizing, like anything else it is the consistent practise that keeps all afloat and deepens the strength of it..warm wishes.
Lolo THANK YOU for the
Lolo THANK YOU for the reminder. Last Spring I took a Mindfullness Class and it was wonderful. But it is in the practice every day, in everyday things that the power of mindfullness lies. I need to go back to it. Even my breathing changes when I just bring my awareness to it!
If we don't excel at health, the only other option is disease.
YES! and I am reminded how
YES! and I am reminded how stalling the practise is really silly because from the very beginning of a sitting and/or a moment doing daily tasks, I realize it is a pleasure to do.. go figure....thank YOU, Mimi
I don't specifically practice
I don't specifically practice mindfulness meditation but I do practice meditation and have my own little forms of exercise that really helps me releive stress and maintain that centered balance. It only really takes me 20 minutes tops to do it and when it comes down to it I actually DO have 20 minutes to spare. Hello the black hole of facebook? If I think I do not then I am not being honest with myself. When you think of how you could be meditating- oh I should be doing it and you don't feel like it- THAT IS EXACTLY WHEN YOU SHOULD BE DOING IT. So when you get that message like- oh I don't have time or I don't feel like is the hinge point drop the task and go do it. It helps ALOT. I don't have kids so I think that would be challenging maybe but I would involve them in the meditation and teach them too so we could all do it together. As some sort of Quiet time of just way of practicing a planned schedule of " imaginative time travel" or out of body lucid day dreaming type fun quiet time. Also you can imagine your body healing during that time too visually. It is a state of being that we are all in eventually and therefore it exists because all potentials exist. So GO TO THAT PLACE. :)
Perfect!! Thank you Honeybee!
Perfect!! Thank you Honeybee! NOW is the moment....