Stress Center Peer Support

I have a really hard time believing positive thoughts or statements. I've been depressed all day. Sure I had to work instead of going to my niece's birthday party, but that's no reason to think all these negative things about myself: no one likes me, I'm not important, I'm selfish, no one needs me, ...

I recently heard from the doctor that I have high cholesterol. I'm sure it's only because of my recent incredibly poor choices in diet, but that means I have to be on a low fat diet for the next 6 weeks. I'm already diabetic, which means I can't have 1/2 of the foods I see. Now I can't have fattenin...

I've been on Effexor for 7 years. I've kept it at 75 mg purposely so I could work on my anxiety coping skills while it decreases in effectiveness. I don't even know if it even has much of an effect any more. I take 2 if I'm in for a super stressful day (like if I'm going to be seeing my Dad that day...

I feel so guilty. Like I'm not good enough. I keep making mistake after mistake and I don't know how to stop feeling guilty. Then I feel guilty for feeling guilty because my brain tells me I shouldn't feel guilty at all. I just feel like apologizing to everyone but i don't have anything to apologize...

I liked Heather's idea about being positive about even the tiniest things. I set myself up something to look forward to every day. Usually it's going home or taking a nap or watching my favorite show or having a bite of ice cream (I'm diabetic, so I can only have a taste). Today, I get to have left ...

That's good. Focus on the decision you CAN make: clothing :) Personally, I like when people do things for me because I don't HAVE to make those decisions. I also have to prepare myself by telling myself, "Ok the decisions they make won't be the same ones I would make. It won't be exactly the way I w...

AngelKL - Your husband seems to be acting very childish. I'm sure you've asked him why and he won't let you in. It seems he doesn't want help right now. You might want to take this opportunity to examine your marriage more closely. If your faith was the only thing holding your marriage together, may...

My fiance and I like to talk philosophy. The biggest question we've discussed is whether or not the future is set. Does God have a plan laid out for us? Or do we make our own future as we go? The answer we've come to is: Both. God gave us free will, so we do make our own decisions. Only, he knows wh...

I usually just have the thought, "I'm not good enough." My fiance helps me explore my thoughts and he'll say, "not good enough for who?" He reminds me he's the one who's not good enough for me and he's gotten better at complimenting me. He tells me how he talks about how much smarter I am than him w...

I think your prayers really helped. I was able to get through it. My fiance of course went with me. He always said he hated her but he was always just kidding. He loved her just as much as I did. And we both miss her a lot. He was very supportive and said how proud he was of me for days. I needed th...