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by squish_is_me
Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:15 pm
Forum: Prescription Medication Discussion
Topic: does anyone else suffer from nightmares??
Replies: 19
Views: 4940

I'm joining the nightmare club. When I was on lexapro I started having really violent nightmares. According to my former therapist, lexapro is notorious for it, so I switched to prozac. Helped for a little while, but I still have them. Actually I noticed some benefit to taking fish oil with breakfas...
by squish_is_me
Wed May 21, 2008 6:00 pm
Forum: Session 10 - How to Address Obsessive, Scary Thoughts
Topic: Help I feel like I am drowning
Replies: 21
Views: 5701

Crashdog; I too, like most everyone on this forum,have had very bad anxiety/panic attacks from financial, family, travelling situations. It feels, to me, like I am losing my mind, totally scared,dizzy, feelings of unreality, etc. I have had this for about 25 years ( I'm 47), and didn't know what was...
by squish_is_me
Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:56 am
Forum: Humor for Anxiety
Topic: stress test
Replies: 8
Views: 4516

I am not sure exactly how it works, but this is amazingly accurate. Read the full description before looking at the picture. The picture below has 2 identical dolphins in it. It was used in a case study on stress levels at St. Mary's Hospital. Look at both dolphins jumping out of the water. The dolp...
by squish_is_me
Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:00 am
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: Self Destructive behaviour?
Replies: 5
Views: 1463

As I begin to take a deeper look pver my past I have a patter of what you might call 'self destructive behaviour'. One choice after another that just landed me, in the end, in a crap hole spot. I think often I see the red flags going in and ignore them and charge forward. Its somewhat disturbing and...
by squish_is_me
Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:29 pm
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: Why did I push him away? Why am I like this?
Replies: 23
Views: 9084

bum bum bum... nevermind
by squish_is_me
Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:46 am
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: Why did I push him away? Why am I like this?
Replies: 23
Views: 9084

I am 24 but i always say I feel 32. I have a daughtor who will be 6 in amy and a 3 yr old son. I also work FT and go to school nights and weekends, not to mention that whole single mom thing. Somtimes I feel mature beyond my years because of my situation, but I guess it would be a falicy to believe ...
by squish_is_me
Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:50 am
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: Why did I push him away? Why am I like this?
Replies: 23
Views: 9084

Thank you for your words! I have started thinking very heavily and come to realize a pattern in this type of behavior in myself in certain situations. Realizing where and how I pushed ppl in my life away from me. I have something to work on with my councilor for sure. I think I've also realized that...
by squish_is_me
Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:10 am
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: Why did I push him away? Why am I like this?
Replies: 23
Views: 9084

Im not on the program, never have been. Couldnt afford it. I have gotten a million times better with my anxiety issues. Though my OCD seems to become more and more apparent to me all the time. Anyway one day my dad came to me and told me he was having a really hard time with the divorce and hear abo...
by squish_is_me
Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:05 am
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: Why did I push him away? Why am I like this?
Replies: 23
Views: 9084

last night I went to my mothers and cried and talked and tried my bester to verbalize my obsession over all this. And to understand WHY i do this to myself. At the end of the night, before I went to sleep, I texted keith and said i was very sorry for behaving the way I have been and that I do love h...