Hitting the lottery??!!
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Brandi Menifee
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Hitting the lottery??!!
OMG!!! What is wrong with me??!! For the past 2-3 months I have been kinda obsessing about me & my family hitting the lottery! Until a few months ago I probably played it twice in my life & didn't think much about it! Now all of a sudden I keep thinkin about it & thinkin we r really gonna hit one of these days! I'm thinkin cuz we've been strugglin really bad lately like we have never before in life! So maybe I' m jus hoping 4 a quick and easy way out??!! I play every week now lottery and scratch offs & NO HAVEN'T HIT YET!! Am I goin crazy? I've prayed 4 God 2 take it outta my head especially if it's not gonna happen! However I've also been prayin that we r blessed 2 win it!! I often feel like my brain isn't mine anymore with all of these irrational thoughts! Really am I goin crazy about this lottery thing??!!
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Paisleegreen
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Re: Hitting the lottery??!!
It is a way of dealing with your anxiety. Please don't get hooked on playing the lottery. My brother lost everything...everything...because he was trying to "save" a business loss by gambling. He finally got help by taking Lexapro. ;o) because he was suffering from depression and anxiety. It is a long story, but my husband and I moved his family to my state and had him live in one of properties after he came down with Leukemia. This was right after he got his depression/gambling under control but no longer could keep his job and pay for the house, which was all that was left after a bankruptcy.
If you need to, you can PM me. The lottery thinking is part of anxiety and depression, there are many other activities or coping mechanisms we do to combat anxiety and depression that are just as destructive, such as stealing, shopping, drugs, over eating, etc. The best way is to acknowledge there is a problem and work on it. Just as you are doing by coming here. My coping strategy was gardening too much or starting new hobbies. They are okay, but not if they interfere with other people in my life who felt I was ignoring them or maybe their needs, which I didn't know. Paislee
If you need to, you can PM me. The lottery thinking is part of anxiety and depression, there are many other activities or coping mechanisms we do to combat anxiety and depression that are just as destructive, such as stealing, shopping, drugs, over eating, etc. The best way is to acknowledge there is a problem and work on it. Just as you are doing by coming here. My coping strategy was gardening too much or starting new hobbies. They are okay, but not if they interfere with other people in my life who felt I was ignoring them or maybe their needs, which I didn't know. Paislee
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Brandi Menifee
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Re: Hitting the lottery??!!
Thx soo much 4 ur resonse Paisleegreen! I guess it is a way with dealing with my anxiety. Will we ever over come these horrible habits. I'm starting 2 think jus about everything I do has to do with my freakin anxiety/depression. There was once upon a time I felt more in control, & then bam I have an anxiety disorder! I thought I'd gotten over the hard part as far as the scary panic attacks(panic attack free since Mar. 09), but I now feel that my mind, my brain isn't apart of me! Like it's separate! Maybe I need 2 consider goin back 2 talk therapy it helped alot! Thx again 4 ur input! God Bless u!!!
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Paisleegreen
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Re: Hitting the lottery??!!
Thanks Brandi! Talk therapy really helped me, but also posting here. It helps to be able to talk to someone you can trust or people in general if you can get your thoughts out straight. I'm finding that if I'm anxious and I'm not with safe people, my thoughts don't come out right. But with the right people or group, I do much better. I think it has to do with being in a relaxed atmosphere and the topic.
My anxiety right now is adjusting to certain family members and their problems. I did fine with my 30 year old daughter at the water park because she was having fun, but if she is stressed doing paperwork for our business, look out! So this sort of begins some anxious feelings, which definitely comes from thoughts and memories of bad situations. So I have to just work on myself with positive thoughts, discuss matters later with a therapist or a friend that I can trust. Definitely pray about it.
The hardest thing I have is that there aren't people that I can talk to that I trust about my family situation. Because they aren't always in a charitable/caring position and will find fault with what I say. They have their own agenda and it isn't always for my welfare. So I have to be careful, so that is when a therapist is helpful or someone here that understands.
I can tell you this much, that your prayers will be answered, opportunities will show themselves as you continue in faith. I've had many miracles happen in my life where the right opportunity has shown itself and I got a good job or other benefits came their way. Paislee
My anxiety right now is adjusting to certain family members and their problems. I did fine with my 30 year old daughter at the water park because she was having fun, but if she is stressed doing paperwork for our business, look out! So this sort of begins some anxious feelings, which definitely comes from thoughts and memories of bad situations. So I have to just work on myself with positive thoughts, discuss matters later with a therapist or a friend that I can trust. Definitely pray about it.
The hardest thing I have is that there aren't people that I can talk to that I trust about my family situation. Because they aren't always in a charitable/caring position and will find fault with what I say. They have their own agenda and it isn't always for my welfare. So I have to be careful, so that is when a therapist is helpful or someone here that understands.
I can tell you this much, that your prayers will be answered, opportunities will show themselves as you continue in faith. I've had many miracles happen in my life where the right opportunity has shown itself and I got a good job or other benefits came their way. Paislee