call me a bitch, but...

[carolynsinger]

 Look, you don't have to tell me to count my blessings. Some seminarians (the ones at other schools who apparently have time for naps somehow) sit around all day and notice the fortunate happenstances that we call blessings. I tried that as a strategy to manage my anxiety, and I ended up with the first panic attack in my life

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[bassclefchick]

Sometimes we have to hit rock bottom before we can become who we were meant to be.
Or at least I have to.

Meds can help, but counseling works better for me. It's fantastic to have someone who's entire job is to sit there and listen to you.

517-763-6222, call me anytime.

[carolynsinger]

Thanks, you two... you are seriously the best sisters

[fisherman]

I find, a lot of the time, that our innate reactions to things aren't the best ones.

Take potato chips for example. They're delicious. Which, by ordinary reasoning, is something that should make us happy. So we eat them expecting to be happy afterwards. And when they just give us a stomach ache, we're confused.

So when you say there's no logical reason... well, maybe, maybe not. Sometimes it's hard to tell. That's why I think CBT-oriented counseling is so effective -- it's designed to ferret out those sorts of basic cognitive misconceptions.

One principle I've found in my life is that good things and bad things don't balance each other out. I can have all the good things in the world, but if there's one significant source of dischord in my life, it shoots my mood to hell. Nothing helps until I straighten out or solve whatever was wrong... even if I didn't know what it was to begin with. "Counting your blessings" is a nice thought... but if you really need it, it doesn't help.

[carolynsinger]

Ha! You fixed my LJ bug and my compy issues all in one night! You're one swell guy. Sigh, CBT might be helpful, but it takes time... I kind of wish things could get better right freaking now.

[fisherman]

Okay, this has kind of been bugging me about your journal...

Go to:
http://www.livejournal.com/customize/options.bml

Click the "Custom CSS" tab

Enter the following line in the "Custom Stylesheet" box:
.entry-footer, .comment-footer, .trackback-footer {float:none;}

Hopefully that should make it look right on all browsers. :)

[suela_602]

I know this may not help, but there's nothing wrong with feeling crappy about stuff every now and then. Especially since it sounds like you also acknowledge the blessings in your life (friends, rights, BU in the Frozen Four, etc.). There's nothing wrong with acknowledging how sucky something can be.

Oh course this is coming from the gal who could see the down side of a sunny day. ;-)

[carolynsinger]

Thanks, Sue. You're always a voice of reason!