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Becky
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Date Posted: 21:51:12 01/19/05 Wed
In reply to:
Shani
's message, "Re: help! still going nuts!!!!" on 08:54:58 01/19/05 Wed
>I know how you feel. I have been feeling the same
>thing lately. I have been restricting a lot more
>lately. I hadn't even noticed I was really doing it
>again until someone commented that I had lost more
>weight since I have been sick. I sat down to try to
>figure out why I feel this way and realized that I
>felt like such a failure in other areas of my life
>that this was something I was good at and could
>control. So I have been really frustrated with myself
>in life in general and hate feeling like the "Debbie
>Downer" of my group of friends. I know it sucks and
>I'm going to tell you what I have been telling
>myself...life goes through ups and downs and just
>because you stumble doesn't mean that we have failed.
>Also, friends are there to help you when you hit
>life's bumps and listen when you go through periods of
>complaining. I don't mind your venting...if I can
>somehow help you, that would make me feel better. So
>we are all being helped...you get things off your
>chest and we get to help you figure out what to do or
>just listen when there is nothing that can be done.
>So smile and keep the venting coming...better to let
>it out than keep it in. ;-)
>
>>Hey everyone,
>>thanks so much for all of your advice. yeah it's
>>really dissapointing, and i know i was crazy for
>>taking in such a short amount of time, but i really
>>thought i could do it. it is def hard to not think i'm
>>a failure though, because of all the amount of work i
>>put into learning the material...anyways, i think it's
>>more frusterating that i have to RETAKE the course
>>now. it just seems like life is very frusterating for
>>me right now. i am just driving myself nuts with
>>everything in my life. i worry so much about the
>>future, i can't even enjoy now. i do this in my
>>relationship with troy...and it is driving him crazy
>>too. its like, he wants to go away and do internships
>>and study abroud and stuff, and i am very supportive
>>of him, yet at the same time, all i can think is that
>>he'd find someone who is better than me in these other
>>couuntries or whatever...am i crazy or what?? all i
>>know is that the past few days its been very hard for
>>me ot keep food down, its like i just am allowing
>>myself to spiral into these old patterns. i hate this,
>>i hate how one day you can feel completely normal, and
>>the next day be sad for no real reason. and i also
>>hate being the one with all of htese problems, its
>>like I"M always venting to people, and i just wish
>>that instead of venting to everyone, i could help more
>>people..ya know?? there is so much i want to do with
>>my life and helping people is on the top of my list,
>>but i am kind of at a point where all i can think is
>>how can i help people when i can't even figure myself
>>out right now?? i am so stressed out about everything,
>>i'm on meds, seeing a therapist, and am still going
>>crazy, i thought htings were better, but now i'm not
>>so sure. sorry guys, i hate to keep venting, but i'm
>>just letting my fingers go right now....anyways...i am
>>really fursterated at myself with this class,
>>especially because now all i can think is htat iw
>>asted three weeks of my life pretty much...along with
>>a bunch of money...which is honestly the LAST Thing i
>>need to be doing...is wasting money...none of you know
>>about hte "situation" with my dad, but it's pretty
>>horrible...i wont even bother explaining it, but
>>still, i'm going insane. anyways, enough of
>>me...thanks for all of your help ladies. your
>>wonderful...and mean soo much to me! take care!
>>~always~
>>kim
>>
>>
>>>Kim, I think Deb is on to something, so I'll add my
>>>two cents worth. You gave yourself what, like 3 weeks
>>>to learn this course? Never mind how you got into
>that
>>>pinch--we all live and learn. But do you know anyone
>>>who could learn that course in 3 weeks? Give a task
>>>like that to anyone and they'll fall short, in fact
>>>they probably wouldn't have done as well as you did.
>>>Another reason to forgive yourself and give it
>another
>>>chance.
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