Hey Mike, if you are any good at baking, I might hit you up for tips. yes, people worry about you because they care. I always said that if I donāt care about someone, they canāt make me feel anything. I just hope that you are able to find some good help. It can be difficult but is worth looking for. It took me about 5 or 6 different therapists and probably more psychiatrists before I found the right one.
I also agree that PTSD and depression make everything harder to deal with. I know my self esteem tends to be at its lowest when I feel bad or sad and it affects my outlook on everything.
I promise, it gets better. There will be good days and bad but then the bad days donāt seem to be as bad and donāt linger as long. Hang in there, find someone to talk to and be open to any meds/ therapy your doc might want to try. And a chocolate chip cookie never hurt anyone!
You can be programmed as a child to think certain things if they are repeated enough times, and it does get imprinted into our brains permanently even after years of therapy / taking pills and knowing that you were just an innocent child. But you need to break the psychological cycle of believing you need to be punished.
You know you are a very nice and respectful and caring person who likes to help others too. Try telling yourself that everyday instead, and all the other positive things we don't have space for to list lol. Eventually that will become permanently imprinted into your brain and thoughts and you will love yourself as much as all the people who care for you and love you, and hurt when you hurt yourself too. You should treat yourself too when you have achieved something good for yourself or just because you deserve it for helping others and making the most of yourself.
If something doesn't go to plan, you're not worthless or letting anyone down, if you tried your best and so therefore you should treat yourself again. It's true. You really deserve all the happiness and compliments and words of encouragement, from all your friends on here too. I used to be overly criticised and I do it to myself all the time without realising it, then I learnt to replace all the negative thoughts and comments about myself with positive ones. You should do the same and realise just how lucky people are to have you in their lives, and what a great person you are.
I do not think that I am particularly good at it, but what I make still gets eaten rather rapidly. I will make sure that I find the right therapist. I am sure that I will find them eventually xx
Awww. Thanks to you too. Time for more cookies! Yay! lol. I hope you will feel a lot happier for a lot longer now. People here genuinely care about you and are concerned, so keep in touch, but no talk about chocolate, cookies or cake after today because I am back on diet tomorrow, lmao. Just kidding. I will send you up some brownies when you need treats. They may be a couple short though xx
Treats are always good :-). I care about people on here too... and I will always do anything and everything that I can to help them all. I can send cakes... not made brownies in ages. All of us in the UK should put our skills to use and rent a little shop and sell cakes and things to raise money for fibro sufferers and research xx
Thats sounds like a good idea. I will try not to eat the profits lol. Worth looking into isn't it. I have plenty of spare time now especially at night xx
yes, people worry about you because they care. I always said that if I donāt care about someone, they canāt make me feel anything. I just hope that you are able to find some good help. It can be difficult but is worth looking for. It took me about 5 or 6 different therapists and probably more psychiatrists before I found the right one.