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Still suffering from SP . It doesn’t happen when I listen to music as I sleep.
Just looking for help. Any information regarding treatment will be appreciated. Thanks.
Thank you for posting this wonderful account. I have enjoyed reading your website this afternoon. Keep up the good work guys :-)
I just wanted to say a big thank you for posting this wonderful account of your connection with Raven's. I managed to find your site through this link: Raven I had a stange dream about a raven falling on me. It was wonderful to hear this account of how ravens were bought into this world. Thank you once again, through that dream website and your account it has given my dream greater meaning. I also love the drawing you have and would love to know the artist. Thank you Serendip for your raven account.
What you shared is so much full of hope and care. It helped me, i hope it helps others too.
God bless you :)
That is soooo sweet of you :) It is a very beautiful feeling to know that someone in this world still has a heart beating like yours to recognize love <3
And I absolutely love the fact that you wrote for me, I didn't consider myself worthy of it. I'm quick to respond to love just like a hungry person is quick to eat.
But what your comment has done for me here is worth a million hugs! <3 . Trust me, it boosted my confidence way more than anything ever did. I can't thank you enough for that. The fact that you could understand me so good explains how kind a person you yourself are. and when you mentioned the "love and happiness and kindness and all the beautiful things there are out there. ..... The trees, the grass, the huge expanse of sky we have, the clouds the smiling faces, the laughing children, and your family and friends- everything is there, and its also there for you.".. THAT ACTUALLY IS MY MEANING OF A PERFECT WORLD. GOD! You are just like a voice from inside me, it so cool actually :) . I am an immense nature lover and you seem to love nature too. nature has always been there to heal me, plants, animals, land, the sky... they've always been my friends and i love spending time with them.
And i think you are right about my father. I could never confront him because i don't want to embarrass him. You know there are many things besides this that he has done for me; he's my dad. I should just let go, but the fact that all those destructive thoughts and feelings originated from that night, is hard to let go. Guess what I think that I'll be able to let go of it for the very first time, in all these years, because of what you said. You are right and I'm sure my dad would want to take back his words if he finds out that they hurt me.
I'm so happy for you. its life saving that you can open yourself up to the love you deserve. I wish you to be more and more satisfied, loved, successful, productive and happy in your life. Thanks again for showing me my world through your perspective. And i'll love it if you could tell me at least your name, I'd want never to forget it :)
Blessings upon you
I think women are more likely to seek help. Men on the other hand, forever pursuing the ideals of masculinity, will keep quiet, until their illness eventually takes over them.
my wife was diagnosed as bipolar manic. He makes sure it is known that its mania only not manic depressive. she goes from normal to extreme episodes of mania. like getting 5 tattoos in one week. Not sure if this is what you mean but she has been diagnosed this way for atleast 15 years. thats how long its been since I first met him.
Van Riper's account of Millenium Challenge 2002 is largely nonsense: if you look into the BLUEFORCE commander's side of the story, you quickly discover that the amazing "victory" that Van Riper pulled off was actually the result of a simulation error (the simulation moved the BLUE ship markers to where the physical ships were, right next to the coast, allowing for an ambush because the ships teleported into the middle of Riper's simulated ships). Another "trick" he pulled was to deploy chemical weapons in areas where paratroops were going to land, getting a shedload of casualties because the exercise only had access to C-17s to drop paratroops for 18 hours, something that would never be an issue in real life. At a very basic level, Riper did not understand the difference between exploiting an operational flaw and exploiting a flaw in the simulation.
Plus most of his "innovative tactics" were outright cheating, such as claiming the US fleet wouldn't examine fishing boats, respawning his own forces multiple times, having his bicycle couriers deliver messages instantaneously, putting 5,100-pound Termit anti-ship missiles on 25-foot fibreglass speedboats (which were being disregarded for purposes of the simulation even though they wouldn't be in real life), etc. He was chucked off because he was threatening to ruin a multimillion dollar exercise.
hi i am saba.i m doing b.ed from allama iqbal open university.i have to write a reflection note while observing the classroom.i have to fill the manual of teaching practice part 1.it is out of mind.i have to write field notes in 14 days but due to circumstances i could not filled the manual and now i have to submit the manual on 6th october plzzzzzzzz help me in manual........!!!!!!!
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I dream at night all night mixed jumbled up dreams, sleep with fist clenched tight, talk, jump, tired and exhausted all day. I cannot take sleep medications it makes me groggy the next day, the only thing that helps it I get a couple ativan when I am going out of town or to a special event the next day and take one the night before. any advise please? I had a sleep study done years ago for this and the only thing that showed up was I stayed in dream state to long.
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I read everything you said and wow, you are amazing and kind and sweet and absolutely one of the most amazing humans beings I've ever met, and I never even met you. I really really really mean that. i love that you love everyone and everything with all your heart and soul and that you adore your family, friends, teachers, and people youll never see again. you sound like an amazing human being, and that's because you are.
you're little blurb you wrote on your life and everything just made me want to hug you XD I mean thats all it took for me to see how beautiful you are. I really hope one day you see that. Maybe you can start now. :) please start now, a soul as beautiful as yours doesnt deserve to be suffering. If it means anything I think I love you :) You are so sweet and still you cant see that. Please allow yourself to see that. You are worthy of love and happiness and kindness and all the beautiful things there are out there. They arent just for other people, they are for you. The trees, the grass, the huge expanse of sky we have, the clouds the smiling faces, the laughing children, and your family and friends- everything is there, and its also there for you. You aren't an exception, you aren't worth nothing, you are beautiful. You are a wonderful soul and I promise you, I promise you I can see that so so so clearly, like I'm tearing up just writing this. I don't know how old you are but you seem so mature and self-aware and I just want you to know that even though you don't know me I think you're honestly so amazing, and so, so, so worthy of love. Please please please believe that.
You came here because you have OCD, since you were a child- well me too! (maybe no exclamation mark is required there) Recently the OCD i had got wayyyyyy worse and I found myself here. Its nice to see someone whose so kind and wonderful here actually, it makes me think maybe Im not so bad, or maybe Im not bad at all. The ocd I have can really really really hurt me and make me feel all these horrible things about myself and even convince me that I want to hurt someone I adore so so so so much that I could never, ever hurt. Its sometimes a nightmare, but sometimes life just opens up and I kind of get of the big fog of ocd, like I'm waking up and go like 'wow the world is so beautiful!' And then the ocd might come back and hurt me, but I hope that will happen less and less.
I also want to say that I understand what you said about your parents and choosing sides, and the relationship with your dad. My parents used to fight sometimes, well a lot actually, and it even got physical once. I chose my moms sides, we all did, and my dad grew kind of distant from us, But he still wants the best for us, he provides for us, and he loves us even though like your dad he doesn't talk much. He's told my mom about how he's wanted to be close to us and he wishes he could be. My mom told me that one day and it makes things so much better to know that. I think your dad is the same, and he doesnt ever want to be someone who would want to hurt you and if he could see what his words did to you that night he would take them back as soon as he could. I dont know if this may be hard to believe but I think your dad loves you, and your mom, and everyone else too. Please open up your heart to the love of other people, not just giving your love, but receiving theirs as well. And most of all you need to open yourself up to loving yourself. Please! it will make everything so so so much better once you begin to realize, even just a a little bit, of how much love you deserve, and how much you're allowed to love you without fear or restrictions or hurt or anything like that. when I choose to open myself up to my own love, the whole world, all of my past, all of me, everything around me lights up and all the fears fade away like I'm healed, because in those days or moments or weeks, its impossible to hate myself or hurt myself in any way, I feel so much better and so alive! i hope you can too :)
Twenty five years on Prozac and then tapered slowly off. It gave me the most severe OCD, tics, panic, anxiety, insomnia, phobias and paranoia. Three YEARS after quitting I am still in the throes of the now known 'protracted withdrawal syndrome' and my life has been utterly destroyed. My OCD is so bad I cannot do anything I used to do, cannot go out, cannot have visitors. All 'therapies' did nothing and I am hoping it eventually settles back down. The experts say it can take several years for the brain to heal itself after this damage.
I am so furious and wish I could sue the Pharma. :( Dr Peter BReggin tells us all about how it damages us. And other sites online there to help. Evil , evil Pharma companies knew about this yet still its on the market... NO warning.
Sure, happy you found it useful. We don't have a hi-res version for print however.
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Hello! I've been trying to navigate your website with no luck. Any chance I can use your comparative modern vertebrate brain size figure in a paper on evolution of life on earth? Also any chance you've got a sharper image?
Hi,
i just wanted to thank you for taking the time to write this article. i thought it was very insightful, and provided me with ideas i wouldn't otherwise have found. thank you.
and, though it can't really apologize for all the crappy comments on this thread by other white folks....Im sorry. It sucks that so many white folks (im a white fella from canada and i TOTALLY can't dance) just took this as an opportunity to tell you you were wrong. its a shame and a missed opportunity.
PICK IT UP, WHITE FOLK! Stop being so damn defensive. Read a book, for pete sakes!
Hello.. I took the abortion pill to terminate a very early pregnancy 16 years ago. I have never been pregnant since. I am worried that taking that pill that one time has completely destroyed my chance at ever becoming pregnant again. I have actually wondered if I have had miscarriages without realizing it. There have been times I thought I may be pregnant after missing a few periods but then I will finally menstruate with a heavy and painful flow. Is there anyone that can relate or has information regarding my fear? Thank you!
I am sorry to hear about your loss. I want to to know that you will be ok. Those weird feelings will subside and your state of mind will go back to normal. When a loved one is lost, existential barriers are put in front of us. We are drawn to think in ways we haven't before and feel emotions that maybe we haven't felt before. Since they are new, and signal a bit of stress, our body tries to deal with it in ways which confuse us. Just acknowledge that it will pass. It might not be from night to day, it might take a while to fully be back to the right state of mind but it will happen. The body and mind are amazing and will go back to normal. Don't be afraid to seek professional help either. You are not insane. Unfortunately people associate seeking professional help with having a serious disorder and that is just not the case. You may be surprised by how many people experience different forms of anxiety and are able to get through it.
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What is memory and what does it do?
I wish I could help my sweet dad. He has spinocerebellar ataxia. Several tests and doctors before someone did the right tests. No cure. So why can't I donate blood or something to help him? They said stem cell research but its expensive. Dad started with hand tremors. It's been 20 years. His gait is wobbly and worse. He refuses to stop driving even when he can't make decisions on driving. His feet went numb 5 years ago. He fell and cracked his skull when he was a teenager. They think brain injury caused it. Now they found all dead capillaries in his body.
Langtons ant now has a wave equation.
Thank you so much dear! :)
Just wanted you to know you are not alone!
Praying for you!
I'm 59 yrs. old, non smoker, considered healthy and active. In 2011 I had 3 dental implants installed using 2 post inserts. During the year-long series of visits I had what was called a nasal "lift" to provide clearance at the back of the throat. I have been told this "lift" will sometimes cause phantom smells. After the implants I've had many periods of what are referred to as nasal hallucinations. Initially they were burning paper, lasted a few hours and were not too bothersome. However, they rapidly became very strong and can be of any type of smell - paint thinner, laundry dryer sheets, damp earth, the list is endless. Sometimes they last for a week, interrupting my sleep.
Hi Olivia,
Thank's for your email.
I would be glad to hear about your friend's story and to give you my thoughts
on what occurred and what is happening to him now in present time. Please
provide me with as many details of what happened, his treatment in the hospital,
any current treatment and any current symptom's Zac may be experiencing in
present time as possible. Thanks,
All the Best
Russ
This could be it. Yesterday, I used a little too much salt when I cooked lunch, but ate it nevertheless. In the evening my lower arm started twitching like mad. It's still twitching a little today. Maybe it was the salt. Usually, we don't use very much salt.