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14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 224

Is this a common occurance

Shadowkins, those are some good questions you can ask your doctor, hopefully they will be able to better guide you and make some suggestions for your case.

Let us know how it goes!

Luciana, Bilingual Health Educator

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 224

Role Transition and Strategies

Members,

Give this a try.

Step 1: Write down all of the positive aspects of your old role. What did you like or enjoy most about the old role? What aspects of the old role do you miss the most?

Step 2: Write down all of the negative aspects of your old role. This can be very difficult to think about. However, there’s always at least something negative!

Step 3: Write down the negative aspects of your new role. Try to be as specific as possible and describe the negative aspects in as much detail as possible.

Step 4: Write down the positive aspects of your new role. This is the most difficult part of the exercise but you may be able to find some if you think long enough - and try hard enough. There may be something positive about your new role even if it doesn’t seem very big or important right now. If you can’t think of anything, ask the Support Group for help. Somebody may have been in a similar situation.

Step 5: Spend some time comparing the positive and negative aspects of your old and new roles. After looking at the evidence, was the old role really all good? Is your new role really all bad? You know what the challenges of your new role are. What are the potential opportunities? Is there any possible way to get anything positive out of your new role?

Step 6: Spend some time thinking about how your new role has affected your relationships. What were you like in your old relationships? What are you like in your new relationships? Is there anything you’d like to change in your behavior or communication style? What are your goals?

Step 7: Spend some time thinking about whether or not there is anything you can do to cope better with your role transitions. Are there any changes you can make in how you’re thinking or behaving? What specific changes could you work on?

Take the time to really think carefully about your role transition and complete the Role Transition exercises suggested above. This will be hard work and it’ll likely take some time. Most people who struggle with a role transition have trouble seeing anything negative about the old role - and anything positive about the new role. You may need help by getting a different perspective from a friend, or ask the Support Group for help. That’s what we are here for.

Was this strategy helpful to you?

Luciana, Health Educator

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 224

Mindfulness training

Pete,

Thank you for sharing with us how your visit went. I know you mentioned that what your therapist said "It's up to you..." wasn't quite inspirational, but true. Just remember that you're not in this alone, there are others on here to provide support and encouragement so don't be afraid to reach out when you feel like you need to. We are here for you.

Have you thought about what some of the things you can do to help improve your lifestyle into a healthier one are?

Let us know how you are doing.

Luciana - Health Educator

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 224

Rebuilding your self-esteem

Members,
Has an illness, addiction or other left your self-esteem in the gutter? In the weeks to come, we will be exploring various strategies to help rebuild your self-esteem:

Today's topic is about being kind to yourself.

Being kind to yourself is essential in rebuilding your self-esteem. This includes:

• Making sure you eat well, sleep enough and get active.
• Engaging in pleasurable activities
• Patting yourself on the back for ALL accomplishments, big or small!
• Remind yourself how great you really are! You have lots of strengths! And the weaknesses you’re not so crazy about, you can work on and grow into an even better version of yourself!
• Tell yourself it’s OKAY if you don’t achieve everything you had set out to do, big or small. Plans life and other need constant revision and remember you may have been put on a different path you can’t see yet.

What does this all have to do with self-esteem you might ask? Everything! If you don’t believe you deserve the basics and learn to start loving yourself, it makes it harder for others to do the same.

It is not selfish, it is self-nurturing!

What are some ways that you are kind to yourself?

Luciana - Bilingual Health Educator

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 224

Diva news...

Diva, that's an interesting thought. I would just start again, and try to be the best cat in the world, after all the future is still to come.

What would you do?

Luciana, Bilingual Health Educator

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 224

Diva's Independance Day!

Diva, thank you for taking the time to share a little bit about with us.

I'm glad to see that you are taking on all these new projects for yourself, drawing (which I must say from the little cute picture, you are quite amazing at!), Spanish, piano and singing! You are doing great, keep on moving forward, and of course don't forget to keep us updated on how these endeavors are going.

Luciana, Bilingual Health Educator

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 224

Diva's rainy days...

Hello once again Diva,

I can now better understand what you meant by the cat / dog story as it applies to your life. First of all congratulations on all of your academic achievements, that is certainly something to be proud of. You said that you feel like you have invested a lot of time in being an "intellectual" and now find it hard to throw all that away and start over in something else. What makes you feel this way?

Also, just because you do not want to be an "intellectual" it does not mean that you are throwing it all away. Life is about learning, changing and growing as a person. Think about it, the path you took lead you to where you are today, without it, maybe you would not be the same wonderful you.

From what I can tell, it seems that you already know or are at least are discovering more about the person who you want to be (someone who loves fantasy, dreaming, music, pictures, languages). It's great that your husband is so encouraging and supportive of you.

Again, keep moving forward, the future is not yet to come, and it holds endless possibilities.

Members, what or who has helped you make changes in your life?

Luciana - Bilingual Health Educator

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 224

Please Welcome Luciana our New Health Educator!

Thank you for the welcome Ashley :)

I look forward to getting to know everyone on here, and being as helpful as I can.

Luciana - Bilingual Health Educator

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 224

B12 deficiency - woo hoo

Good evening Goofy,

You should definitely talk to the doctor if you think the headache and lack of energy might have something to do with the B12s or the new medications, it's better to just make sure.

Let us know how you are doing.

Luciana, Bilingual Health Educator

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 224

Body and Mind meditation....

Fallabe,

First of all, it is great that you are being proactive and have started therapy. Thank you so much for sharing that meditation experience with us.

I have tried mediation techniques before where you are in a sitting position as you mentioned, and start with breathing slowly, then think of relaxing your body from your outside to inside. You can think of your fingers and your feet relaxing, then your neck, shoulders, back and arms. As you continue breathing deeply in and out you should start feeling more at peace.

I haven't tired the one you mentioned, but I will, as soon as I find some quiet time to do so.

Members, please feel free to share your experiences with us, I'm curious to see what others think.

Luciana, Bilingual Health Educator

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