Well, I put the questions at the bottom of this post; though I know they may be cut off when posting, I couldn't remember all of them and needed a reference.
The first section: I'd like to be my old self. I can be very descriptive of who I was....drvien, goal-oriented, a good mother, family member, motivated, perservered, active socially, worked full-time in a stressful occupation and handled it, a good friend, good memory, articulate, well-read, great focus and concentration, good public speaker, good teacher, happy for real, didn't have to fake being happy around others, clean, neat, tidy, prioritized, organized, involved in civic activities, capable of multi-tasking, fun-loving, center of attention, social oriented, country girl at heart, excelled at work, school, whatever I did.
2. see above
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4. see above
5. Well, I've retained some of that - I'm a good mother, family member, a good friend, country girl at heart. I'm still motivated, but toward different goals, I still persevere though toward different goals, I have snippets of real happiness. I still love to have fun and the center of attention and socially oriented. (by center of attention, I mean telling jokes, cutting up, playing pranks with each other, etc).
Section 2 about the world and other people
I respect everyone's right to be who they are, believe what they believe and do what they do unless it infringes on another person (illegal activities, intentionally causing harm).
2. I don't expect other people to act a certain way. lol, they wouldn't all call me with their problems but that's okay, it means I'm well-respected for my knowledge and capabilities.
3. I believe all people should be treated with respect and dignity, so there fore I think other people should treat others that way as well.
4. I do beleive that about other people.
5. Peace, love and harmony - but realistically - in the 21st century - I can only pray.
6. I recognize things that occur in the world effect me directly, my only say in what occurs is through exercising my right to vote and making sure my gov't knows my opinion, via my congressman,representative.
Section 3
The FUTURE- I want to go back to the future (pre-depression).
1. I believe I can recoop some of the things that I mentioned in Section 1 that I'm striving to achieve. i.e. focus, concentration, motivation, perserverence, real happiness, goal driven - oriented, etc.
2. See #1 this section
3. I dont' see myself doing anything different. Right now, I've learned (just today) that there are tests that can be run to determine prefrontal lobe cortex deficits which might effect finding the most effective tx for deprression and other mental illnesses. I'm looking into that as a possibiity. I will continue my regime, even though at times, it seems to be ineffective.
I'll keep on trucking.
Is this what I'm supposed to be saying - it seems so rote, redundant and superficial.??????
Questions about Yourself
1.What would you like to be like?
2.What kind of person would you like to be?
3.How would you like to behave?
4.What would you like to believe about yourself
5.How would you be acting differently if you believed that about yourself?
Questions about the World and Other People
1.How would you like other people to be?
2.How would you like other people to act?
3.What would you like to believe about other people?
4.How would you be acting differently if you belie
