Health and Personal Issues (Call on your friends)

[OctoberChill]

I wish you the best of luck Pumpkin_Man. Talk about a life changing event huh? Congrats on the pounds you've already shed.

[Pumpkin_Man]

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm actualy looking forward to it, even though it will mean giving up something that I love to do, and that's EAT.

Mike

[Andybev01]

I found that I eat less if I go overboard with spices and seasonings.

The better something tastes the slower I eat because I like to savor the flavor.

[Pumpkin_Man]

That's one way if it works, but for me, the better it tastes, the faster I want to gobble it up. I think my only hope is bariatric surgery.

Mike

[Rising Dead Man]

Well I'm not trying to convert you to my religion, but check out the Catholic Church at least once before you make a final decision. You might be suprised.

Mike

There is and Irish Catholic church in my town. I think I'll check it out.

[Pumpkin_Man]

Great. Good luck to you.

Mike

[Nostalgiascape]

For the past five years I have had a gaggle of health problems. I finally found a good doctor who linked all of them to one core health problem. I have testosterone deficiency. My body produces it but not enough. So I am happy to say 2 weeks into the treatment I feel great. After 3 months, in most cases, the body starts to produce it's own in suifficient quantities. Few people need six months, but to the same end. Guess all im asking for is a wish me luck.

[Andybev01]

I wish you all the luck you need and then some!

[Rising Dead Man]

Speaking of OCD, does anyone watch Monk? I can relate to this guy.

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Why do they make him look so sinister in this picture?

[Alan Wake]

Speaking of OCD, does anyone watch Monk? I can relate to this guy.

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Why do they make him look so sinister in this picture?

Put some white make up on and the lipstick and he'll look like the Joker!

"Son, why so serious?!"

[Pumpkin_Man]

I certainly wish you all the luck in the world. I know that health issues are no day at teh beach. I've been struggling with the Gout all Summer long. Hopefully the doctor will have a treatment that will help me keep it under control.

Mike

[Autumnal_whispers]

Deadbride, you're so lucky to be able to get out of that situation and I applaud your bravery. You have to do what's best for you and your children. I too was in an abusive relationship (Mentally, nothing physical. It was bound to happen eventually though.) and I know how hard it is to leave something like that. I've been called every name in the book. I've been emotionally torn to shreds. I used to self-injure, and he told me that I had p***y cuts and that I should cut myself deeper. I tried starving myself once and he told me that I was fat and needed to lose more weight. I was told that I deserved to be raped. (My one ex had forced himself on me, but I never reported it since there was no real proof. He was my bf at the time so I figured they would have just called me a liar.) He threatened to kill me and my family many, many times. Once when he broke up with me (He always dumped me and then begged me to come back.) he told me that I would get married to a physically abusive man, live in a trailer park, pop out a million kids, live on Welfare, and make nothing of myself. I was raised on Welfare and SSI because both of my parents were disabled, so that's a touchy subject for me. I've been though so much with that child (I call him a child because no real MAN acts like that.) and I could seriously write a book on everything I've been though. One day I finally had enough of it and I broke up with him. Apparently he thought that he could get me to come back to him by threatening my life again, telling me he's going to kill everyone that is close to me, and that he was going to blow out my next boyfriend's kneecaps out with a baseball bat. My mom and I had all of our phone numbers changed and I'm the happiest I've been in years.

So I'm going to end up with an abusive husband with several kids and no job? Last time I checked I had a real MAN who treats me with respect and loves me for who I am, I'm going to college in less than a week, and everything is perfect. What does he have? He's joining the Marines so he can die a "hero's death," so he doesn't have to commit suicide after several attempts. (Yes, I heard this straight out of his mouth.) Oh life.

Anyway, as for health issues, I've been diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I was molested by my cousin (I think he's either a second or third cousin.) when I was three years old and he was around eighteen I guess. I told my mom about it, and supposedly she was going to report it, but my great-aunt told her that I was a liar and she would tell the courts that. So it went unreported.) So that and the rape both contributed to the PTSD.

I've also been diagnosed with Major Depression and General Anxiety. I went to therapy for a couple years, first focusing just on talking and then eventually trying medication. Since I got out of the emotionally abusive relationship, my mental health has improved greatly. I still do get depressed fairly easily, especially whenever it's triggered by stressful events. (Thank you college!) Overall I can function normally, but during highly stressful events I start taking my antidepressants again.

Other than my mental health issues, I don't really have any other health problems. I'm slightly overweight (Horray for being only 5'0," so any weight doesn't balance too well on me.) but I'm going to try to lose it once I go to college. They're building a whole new fitness center and I'm really looking forward to it! And I'm going to try to eat healthier as well. My doctor suggested cutting out as many carbs as possible, but I LOVE pasta. It's my downfall. lol