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Comment on Every once in a while … by Shelly

Shelly — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:02:48 +0000

Reblogged this on onbeingmindful and commented: I gotta love a blog that mentions me!

Comment on Every once in a while … by Shelly

Shelly — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:51:20 +0000

Hey, thanks for the shout out for my blog!
As it so happens, I started reading this while I was eating a mixture of doritoes, cheetos, and pretzels…uh, oh….
I have to admit that I haven’t kept up with Dr. Dean’s blog. I think mostly because I would have to radically change how I eat if I followed what she prescribes. I do follow another blogger Rev. Katie from Bipolar Spirit (http://www.bipolarspirit.com/2012/06/medicationagain.html) who has been using the paleo diet to help with her bipolar.
I’ve been intrigued with dietary/nutritional healing for several years because I KNOW it works. In my previous career as a nutritional supplement sales leader, I witnessed lots of ‘healing’ with nutritional products. If the cells are malnourished, the body is dis-eased. I firmly believe in what I used to teach. I’ve been very lax in practicing what I preached!
So, alas…I’m fighting against myself…what I know I SHOULD do with what I ACTUALLY do. Lifelong battles with food and exercise. What to eat and not to eat. What my body really needs versus what my mind WANTS to eat.
So thanks for the reminder of someone on my own blogroll!!
That reminds me…I want to add yours…and some others

Comment on “There must be some kind of way out of here”, said the Joker to the Thief … by Shelly

Shelly — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:42:46 +0000

Reblogged this on onbeingmindful and commented: "Wounded Healer"...that's what I am. Best description of how to BE with someone who is depressed that I've ever read.

Comment on “There must be some kind of way out of here”, said the Joker to the Thief … by Shelly

Shelly — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:41:42 +0000

“wounded healer”…profound.
I’m going to repost. this is the best description of how to be with a depressed person. Oh, how I would have loved someone to be that for me. To BE with me. Luckily, I had the fortitude to pick myself off of the floor of the pit and claw my way up to find myself a therapist. Someone to help. Even those closest to me couldn’t do it. Probably because I was the master of disguise. I wouldn’t let them see how absolutely devastated I was. I could pick myself up enough to put on the “happy mask” for the short period of time I had to be in public.

Comment on “You have a chemical imbalance.” “I have a what?!!?” by Shelly

Shelly — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:14:34 +0000

Although “chemical imbalance” is inaccurate, it is an ‘easy’ way to explain to someone who doesn’t get it at all or who want to deny that it could be a physical issue. I really like how you describe the holistic way of looking at mental illness. Really any illness impacts all areas…emotional, physical, spiritual, cognitive…why is it so hard for some to understand that concept?
It took me A LONG TIME to realize that there was a BIOLOGICAL component to my bipolar disorder. Mental illness is ‘of the devil’ you know. (At least that’s what some of my family tried to push on me). I should be able to ‘be healed’ if I had enough faith…
I will do my best to ‘memorize’ or be able to paraphrase your last paragraph. Thanks!

Comment on “My nerves are shot!” by Shelly

Shelly — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:41:01 +0000

calmness and peace…my mantra every day! The more I read your blog, the more I love it! I have to wait until I get the last assignments done for this semester before I can really dig into it but THANKS!! My goal is to be a therapist helping others traverse the mine field of mental illness in healthy, productive ways. There’s nothing like a great therapist; I think I have the ‘best’! She is for me anyway I can tell you are a great doc too. I’ll be an LICSW in about three years.

Comment on Loving ourselves … by cmquest

cmquest — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:35:38 +0000

Shelly, I agree. (And, I like your blog a lot … I’m now a follower!) We are so reluctant to believe that God is not only OK with us caring for ourselves, but hopes and expects that we will! Took me a long time to get over that hurdle – wanting to avoid being “selfish”, even though I have always been so!

Best of success in your academic career!

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Nearing the end… « onbeingmindful — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:11:51 +0000

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Nearing the end… « onbeingmindful — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:11:49 +0000

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Comment on Loving ourselves … by Shelly

Shelly — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:13:14 +0000

It wasn’t until I saw that word “AS” (or in your version “the same way that”) three years ago that I could really start to heal. I had given my whole self away to others and had nothing left to give. I just wanted to disappear. Such a deep depression and suicidal ideation. Once I took that verse to heart, I determined to do everything in my power to love me. I worked hard to change the thoughts in my head that to love and care for me was ‘selfish’. I realized it was the best thing I could give everyone else. A healthy me. Great post.