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Mental Health Support

postatomic

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10. Are there things that make you feel good?

Reply to Bertha Venation (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 27, 2015, 03:32 PM

Jul 2015

I'm not talking meds or pot. Pottery, Music, Painting, Feed the birds on the Park Bench. I've done everything I can to train my brain to feel good when I do certain things (hobbies). That's not to say that I don't fall down the friggin' rabbit hole from time to time.

Just a thought. A suggestion.

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I think my meds have fried my brain. Your experience? [View all] Bertha Venation Jul 2015 OP

Sorry, BV, don't think I can help; elleng Jul 2015 #1

well, you could get tested mopinko Jul 2015 #2

Mo Bertha Venation Jul 2015 #9

you might be "overmedicated" steve2470 Jul 2015 #3

Thanks, Steve. Bertha Venation Jul 2015 #8

My meds haven't had that effect on me. Tobin S. Jul 2015 #4

I'm glad Bertha Venation Jul 2015 #7

Yup. Burnt Toast postatomic Jul 2015 #5

I think that's where I am, postatomic - Bertha Venation Jul 2015 #6

Are there things that make you feel good? postatomic Jul 2015 #10

Oh, yes. Bertha Venation Jul 2015 #12

I quit meds seven years ago olddots Jul 2015 #11

You have a point about happiness. Bertha Venation Jul 2015 #13

Memory Peace Seeker Jul 2015 #14

P.S., for me, too - pros outweigh cons Bertha Venation Jul 2015 #15

Nice to know others feel the same Peace Seeker Aug 2015 #16