Hi Daniel,
I quit smoking about 15 years ago, I am now smoke free! Nicotine patches helped me to slowly wean off the cigarettes then stop altogether. My doctor gave me a prescription for nicotine patches. It really works you have to stick with it though till the end of the treatment.
You have nothing to loose and everything to gain!
I wish you every success with it.
All the best
Gill
Hello Gill,
I'm glad you said that, and I am really hoping that I have the knowledge to get through this test.
Thanks for replying, and good luck with whatever you do!
Daniel
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Hi Daniel,
All the best with your EMA. Don't worry you can do it!
You have the knowledge and the determination to get through this and win!
Best wishes
Gill
And we need people like you, Judith - happy, contented, unphasable.
We look up to you, us perpetual mess-ups ha ha.
Dan
People can hide their pain
For me, I’m easy going, laid back and ‘oh nothing fazes Judith’
No one knows how I feel inside some days
Judith
What do you mean "Don't make assumptions about people"?
I myself am in so much emotional pain that it makes me want to commit suicide.
Does everybody feel like that?
Lol!
My cousin's young son went there for a school trip. He's back now, and I hope he had a nice time.
Daniel
Thank you Jessica,
I've read that book, and I may own it. I haven't read it in some years, so I'll have another look.
Best wishes,
Daniel.
You are right. There are some books by Michael Talbot you may have heard of or may interest you: The Holographic Universe is one.
That's really interesting! I wonder what's happening in Greece.
Dear Christina,
Oh dear, that was a very deep blog entry, wasn't it? And perhaps distressing to read, and I apologise.
The truth is, these thoughts rear their ugly head every once in a blue moon, and in a way, I'm used to it.
For your kind benefit, Christina, I'm no longer suicidal; I got through it, as I thought I would. The idea of using a sleeping pill to conk myself out actually worked really well - as soon as I took it, within five minutes the 'cloud' has cleared and it was almost hard to get any sleep because I was so excited and happy. But I had a deep and 'natural' sleep, and woke up.
And I realised, when I did, that a recent alteration of my 'dose' (antipsychotics) must've been the cause of this wobble. A week or two prior to this thread I had decided to lower the amount I take, to see how well I could cope.
Not very well, it seems!
So I readjusted my dose, and am now back on the penultimate amount, and well and happy.
For your kind benefit, Christina, I have a good support network, and I alerted many of my friends to the issue I was having. They were all kind and full of understanding, and talking to them helped.
Perhaps it's a strange thing to post these issues on a public website.
Nevertheless, thank you for your advice, Christina, I appreciate it very much.
Best wishes,
Daniel
Dear Christina,
Oh dear, that was a very deep blog entry, wasn't it? And perhaps distressing to read, and I apologise.
The truth is, these thoughts rear their ugly head every once in a blue moon, and in a way, I'm used to it.
For your kind benefit, Christina, I'm no longer suicidal; I got through it, as I thought I would. The idea of using a sleeping pill to conk myself out actually worked really well - as soon as I took it, within five minutes the 'cloud' has cleared and it was almost hard to get any sleep because I was so excited and happy. But I had a deep and 'natural' sleep, and woke up.
And I realised, when I did, that a recent alteration of my 'dose' (antipsychotics) must've been the cause of this wobble. A week or two prior to this thread I had decided to lower the amount I take, to see how well I could cope.
Not very well, it seems!
So I readjusted my dose, and am now back on the penultimate amount, and well and happy.
For your kind benefit, Christina, I have a good support network, and I alerted many of my friends to the issue I was having. They were all kind and full of understanding, and talking to them helped.
Perhaps it's a strange thing to post these issues on a public website.
Nevertheless, thank you for your advice, Christina, I appreciate it very much.
Best wishes,
Daniel
Hi Daniel. Has anybody at the University been in touch for a welfare check? I am obviously concerned to read your entry. I don't have any advice but I didn't want you to think that nobody had seen this.
Remember you can always call the Samaritans if you are in distress and they will listen to you: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/talk-us-phone/
Take care
Hello Jessica,
Thanks for reading and finding it interesting.
Yes I did write a book. It's a mental health memoir (not the most popular genre) which I called "The Chicken Shop Incident".
In fact, Lee, the writer in the blog post and dream, who is a successful television writer, picked up the book and created a comedy script for television based on some of my experiences. Although my book is not yet published, the script has been taken to America, where some producers have shown interest, and with all hope and luck, something will come of it, and hopefully we can make a show.
Blessings
Daniel
That is so interesting! A good read! There's so much in that. Have you really written a book? What's it about?
Thank you, Jan. That's very kind.
Daniel
Hi Daniel,
It sounds like you are better prepared now :-)
Good luck with the resit.
Jan
Thanks Penelope, and I'm glad I made you laugh.
Yes, my father has some pretty archaic views and opinions. But I'm gradually becoming of the mind to accept this situation, not only as a fact of my father's personality, but also as a matter of my spiritual constitution.
What I mean by this is that, whereas I've once been somewhat 'impertinent' and persistent in pushing my thoughts on people such as my father, I think I'm beginning to find it more and more necessary to allow the old folks to impress their thoughts on me myself. Imagine being sixty-five and thinking you've not much more petrol in the old tank, how you'd like at least to feel as if you're steering the ship.
My mother, for example, hasn't the skin to talk about the deep and complex maths and physics which I'd love to talk to her about. But she loves to talk about food, and tea, and those sorts of things. Also, my mother has been known to appreciate art to a certain level. And I myselfcannot think of a more lovely thing to talk about with her.
That's how I have come to see it these days.
Many thanks
Daniel
I had to reply to this. 1. because you made me chuckle when you said you had a headache for some unknown reason. 2. because you are trying to discuss with someone who is based on his past and what he learned. It's your time now. Perhaps you can still listen, but also interject with your thoughts, too - bring him up to speed with a younger, hugely changing society? Anyway, just be you and learn - after all, it's only you you need to impress. Shine bright - he will see!
xx love xx