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Posted by rjlockhart37 on May 24, 2013, at 0:48:59
so....past couple days, been so incredibly depressed about where I am, and ... everytime I think of it, im getting back in school, still at home....still having to do things like a teenager... but I know what ill do if I get back in college, if I get too stressed ill drop classes, waste money. And I know I do that so, record it down and start a selfimprovement thing on babble....seriously, these blogs here on babble, im 26, at home....not a rich executive, but my dreams are still there....and I cant ignore them....so first improvement technique....
I. increase structure and motivation of thinking....learning to get things done, have motivation to think of ideas, not just float for the next bus to come.
II. map out where been for the past 10 years....know what happened, and then learn all the patterns.
III. no over optimistic thinking, that stuff gets on my nerves...ill see a poster, all these overly motivated people just keep it stable and not get high in the sky thinking, due to crash and burn ideas and plans
IV.start doing new tasks that will branch out new thinking, chess, study on religion, doctrines, many things....and force the brain to be stimulated.....
V. forget all the memories and be fearless....
hopefully I will start this soon, but I would like od this for other people.....make a improvement for people here...
thanks for reading
Posted by vbs on May 24, 2013, at 5:01:31
In reply to self improvement, posted by rjlockhart37 on May 24, 2013, at 0:48:59
I like this idea. Keep the brain stimulated. Thanks for sharing. :-)
Posted by baseball55 on May 24, 2013, at 19:54:27
In reply to Re: self improvement » rjlockhart37, posted by vbs on May 24, 2013, at 5:01:31
It's best to start with a small manageable change rather than trying to change completely all at once. Maybe go for a walk every day or read a book a week. Why don't you talk to your therapist about this and define one manageable, measurable task every month that you will add to your routines.
Posted by rjlockhart37 on May 25, 2013, at 0:18:53
In reply to Re: self improvement » rjlockhart37, posted by vbs on May 24, 2013, at 5:01:31
yea.....if you realize when people are on babble, or any social network the mind is stimulated, but what im trying to say really stimulate it like extreme problem solving things.....causes the mind to get more intelligent. I always wanted to be intelligent, still when im at home, or doing things in regular life....im got labeled mentally unable to be in competitive work by a pdoc I saw for DARS....but I don't want to believe that....
that's why I think a self improvement stuff on babble for everyone would be good, not degrading at all....just positive and supportive. Still that's a high in the sky thought and it could crash and burn lol
thanks...
r
Posted by rjlockhart37 on May 25, 2013, at 0:26:54
In reply to Re: self improvement, posted by baseball55 on May 24, 2013, at 19:54:27
that's exactly what im trying to do, if a try to read a book....or something that I don't usally do I get bored and not want to do anymore after about 15min....and its more a force something on, and not get any pleasure....like sitting in history philopsy lecture and only writing down notes because its a requirement, there's no trill...no anything, its just something that has to be done. And when I read books, that's kinda what I feel like, or doing things im not thrilled to do. When I was Dexedrine it changed things, but that's out of the picture, and have to adapt to normal function without psychostimulants.
adding new routines, it sounds really not thrilling, but staying in a unproductive way of life ... I gotta get myself out of it.
thanks...r
Posted by baseball55 on May 25, 2013, at 20:02:32
In reply to Re: self improvement, posted by rjlockhart37 on May 25, 2013, at 0:26:54
> that's exactly what im trying to do, if a try to read a book....or something that I don't usally do I get bored and not want to do anymore after about 15min....and its more a force something on, and not get any pleasure....like sitting in history philopsy lecture and only writing down notes because its a requirement, there's no trill...no anything, its just something that has to be done. And when I read books, that's kinda what I feel like, or doing things im not thrilled to do. When I was Dexedrine it changed things, but that's out of the picture, and have to adapt to normal function without psychostimulants.
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> adding new routines, it sounds really not thrilling, but staying in a unproductive way of life ... I gotta get myself out of it.
> thanks...
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> rReading a book a week was just a suggestion. There might be other manageable, measurable routines that are more in tune with your personality. That's why I suggested you talk about this in therapy. Maybe you and your therapist can brainstorm small changes you can make that would make you feel more competent. That's the key here -- to feel more competent. When I was really depressed, I felt incompetent and my husband said - to feel competent you need to do something that you're competent at. So I forced myself to getup and cook a meal.
Maybe that's something you would like doing -- cooking, cleaning, drawing, journaling, crafts of some sort, gardening, yard work, painting either art or a fence. There are lots of changes you can make in your life. You just need to identify simple, one-at-a-time changes rather than decide you're going to completely change your life all at once. The latter is so daunting and so hard to know where or how to start, that it almost always doesn't work.
It's like making New Year resolutions. If you say, I'm going to lose weight and get in shape, it's almost inevitable that you'll fail. If you say instead - I'm going to start walking three miles four times a week -- that's a manageable, measurable goal that will move you toward the bigger goal.
Posted by rjlockhart37 on May 30, 2013, at 1:11:11
In reply to Re: self improvement, posted by baseball55 on May 25, 2013, at 20:02:32
yea.....reading books, its really fun because I learn new things, urantia book I've started it many times and not finished it....and that's a classic sign of ADD but I can't take psychostimulants, and even when I did at high doses which my doctor, they made me crazy do weird thing, stay up a lot, not eat....yea phewey with that.....do things normally now...even though I have to contsatnly stimulate my mind with some kinda of comedy, or drama scene in the mind.....think of movie or soemtihng, keep it stimulated, or parody a big event and use it humor stimulation.
doing htings like gardening, drawing, teaching, writing are more like pleasure thing, things like work are not really pleasure things...but you have to do them, but some people learn to love their work because they get good at it, become 2nd natured, and it works into harmony. But me, no ... I get discusted, and do humor parody stimulation to keep me doing something I hate doing. Adderall made me a different person and I would do things I normally hated doing, meth is way up there too....hyperfocused, completely determined to get things done, and vary confident....its a rush of power feeling. I've tried to replicate it on my own but it just doenst work.....I just have more the attitude to lets get it over with feeling, doing work and stuff....im completely different when on amphetamines....but maybe its for the best.
but yea you know, I've thought of starting like a program here on babble to help people, and myself....but just babble its moderate size compared to other sites....and I constantly have ideas to improve it.....just till grandmaster dr-bob to approve it lol....
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