It’s a pleasure having you here, ScottyDye. I would love to read more from you here, in your own thread, and in others’ threads 🌿✨🌿✨

Hello ( again), Just a Dude Living Life 🙂

Living life with the fewest complications. I like that ✔️

And with humility: making peace with not knowing. I like that too ✔️✔️

Reads like you got it, dude. Not in a grand, loud way, but in a quiet, gentle, humble way.

🌿🌿🌿 Anita

Hey ScottyDye 🌿

Yes, intense abuse disrupts being care-free every time 😔

The peace and freedom you’re experiencing shows in your organized, calm writing.

I’m glad you read the bible per your interpretation!

I like how the bible begins: “In the beginning”. Paraphrasing: in the beginning, all was chaotic and dark, and then God started organizing, separating and labeling things: sky and earth, dark and light, etc.

Seems like that’s what you’ve been doing: Separating the later version of yourself (the raumatized, chaotic, overwhelmed ScottyDye) from the early on- in- the- beginning ScottyDye’ the “carefree and more simple- minded”..?

And that’s why you like Lori’s book so much, Simple Wisdom.

Yes, let’s keep it simple 🙂

🌿🌿🌿 Anita

Dear James:

AI: “La ilāha illā Allā means ‘There is no god but Allah.’ This is the core declaration of Islamic faith — the statement that affirms the absolute oneness of God and denies the existence of any other deity worthy of worship.
It’s considered the foundation of tawḥīd (oneness of God) and the heart of the shahāda, the Muslim testimony of faith.

“Islam’s central teachings emphasize Compassion (rahma), Justice (‘adl), Protection of life, Care for the vulnerable, and Peaceful coexistence. The Qur’an repeatedly says that God loves those who act with kindness, patience, and fairness, and that killing an innocent person is like killing all of humanity.

“Most Muslims live quiet, ordinary, peaceful lives, and the heart of Islam teaches compassion, fairness, and care for others. Violence comes from politics, fear, and extremist groups — not from the religion itself. When you look at the everyday practice of Islam, it’s about prayer, kindness, family, and seeking peace with oneself and others.”

Hey 😊 Confused:

Actually, Gemini just showed up on my phone a week or so ago. I just asked him about Prozac and it verified what I said, that it is very well- known for sexual side- effects. It said that studies show that 60% of people using SSRIs in general, “or more”, it says, report sexual side- effects.

In one of my previous posts I told you about another group of anti- depressants that cause way less such side- effects ( I don’t remember what it was. I’ll ask Gemini after I submit this message)

The med removing the power of troubling thoughts is a plus ✔️✔️✔️

About Gemini saying something she said made you shutdown- yes, you mentioned before that even if she sounds distant a bit, or not as loving as a moment before, that alone triggers your shutdown.

Do you think that a different woman won’t trigger a shutdown?

The changing from the “loving one” and the “stone cold” one- I agree with you that the changing from the loving => the stone-cold one is about trying to avoid hurt- good insight, Confused👍👍👍

🐔 (just because) Anita

And thank you, Thomas 🙏🙏🙏-

3 thank you-s because as I read your other message (submitted 4 min before this one), I experienced the first 😁 on my face this long, rainy, boring evening (here).

I love your sense of humor (consider me a fan)

😊 ✔️ Anita

Dear James 🙂

“Being noble and gentlemany becomes inevitable… respect becomes inevitable”- I like that very much.

Noble, gentle(wo)manly, respectful- this is what I want to be, always.

La ilahe lllallah”- I think it translates to God (Allah) is one? I will look it up later when I get to use the computer.

🌿🙏🌿🙏🌿 Anita

Hey 🙂 Confused:

About checking your feelings 3 times a day, what if you ask yourself ‘How am I feeling?” and then type away whatever comes to mind at the pace it’s coming out, if it does at all (in which case, you can type something like: ‘Nothing’s coming up, I feel nothing, etc.”?

Seems like she’s taking care of herself following feeling pressured/ overwhelmed. In a way, she’s like you: withdrawing when feeling too much.

Do you think that the two of you are similar in this way?

About withdrawing from the med, please consult the psych before- and if you do. Maybe you expect perfect results from taking it (an all-or-nothing kind of thinking), and you’re not paying attention to improvements that the med does provide..?

🌿🌿🌿 Anita