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anitaParticipantHi Mollie:
Thank you! What a delightful Jan 1, 2026 message to read. To not punish yourself is key. Whenever you feel that you are disappointed with yourself, angry at yourself perhaps, redirect to => empathy for yourself. Treat yourself like you would a child who is upset- comfort her. Tell her it’s okay to make mistakes, that no one is perfect.
In regard to quitting chocolate or carbs, there’s no one answer fitting all. Do what works for you individually. If adjustments need to be made over time, make them when needed, one step at a time, one day at a time.
🩵 Anita
anitaParticipantDear Alessa and Tee:
It is news to me as well that certain (not all) antidepressants are used for pain management. So, I read that if you think of your nervous system like a volume knob-
Pain signals travel from your body → up your spinal cord → into your brain.
Some antidepressants turn down the “volume” of those pain signals.
How they do this-
Antidepressants increase certain brain chemicals — mainly serotonin and norepinephrine — that help the nervous system Block some pain messages, Calm overactive nerves, and Reduce sensitivity to pain over time
Mayo Clinic explains that these medications may increase neurotransmitters in the spinal cord that reduce pain signals.
Research shows they can help with many chronic pain conditions, especially nerve‑related pain: Nerve pain (neuropathy), Fibromyalgia, Back pain, Arthritis pain, Migraine or tension headaches, and more.
They don’t work instantly — usually 1–6 weeks to feel the full effect.
Which antidepressants are used for pain?
Two main groups: 1. Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and 2. SNRIs which boost both serotonin and norepinephrine:
Harvard Health notes that SNRIs — especially duloxetine — are among the most effective for many pain conditions.
I further read that antidepressants, especially SNRIs like duloxetine, work best fir “back pain, knee osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, nerve pain, and postoperative pain” and they avoid the long‑term risks of opioids.
Wow, I didn’t know… Thank you both.
🩵🩵 Anita
anitaParticipantI apologize for all the typos (using my phone and should have put on my eading glassed wherever they are)
anitaParticipantHow kind of you. Thomas, to google things for me! I am truly touched that you did, thank you!
So drink lots of liquid and stay warm. I just sat by the fireplace after returning from the cold outside.
Mollie: I used to think that if I eat all the chocolate I wanted (in the form of German chocolate cakez), I will satisfy my craving and stay away from chocolate and cake and all forms of carbs.
It never worked for long.
It’s about relaxing extremes and going with Moderation. Not extremes.
I am okay now with having a bite or two. A small ootion of chocolate (100-150 calories portion) once a week, let’s sat, and savor the taste and feel of it.
Once I was so extreme about no fats and no carbs that I made myself sick.
Moderatio is key, control through reason and moderation, not through desperation and extremes.
About sitting, there was a saying. Z,z”sitting is the new smoking’- get up and walk around every chance you get, walk or stretch.
Thank you. Mollie for your kind words. May your new year be that of zzModeration and Patience and Calm.
🩵 Anita
anitaParticipantAgain, Happy New Year Everyone (.. Exactly one hour and five minutes to midnight in your part of the world, Thomas, four hours and five minutes to midnight where I’m at.)
✨ 🥂🍾🎊 🎉🥳🕛 🌟🎆📅 🎊🍀🌈 🎁💫🎉 🌅✨
anitaParticipantHey Confused:
Better find a routine that serves you better, one that replaces her in your mind, at least for part of the time. What might it be? A different exercise at the gym (Yoga? Tai Chi?) Maybe a social activity (joining an acting class perhaps)?
Anita
anitaParticipantHappy New Year, Mollie ✨🎊🎉🥳🕛
I will reply by tomorrow!
💜 Anita
anitaParticipantHappy new year Tee!!!
anitaParticipantUsing my phone (ON MY WALK), HAPPY NEW YEAR, ALESSA !!!
anitaParticipantOh, and a Happy New Year to you, Peter 🍃🌙🧘♂️🌾🍵 🌊 ✨🌬️
anitaParticipantHi Everyone:
Inspired by your most recent Zen story, Thomas, here’s another (from “101 Zen Stories”): A famous Zen master was known for giving long, profound lectures. One day, a student asked: “Master, how did you become so wise?”
The master replied: “When I was young, I decided I would meditate until I understood the truth of the universe. I sat for seven days without moving. On the seventh day, the Buddha himself appeared and revealed all the secrets of existence.”
The students gasped in awe.
Later that afternoon, a group of students tried the same thing. They sat in meditation for hours, then went to the master and said: “Master, we meditated all day, but the Buddha didn’t appear to us.”
The master smiled and said: “Ah. He probably didn’t come because he was still laughing about my story from this morning.” 🤣😆😂
anitaParticipantDear Peter:
Inspired by your words: “the source is never reached through what comes from it. It is already here, before the doing and the thinking, the quiet canvas… The Way is not something you follow. It is something that finds you when you stop trying to follow anything and being afraid.”-
My letter to myself for the new year: May I relax enough, let go enough so to- not reach or earn calm- but to let the calm that’s been there all along (before me and after me, nothing at all that’s dependent on my thoughts or efforts), reach me. Amen.
Anita
anitaParticipantHello Confused:
I am feeling much better this morning, thank you!
“I for sure over analyzed everything because I was panicking… I have huge anxiety”-
What helps me in regard to anxiety is to have a daily routine, doing the same things every day, like participating in tiny buddha every single morning (and evening) as well as taking a long walk every day.
Do you have a daily routine, part of which is some form of physical exercise?
🤍 Anita
anitaParticipantDear Going Through Life (GTL):
You are welcome, friend, and thank you for caring! Glad to report that I am feeling much better this morning (actually, since last evening) 🙂.
At 25, you are just a pup (it’s a saying, just-a-pup), GTL!
Taking it very slow emotionally, is a good idea 👍
As far as New Year Resolutions- when I was just a pup, I used to make NYRs. Now, I make them every day 🌟🚀 😊.
Anita
anitaParticipant* Only one of me there, at the end of the message lol
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