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  • in reply to: MBCT:Mindfulness to treat depression #33732
    Angela
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    Kavetha,

    Thank you for your response . I have had a full medical. I am taking vitamin D, folic acid, iron and omega 3. I also didn’t mention I flatlined emotionally. No sadness, no laughing, no sympathy. No emotion. I used to be called happy go lucky. I would really cry at any movie that had anything sad to do with children or animals.

    Pas far as change in lifestyle, I think this is the main trigger. I raised three children the last is going off to college this August . My husband and I closed a business we had for about 19 years. I closed a retail store I opened and ran for three years. All of a sudden I was retired and my children were independent . I felt lonely, bored and was no longer needed. i looked for work but for the first time in my life I was not getting hired for every job I applied for. That crushed my confidence. I live in a very suburban type area. You just don’t see people unless you go to a store. I have now just begun to accept this is a new stage of life for me. I need to explore it with an open mind. I need to settle into it. I am sure at some point I will start to volunteer and feel like I am being productive again. And most of all I need to be patient.

    I will work on that meditation. And again thank you for your insight.

    angela

    in reply to: MBCT:Mindfulness to treat depression #31970
    Angela
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    So glad to have found you. I started suffering from depression about three years ago. I am 57. I was so low I found a Dr. And was put on antidepressant . I felt ok. Then about six months ago I bottomed out again. My medication was changed and has been increased. On a scale of 1-10 I am probably about a 7 right now. I am so fearful I will never feel good again. I used to be called Happy go lucky. And would laugh til I cried. I miss me. I did listen to a cd by Dr Andrew Weil about getting through depression with health, mindfulness and meditation. I have been working on these but am finding it very difficult to meditate again . I was trained in TM meditation about 10 years ago but never stayed with it. I Know there are many different ways to meditate . Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Angela

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