[FRIAM] Counselor?

Tue Jan 30 10:42:36 EST 2018

Nick
Thank you much for getting back to me!
@Heavy side first  me and  Psychiatrist Noah Freedman whom I have only seen
a few times are trying my old mix of Lamictal and Cymbalta starting with
the lamictal and then next session adding Cymbolta.  Yes and it turns out
under my happy go lucky care free, hail fellow well met exterior is a
person that's quite fragile. Much more so than I knew.
So the anti-depressents are their just so anxeities both rational and total
giberish are kept in perspective.
Noah Freedman was talking about doing Lithium. That sounds pretty heavy
handed.

You do bring up a good point!. I humoursly say Welcome to bonkers world!
Where's a shuttle to Galifrey where The Doctor (Doctor Who humor) Firstly
it's complete bull***  for those bonkers people to keep saying people can
do stuff on their own/  Very few people does everything on their own. And
it's even Bull**** for those bonkers trolling A**** to  F*** with S*** that
 directly effect the lifes myself, family, the SO, friends etc. Then they
pretend wonder why people have had enough all of them. I'm an optimist and
think hey well ya know, some good can still come from this. Maybie now
we'll get around to providing basics and have encourage people to get
gether. Well I choose to hope that'se the case anyway.

 So  you're right their is some anxieties their.  Along with getting to the
end of my rope being in a rut. Then came the question: How do I manage the
intimidate problem of a anxiety and depression attack (Thursday and
Friday), and the longer issue of a counselor to help stay grounded and
doing uplifting grunt work. Both because it'd be good for me to get out of
the house, do stuff to work my hands and body and because I might make
friends.  By grunt work I meen: go vauluntere for the elderly that just
want company to cook with, if we had beaches I'd say go do that, walk
peoples dogs etc. You know uplifting gruntwork, I also looked  find  out if
theirs a walk and hiking group to get out the house with people, expose my
self to new places in town. (Walk groups--ish) And some starter hike groups.
Also turns out
I don't do well with pure brain work for long!

Uplifting dream wise I've tried a few times to get meet-and greet and just
get to gether for fun and grunt work: fixer up odd jobs, just simple
campinionship type of nonproffit a few times. And that's still a dream and
pation of mine.

@Counselor Re: Deberah Wimberly. Oh yeah! when I was seing her  many years
ago she was fairly well plugged into the counseling world in New Mexico.
That is a good idea! Since I saw her for basically the same kinds of issues
for a long time, their's a good chance the'd know someone that's a good
match.

@FRIAM  yeah it didn't get any responese the first time. So I sent out a
second mail since stuff sometimes gets lost in the noise. Somtimes one of
the Moderators says a topic isn't the right place for FRIAM. I have no idea
these days what ones are vs Not.

Friday I litterally said to myself: Wait! I've been here! and I I think
it'd be good for me in to open up more in general, turns out, seems to be
helping. Just in this short time people I wave hi at people where I am such
as smiths or on the street.  People are saying OMG yes! I'm trying to fix
or do (thing here) and like you say one person was having  legit anxiety
and panic attack because their 401K and Medicare is at huge risk from the
powers that be.  Or For example at my game meet up one of the help staff
has also tried to get  just a odd-job  meet and greet place going, here
friends want to sink their teeth into one.  So we might end up doing that
together.

I suspect I'm being way more open because: How else do you potentially meet
people or stay out of your head than doing so? It doesn't need be heavy.
Theirs a person with a lab I see somtimes on a canion road walk. Turns out
they just  like walking with a male so as their dog feels safe (rescue dog
who was super friendly to me)..

I am also trying to live more day to day and purpously do new and different
things, from different combinations of clothes, to trying new kinds of
music,  going to different places that I haven't been to in santa fe,
purposly walking where I can. Despite what the depression thought sunday It
is absoutely fantastic weather, it'll just get better.

Thank you again for the ideas!. Seriusly that is very awesome!

Hope that wasn't to spammy. Just opening up to let people know hey here's
all that I'm doing!

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 12:21 AM, Nick Thompson <nickthompson at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Hi, Gillian,
>
>
>
> I think a lot of people are feeling how you feel, these days.  The
> political situation has a lot of people on edge.  For many, who are not as
> secured by loving families as you or I, the feeling is economic, and
> foreshadows the crash that almost certainly will occur sometime in the next
> few years.  Count yourself luck (as I do) that you are not one of those.
> Still, even though that angst may not apply literally to you, if floats in
> the air and effects all of us.
>
>
>
> If I were in your shoes, I would call up Debby Wimberly and ask if she
> might see you for a one time consultation (or have a longish talk with you
> over the phone)  the goal of which would be to figure out what sort of a
> counselor you are looking for, psychiatrist, psychologist, “life coach” and
> solicit some candidate names from her .  Then I would see one of the people
> she recommends for at least two months, no matter how uncomfortable it
> might seem.  Then, re-evaluate.  Debby is no longer in practice but I am
> sure she would give you some names.
>
>
>
> I don’t know whether you got much of a response from FRIAM, but please do
> not be much affected by any lack of response.  We can be a great help
> sometimes and a total washout at others, depending on how much we are
> absorbed in our own worlds, at a given time.
>
>
>
> Take care,
>
>
>
> Nicholas S. Thompson
>
> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
>
> Clark University
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
>
>
>
> *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Gillian
> Densmore
> *Sent:* Monday, January 29, 2018 5:21 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
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> *Subject:* [FRIAM] Counselor?
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>
>
> Looking for a counselor (again)  hit a weird and rought patch of a rut.
> Probably from coming to neer the end or a line or rope for a rut i'm in.
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