Friday, May 31, 2019, 3:30 p.m. I have had a tremendously hard week! Yesterday I was certain I was ready to go back to a pen and legal pad. On Monday, I had noticed double-underlined hyperlinks in all my pages in my “Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics” blog and website, and I mistakenly assumed that the site…
Category: depression
Pain Physical Therapy #11
Friday, May 17, 2019, 3:00 p.m. I had a lot of ambivalent feelings prior to today’s appointment. Major feeling was guilt in extending my pain physical therapy treatment this long! Wasting Francis’ time with me when I can’t get motivated to walk. And being a pain for Linda to have to drive me. But not…
Depression Group #9
Prologue (April 16, 2019) We were robbed on Tuesday while at South Shore Shopping Center. The thief was a young punk, a black male wearing a hoodie. So that has triggered my bias against Millennials and Young Black Males Wearing Hoodies. He apparently spotted my wallet sticking out of my tote bag that was in…
Depression Group #8
Thursday, April 11, 5:30-6:30 p.m. We got to Union City 40 minutes before group started, because we had errands. I needed to take a form into the Mission Bay office, and then to the post office with our two tax returns, all signed and sealed and hopefully delivered by Saturday (April 13). Just to San…
Depression Group #7
Thursday, April 4, 2019, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Today was another beautiful sunny spring day, and that helped a lot in fighting depression. The drive to Union City was a very smooth 25 minutes, making all the green lights, and not having heavy traffic. When I walked into Building A, I noticed that, for the first time…
Depression Group #6
Thursday, March 28, 2019, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Today was an “early” day when I set my alarm clock to make sure we’d be up and ready to go to Linda’s 11 o’clock appointment with Dr. Neuwalt. It was one of those days when it was hot in the sun and cold in the shade. Too hot…
Depression Group #5
Thursday, March 14, 2019, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Tonight there were only 8 people in the room when the session started, then two more came in. Still, 10 people is a great reduction from the 25 or 30 who came to the first session! Lisa did start with a relaxation with mindful breathing after the check-in, during…
Depression Group #4
Thursday, March 7, 2019, 5:30-7:00 p.m. For whatever reason, Lisa decided to skip the relaxation exercise at the beginning, after check in. Probably because she wanted to be sure we got through the CBT portion of the group. However, she started with a mindfulness exercise by passing around a plate with a small portion of…
Individual Acupuncture Therapy #10
Thursday, February 28, 2019, 9:50 a.m. Well, this is the last of my individual acupuncture sessions for six months. Maybe forever, I don’t know. The assistant who came out to get me was another white girl. However, as soon as she spoke, I could tell she was not a United States white girl. Maybe eastern…
Depression Group #3
Thursday, February 14, 2019, 5:30-7:00 p.m. While I was waiting, I picked up a flyer entitled, “Mind and Body Health for Seniors.” The “Managing Depression” group was listed but with six sessions and no fee for members. I wondered if this was a newly updated item or if the flyer was old and outdated. Something…