Friday, October 23, 2009

Finally, Progress.

Last night was horrible.
I have Mrs. Thomson and my Alyssa to thank for helping me through it.
They are truly amazing.

Anyway, after my complete fall into depression, I took a nap, which nearly always makes me feel at least a little bit better.
Then I got up, did a tiny bit of Arabic, took a nice shower, then watched Project Runway and MULAN!! with lots of amazing friends (and some new ones, too!)
Naturally, Jacob was present for our asian movie viewing :P
And also, Aarthi sang and danced like a foo'. 'Twas precious and sooo fun.

Today has been great. I got up early to go to the doctor at the Integrative Medical Center.
The reason I'm using this to treat my anxiety is because I'm not really ok with taking a sedative to treat it, since it's not fixing the long-term problem. And also has a high risk of dependency.
This type of medicine I can get behind. Making sure your body is taken care of, so you're not fighting it in addition to the mental problems.
I'm really excited. FINALLY I have hope!
We're going to be using relaxation therapy, mostly meditation and self-hypnosis to reach a state of relaxation, and dietary therapy. Finally, something that really has a chance of working!
So once we treat the physical things, I will do better with my therapist.
Can't fix psychological things without first fixing the physical.

But yes.
I'm at work right now.
Meeting Molly & Aarthi for lunch, then going to get a tour of another apartment we're considering.
Then homework and shenanigans! Though I don't really know what shenanigans will occur... Probably just lots of homework and movies and coffee and ice cream. But those shenanigans are some of the best!

Alright! Back to work!
<3

1 comment:

  1. love you so much. i'm so, so glad to hear you're optimistic and doing better. you'll be alright, emi. i know you've got it in you to pull through okay.

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