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BridgetAileen
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I enjoy reading, crafting, music, and all things Celtic. My favorite cuisine is Indian. I'm a retired elementary teacher.

I am working to get a handle on my depression, weight, exercise, procrastination, diabetes, and diastolic heart failure. Wow...that's a lot! *wink*
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Positivity & Gratitude / by BridgetAileen
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 March 3rd, 2016
...See more Here are some thoughts I posted on my feed. I wanted y'all to know how much 7 Cups has helped. I could faint! I just took one of those mood tests that come up periodically on your growth path. I scored 0% on anxiety and stress and 9% on depression, all within the normal range. I scored 55% on sadness, which is within the moderate range. This is such a far cry from where I was a month ago. Although I'm fortunate enough to have an insurance company that provides a couple of programs which have helped, I also have to give a huge amount of credit to 7 Cups. Everything here goes along perfectly with what I'm doing in my other programs. I never dreamed that I would make so much progress in only a month. I thought it would take years or months, not weeks. I am so blessed! Thanks to all of you who are part of my journey!
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Depression Support / by BridgetAileen
Last post
 February 27th, 2016
...See more My next door neighbor died on Sunday. She was in her mid-90s and has not been doing well for the past few years. Before Christmas, she had to go into the hospital and then the nursing home due to having shingles. She never did get to come back home. She was a sweet lady, and I'll miss her. My insurance company has a program that will help people dealing with situations (mine would be having been diagnosed with Type II diabetes and diastolic heart failure (DHF) relatively recently). Depression, diabetes, DHF, recent retirement, beginning some caretaker stuff for my mom and aunt...lots of adjustments. I'll have monthly phone meetings with a nurse which will be ongoing. I'll also be in an 8 week program with a therapist and life coach. I spoke with the therapist yesterday to get everything set up for that. She asked me questions like they do on here about how you've felt in the last week. I came out with severe depression. Severe! I thought I would actually be moderately depressed. The last few years have been much, much worse, and I'm feeling more uplifted and happy than I have in years. Gracious! What would she have told me before now???? That's caused me a bit of worry. Sometimes I wonder how I'll ever claw my way out from under all of what's going on in my life. Maybe I'm not supposed to crawl out but learn to live life as it is. Or something in between. I don't know. All I know is that life will be changing drastically very soon. And if it doesn't, it should.
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Depression Support / by BridgetAileen
Last post
 February 4th, 2016
...See more I'm new to 7 Cups. In fact I just joined yesterday. I came across 7 Cups as I was googling for information on depression. I've been exploring, and it looks like a wonderful place. I've struggled with depression for such a long time. Sometimes things go pretty well for a while, then the bottom drops out again. Sometimes I feel like life and depression are fairly manageable, and other times it feels like I'm being washed away by violent floods. Well, actually more like being swallowed up by sinkhole...in slow motion. This evening I downloaded the new e-book, 7 Cups for the Searching Soul, and read it. Great book. It explained so many things that had never been explained to me in a way that it was so easy to understand and relate to. I've been reading a lot of posts, but haven't responded to many since I'm not really sure what I am allowed to say to others since I'm a Member and not a Listener. However, do know that I've been reading what so many of you are posting. I understand where you're coming from, and you aren't alone.
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