Tag: depression

  • Dark Nights

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    Jane Shaw
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    I am posting this with trepidation as I don’t want to be criticised or thought badly of, but having shared with a few people who have said it is good and powerful I am going to bite the bullet. Warning emotional content, you don’t have to read it, written a few nights ago around 1am.…

  • How do I know if it is working?

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    Jane Shaw
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    If you have read my previous post you will know I am trying something called Alpha Stim.  It’s an expensive piece of equipment that is meant to help with pain, anxiety and depression. “The Alpha-Stim® M unites Microcurrent Electrical Therapy (MET) with Cranial Electrotherapy (CES) like never before. Microcurrent Electrical Therapy has been proven to…

  • ME vs Cancer

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    Jane Shaw
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    Here is a great article about a fellow sufferer Jenny Andrews, who has had both ME and cancer and her experiences of the difference in attitude and treatment between the two and her descriptions of having ME. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2861107/I-d-CANCER-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-Woman-s-battled-condition-10-years-says-people-unfairly-labelled-attention-seekers.html There are some great quotes“Jose Montoya, a professor of medicine at Stanford University and a leading expert…

  • Nothing Feels Right

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    Jane Shaw
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    I don’t like moaning as I know many are in similar or much worse positions than me and they manage to get on with life and not feel sorry for themselves, but everything feels so out of sorts at the moment.  Anything I do be it essential, necessary or through choice seems wrong. Take this…

  • Down again!

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    Jane Shaw
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    Feeling rather down again today, had a busy day yesterday. Does anyone else feel that everything is their fault and that people have a low opinion of you even though you try your hardest, its never good enough? I went out to the car this morning and found it unlocked, started telling myself how stupid…

  • Feeling guilty and pathetic

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    Jane Shaw
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    How do you cope when you hear about other people being ill with serious illness? Does it make you feel guilty? And like you are making a fuss over nothing? And that you should be able to get up and carry on like others do?My thoughts for today.  Many people have awful illnesses or problems…