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[_MissTish]

This guy is a sponge at not in any way representative of the LDS people or its church.

I would never judge either LDS members as a whole or the church itself based on ldsfaqs.

I would also never judge conservatives based on faqs, I'm old enough to remember William F. Buckley and Barry Goldwater

Faqs only represents faqs.

[Guest]

Sorry for the Tony Robbins moment, but...

I bearly move..... I don't have the energy to "do" things..... thus even having a "work at home" job, I would still be having to DO things.
I COULD do if if it was provided for me, but the extra "active" related things related to finding work, doing necessary things, etc. is all stuff I can't really do.

LDSFaqs, you are the one who is giving yourself permission to be a victim. You’re better than this, and capable of achieving so much more in your life, and with your family.

Find something that inspires you. Read stories of real life people who have succeeded against insurmountable odds. Create a reason to get to the top of your own mountain. The inhibitor of your health/energy isn’t strong enough to prevent you from finding a motivator to overcome it.

I'm not very talented. I’m definitely not what would be considered a motivated person (other than those brief periods when my manic phases are able to punch through the medications). Pretty much everything I'm passionate about I am mediocre at, at best. I’m not even very smart (I used to be, but second generation antipsychotic pharmaceuticals are gnarly buggers -- disease vs. cure dichotomy, and all that jazz). Despite this, I (and many like me) find ways to keep on trucking.

Earlier this year, one of my co-workers went through chemo, and had half of one of her lungs removed. She was at work almost every day, and I only heard her complain once (it was after they broke all of her ribs for the surgery -- she sneezed, and then used some colorful profanity).

Today’s a perfect day to stop dwelling on past victories, and failures, and instead start creating new achievements.

My condition isn't physical only, it effects the emotions also.
Lack of Oxygen reduces ones sarritonin and dopemine levels and whatever else, which effects ones "feelings".
When I had my family I was able to artificially inflate my feelings, even though I had sleep apnea then by my giving and recieving love.
But the normal sleep deprivation, emotional and spiritual abuse by the wife even now, made things worse.
I also gained more weight and became more out of shape, the combination of things made me become to tired to barely move.
Recently I though I might to a degree get my family back, I would have been living with them again. So, my chemical levels were able to be artifically again increased due to the love and joy. But, when it was stopped by the Church (wrongly so, which I again sadly didn't have the energy to appeal, and the ex also reverted to some spiritual abuse) I went back to how things were before, fully tired again. A couple of months later I was finally diagnosed with Sleep Apnea, and everything finally made since as I've just explained some. I've now finally gotton on the CPAP machine for the last 2 weeks. I clearly had the Sleep Apnea through most of my marriage, which explains why I was tired so much. I though it was just some depression from the bad marriage and normal sleep deprivation. Turns out it was more than that, it was actually Sleep Apnea that was making things worse.

Can't wait to tell my ex when I get the energy to write everything out that she divorced me entirely because I had a health condition.
When we last talked, it was when we found out the Church wouldn't allow us to live together, and I bumbed out not knowing what to do because I didn't have the energy to visit, so tried to talk to her, and instead of her listening she just started belittling me how that's what she hates most about me that I'm a quiter, lazy, a loser like those on welfare, instead of doing what needs to be done. Of course, I always did what needed to be done, but I didn't do as much as I could have and should have, so she would compare me to people who worked 3 jobs etc., and because I didn't do that I wasn't good enough, so she divorced me. The irony is had I been like her, I would have divorced her within the first month, cause she was the one who did all the bad things, and was abusive etc. Yet, she divorces me simply because I was "slower"..... Worse is I would have fixed it the entire last half of the marrige, I had the strength to lose the weight, problem was, she didn't care about me or the family's needs, and so she didn't do what was needed so I could lose the weight. If our family had just mattered to her a little, we wouldn't be divorced now.... I would have lost the weight, finally gotten into my career, and we would have been making good money, the only things I had to actually do and fix, my only "flaws" in the marriage.

Anyway..... Just venting.....

We'll see how things go, hopefully they go as they say, and I'm feeling better not before long.
It's amazing how when you talk to people, you find out things.
One guy in my ward had a cousin who he lived with, they were young. This cousin was slow in doing everything, low energy, not active, etc.
He said he was finally diagnosed with Sleep Apnea. 3 months after getting on the machine the cousin was active, full of life, etc.

So..... this isn't about my "beliefs".... nor that I just need to "think more positive" look to the future, etc.
A REAL health condition was/is stopping me from both moving much and feeling good.

by the way, I would like to point out that since I've been on the CPAP, I haven't noticed a single moment of "sad" feelings, save a brief spark if I think about family and such. And like I said, I'm doing more. I actually last Sunday made all 3 hours of church for the first time in 2 years. I usually don't even make church, and in the once about every two months I do, I only can stay for Sacrament, to tired to continue, have to go home.

So, there's progress, still small..... but things are looking up. :)

[_The CCC]

This guy is a sponge at not in any way representative of the LDS people or its church.

I would never judge either LDS members as a whole or the church itself based on ldsfaqs.

I would also never judge conservatives based on faqs, I'm old enough to remember William F. Buckley and Barry Goldwater

Faqs only represents faqs.

I know, but some things just bother more than others.

I have plenty of Conservative friends. We kinda tolerate each others opinions. They think I'm kinda weird too, but we like each other.

Me too. But I don't like to admit I'm that old. The Kennedy/Johnson years put indelible marks on my thoughts, and feelings.

[_Doctor Steuss]

So, there's progress, still small..... but things are looking up. :)

Just try to make sure that progress becomes a habit, and not a sporadic occurrence. Each day, try to make a small change (for example, a few years ago, I started parking my car a little further away at work, even though I'm the first one to arrive, so that I had to walk a little more each day -- now I park in the furthest parking spot).

The axiom of "mind over matter" definitely has its limitations, but more often than we realize, those limitations are self-implemented.

Also, try to find some more positivity in life for crap's sake! Our outlook, and general temperament are usually a reflection of the things we allow ourselves to be surrounded with. Remove toxic people, and maybe try to start limiting exposure to things which inspire negativity (like politics, *wink wink*).

[_ldsfaqs]

So, there's progress, still small..... but things are looking up. :)

Just try to make sure that progress becomes a habit, and not a sporadic occurrence. Each day, try to make a small change (for example, a few years ago, I started parking my car a little further away at work, even though I'm the first one to arrive, so that I had to walk a little more each day -- now I park in the furthest parking spot).

The axiom of "mind over matter" definitely has its limitations, but more often than we realize, those limitations are self-implemented.

Also, try to find some more positivity in life for crap's sake! Our outlook, and general temperament are usually a reflection of the things we allow ourselves to be surrounded with. Remove toxic people, and maybe try to start limiting exposure to things which inspire negativity (like politics, *wink wink*).

Ya, I know all about that stuff.... I grew up a foster child, lived in many homes and places, basically raised myself, read lots, including Eastern Philosophy, and I became an expert in the Martial Arts and various fitness methods, was a Marine, etc. Though all that, I experienced a lot of bad, but a good amount of good too, especially due to the church, and I had a big smile on my face all the time (until my marriage, which is also when the sleep apnea started). So really I was an expert in mind over body, thoughts and actions create everything, etc. That's how "bad" things got when I could no longer "control" the energy I had and how I felt. I eventually was strong enough to do so, but then she stopped me by not being home so I could get the sleep I needed at least half the week so I could have the energy to lose the weight etc. which would have fixed my sleep apnea, cause mine is weight induced.

Anyway..... ya I know. It's ALL still in my head, even though my body wouldn't comply. Hopefully now my body will soon start complying, including the brain chemicals, and I'll be back on the road to being normal again. It's like I told my church appointed therapist when I started seeing him a year ago. I already knew everything I should be thinking and doing, etc., I just couldn't do them. Everyone thought it was just depression from the loss of the family, turns out it was Sleep Apnea the entire time. Not that I didn't also have some depression, but it would have been easy to deal with like I had always dealt with crap in my life, had the physical not been interferring with my ability to do and deal with the things.

Na, I'm likely going to get deeper into politics. Likely by now had my life gone the way it was supposed to I would be in politics already literally though.
That was my basic outline. Fitness educator/book, revise fitness education in schools, invest in real estate on the side, likely start a special drink (that I won't tell you) business chain, then politics. Like I mentioned before, going to have to totally revise my life plan, but step by step. First is health.

[_Some Schmo]

I have plenty of Conservative friends. We kinda tolerate each others opinions. They think I'm kinda weird too, but we like each other.

I live in a very red part of the country, so most of my neighbors are conservative (in the US political sense of the word, not the real one). We have some fun conversations, and they are much more reasonable in person than the ones I encounter online. Hell, I can relate to much of what they think, because on many topics, I agree with them.

It's the science deniers, the immigrant haters, gun idiots and poor people critics that need a good testicle thrashing. They're the ones giving the right wing it's currently horrendous reputation.

[_Blixa]

Steuss gave you a lot of good advice.

But for the love of god, ldsfaqs, please NEVER write stuff like this on the internet:

When I take a crap, I sit there forever because the crapping and wiping my butt wear's me out....
You like that DETAIL YOU LYING FUCKWIT!!!!
I bearly move..... I don't have the energy to "do" things..... thus even having a "work at home" job, I would still be having to DO things.
I COULD do if if it was provided for me, but the extra "active" related things related to finding work, doing necessary things, etc. is all stuff I can't really do.
If someone had provided me with some sit down job somewhere, where I didn't have to move or think much, other than just opening my mind as I do here, then I like I've said in some other thread, then I COULD do it.

You do yourself no favors by spewing embarrassing information and random hate online. Not to mention that your claims to intelligence and "learning" are erased with every malformed sentence and garbled spelling. But you've disregarded that advice for well over a decade, so I don't expect that to ever sink in.

As for accusing everyone of lying, dear god lee, you pretty much spin a lie in every other post you write. And when caught in your lies, you dig yourself in deeper with convoluted explanations of how the lie you told wasn't really a lie, or some word your said could be construed differently, or the degree of lying is mitigated because others have said and done similar things, or ....

None of this helps you. It doesn't help whatever dimly grasped "cause" you believe you are promoting, but closer to home and back to Steuss's generous words, it doesn't help YOU. It doesn't help you get better mentally, emotionally or physically. It doesn't contribute to your overall well being and ability to support yourself and function in a healthy manner.

[Guest]

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[_ldsfaqs]

I have plenty of Conservative friends. We kinda tolerate each others opinions. They think I'm kinda weird too, but we like each other.

I live in a very red part of the country, so most of my neighbors are conservative (in the US political sense of the word, not the real one). We have some fun conversations, and they are much more reasonable in person than the ones I encounter online. Hell, I can relate to much of what they think, because on many topics, I agree with them.

It's the science deniers, the immigrant haters, gun f*****s and poor people critics that need a good testicle thrashing. They're the ones giving the right wing it's currently horrendous reputation.

1. We don't deny science.... we simply are skeptics and see the whole truth and facts denying your Climate Change Religion as the CULT and tax people into the dark ages scheme it is.

2. We don't hate immigrants.... my ex wife who's still my wife to me is a "immigrant". We hate those who abuse the system, lie, etc.

3. I'm a Boy Scout, I believe in being prepared, thus self defense and protecting my family and others. Not our problem if you're a "surf" who loves being controlled and killed, who also ignore the actual facts related to guns for instead your lying liberal propaganda.

4. We aren't critical of the poor, we are critical of liberals who use and abuse the poor for their own purposes, keeping them poor, instead of lifting them to be productive, throwing money at things (taking it from others) as if money fixes them when it doesn't. For example, the U.S. spends more on Education than anywhere (or something like that) and yet we have one of the worst rated education systems. That's NOT a "money" problem.

5. It's you're LYING that gives us a bad reputation..... not who we actually are and what we actually believe. Your ignorance, and your utter lying character. There is almost NOTHING you people say about Conservatives that is actually representative of us or our beliefs, actions, etc.
If you were objective and fair minded you would think about that for a minute.....

by the way, the reason we seem more "reasonable" in person is because people tend to be that way.
Do you even know how you look to me? You're like the 3rd worst person on this forum after Kevin G. and Skains whatever his name is.

[_Everybody Wang Chung]

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