Profession/Academic: studying Digital Painting 2 hours a day and I’ll start college again next year. I’m working with my dad and creating graphic pieces of digital marketing for family business. I’m also helping to organize events here in Brazil, giving support with Graphic Design mainly. I still procrastinate a lot, so that’s my sticking point.
Friends/Social circle: I hang out mainly with two friends, but one of them just travelled this week. I meet new people regularly but sometimes I get stuck at home working and studying.
Money: having some problems with money. Just bought several books during this Black Friday and I shouldn’t do it.
Love: I made out with two different girls last week. I’m trying to meet many different girls. I don’t have sex since 5-6 months ago.
Spirituality: failing on meditation. I want to meditate everyday, but usually I meditate 3 times a week.
Health: eating less junk food and processed sugar. I make green juice everyday and sometimes scrumbled eggs with many vegetables. I’m exercising at least 4 times a week for 1 hour. My sciatica is getting much better.
Emotions: I still have some anxiety but I’m reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle in order to understand better how to deal with my mind and emotions. Sometimes I put my emotions on my back and keep working.
Profession/Academic; I work as an analyst for a Marketing firm, and I have a History and Sociology degree despite leaving school with nothing! Who said it was all over
Friends/Social circle; I have none. My social interaction outside of work is here and that’s it. I feel lucky to have found this site as there are good people here. I know it isn’t a substitute though :-/
Money; I am breakeven as I live alone. I also only work 4 days a week, but I might have to change that I think.
Love; I have never had this and I am 31 now
Spirituality; I am not allowed to be because of the content of previous psychosis. It’s a slippy slope for me to ponder such things, I will wait till I die until I decide if there is merit in it!
Health; I am healthy but I smoke a lot. I don’t expect to live long as I started when I was 11.
Emotions. Non-existent apart from occasional things. My grandad died recently, and I felt nothing which in itself was frustrating and sad I guess. So there is something there, but it doesn’t work as it should.
Profession/Academic: I’ve completed a Bachelor of Nursing Science 7 years ago now (can’t believe it was that long ago), i now work as a Clinical Nurse in an aged care facility and i absolutely love it. I would like to go back to uni again and study either Physics, Economics or Medicine. I’ve just been working on getting my medication and myself stable.
Friends/Social circle: i really don’t have any friends, there are a couple of people at work that i socialise with, but not in a “lets catch up outside of work” way.
Money: Well i’m the main breadwinner out of me and my partner. Our financial situation is quite good. We do have a small debt but we are capable of paying this off. I have no complaints about money. I’m satisfied.
Love: I have a partner who i’ve been with for 11 years, ever since we were 19 years old.
Spirituality: I’m an atheist. I don’t believe in good, karma or any other supernatural force. However, i have respect for things like mindfulness and meditation, because there’s a lot of good evidence to support its usefulness.
Health: Physically my health is okay, my mental health is slowly improving but can still be a little dicey some days. Honestly, i need to exercise me and eat better food. I don’t eat junk food, i just have a very erratic diet.
Emotions: I experience anxiety now and then, occasionally my mood will be low, but i do take an antidepressant and that helps keep everything stable.
Profession- Landlord
Friends- None
Money- Comfortable
Love- Married, but not living together
Spirituality- Roman Catholic
Health- Good
Emotions- Euthymic (even mood)
profession/academic; taking business classes at the local community college, but I hate school, it’s for people who think they’re going to get rich if they get a degree, im not one of them
friend/social circle; doing better, been hanging out with a friend and going to my nephews basketball games
money; got a little saved up, was going to try to buy a house but now im paying for this place since my parents have built a house across the street
love; I love my family but I’ve never loved women just lusted after them. I feel like love is way over-rated, I don’t respond to it
spirituality; doing ok…at peace with god…strive to become a god
health; im getting fat and ugly, I just started working out again. might do a fast to get rid of my belly
emotions; my mood has always been good, I’ve never been depressed or suicidal.
Profession/academic: fine. Finished my Masters degree and have a nice parttime job.
Friends/social circle: okay-ish. Son, family and a few friends i see now and then, church and colleagues. Some lonely feelings at times.
Money: okay-ish. No savings, but since i work again i have enough money to live comfortably. Horrible with budgetting.
Love: meh. I am not good at relationships and selecting decent guys. Dating though and might try and seduce a kind ex. Only going for love, nothing casual.
Spirituality: getting better. Had the scariest religious delusions, but seem to be getting more trust in God and visit a baptist church. Kind of miss deep spiritual feelings since meds, but it is good to not have such overwhelming fear anymore.
Emotions: variable. Getting less flat, more happy, but also a bit more unstable since Im on a low dose of meds. More me and more happiness, but also more anxiety and sadness.
Friends/Social circle; Too many to form a strong connection
Money; Good
Love; Lacking that emotional and physical connection
Spirituality; Sloth
Health; 26 but in the shape of a fit 20 year old.
Emotions. What are emotions? Do I feel them in my brain? Then I have many, when im ballsy I can feel my stomach being contracted by nerves, nerves around a ball pulsating and ripping my strong emotions apart. Lack of emotional and psychical connection is difficult, it would help alot, you know, just one person to form a deep connection with, a little security. For writing this I feel like a fool compared to others on this site, is it hope for me? Am i fooling myself? Things go slow with the mental health system, I move fast.
Profession/Academic; Associate’s Degree with an additional 3 semesters at a 4 year school. No profession.
Two friends, one I can’t stand talking with because he never lets me talk, and my best friend who I haven’t talked to in a good while.
Money; I get 980 a month disability. I have medicare and medicaid. Low income but not the lowest I’ve seen.
Love; I abandoned it a long time ago. I just don’t understand dating. You go into a situation where you know NOTHING about this person, and then two months later you’re closer with them than you are with some of your family members. I just can’t take that leap so quickly, it’s a cultural oddity to me.
Spirituality; Schizophrenia has stripped it from me completely.
Health; Probably having some problems, ignore them because they’re not sza.
Emotions. They go up and down in mood cycles probably due to sza.
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Professional/academic: disabled, not working, not going to school.
Friends: a few
Money: flat broke. Can’t cover the cost of food for the whole month for the family.
Love: my husband is very good to me
Spirituality: Protestant Christian but freaking out in this regard.
Health: lots of specialists and medical care needed
Emotions: ok. Anxiety is way too high.
Professional/Academic: I make a living wage as a skilled laborer. I had a 7 year computer hardware and software support career, plus a BS in computer science, if I ever need to go back to technical careers.
Friends/Social circle: I work second shift, and that really effects a person’s social life. When people are socializing, I’m working.
Money: I’m accumulating money at a faster rate right now than I ever have before in my life, probably. I’m not rich, though, or I wouldn’t be working second shift.
Love: I’m glad I never got a woman pregnant, because I barely take care of myself. Trying to avoid romance until I’m more stable financially.
Spirituality: I’m not allowed to mention my beliefs, according to the forum rules.
Health: My right frozen shoulder is getting better, I think. My psychiatrist doesn’t seem to want to give me a diagnosis, but I seem to be free of positive symptoms.
Profession/academic: I just recently got into nursing school! I have a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience so this will be my second degree.
Friends: Most of my friends sadly don’t live in the area, either they moved away or they’re back where I went to college. Mainly I hang out with one of my friends and then her coworkers one of which is now my boyfriend
Money: I’m broke, I don’t work regularly anymore since I’m gonna be starting nursing school real soon, occasionally subbing at my old job is the only thing keeping me going, generally I’m dependent on my parents
Love: I’ve been official with my current boyfriend (first in 5 years!) for a little over 2 weeks now. He is wonderful and I’m having a great time.
Spirituality: I’m mostly trying to avoid it at the moment and focus on my life.
Health: I have been dieting but have reached a plateau with my weight loss after losing 3 lbs in one week. I’m finding it harder to maintain the same level of discipline. I’m trying to eat better in general. I want to get back into regular exercise but the gym is just too out of the way. I want an elliptical for Christmas.
Emotions: Pretty good lately! Everything in life is going well!!