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thewriter @thewriter (198) 19 Aug 09

Has anyone had cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to treat anxiety and depression and did it work? I have had CBT back on 2006, but don't think it's worked for me. But how would I tell?

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thewriter Well, I am on antidepressants which I was on at the time of having the course of CBT. The course of CBT I had was prescribed by the British tax funded National Health service and was 16 sessions.

19 Aug 09

thewriter @thewriter (198) 19 Aug 09

I am currently in a relationship with a guy who has type one bipolar disoder. I think at present he's suffering from mania if you know what I'm talking about. He seems to want his own space and see me when it suits him. I haven't...

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thewriter @thewriter (198) 19 Aug 09

I am currently in a relationship with a guy who has type one bipolar disorder. He is very hard work at present I think he has 'mania' if you know what I'm talking about! He seems reluctant to see me, and wonder why that is. Is...

thewriter @thewriter (198) 19 Aug 09

Has anyone had cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to treat anxiety and depression and did it work? I have had CBT back on 2006, but don't think it's worked for me. But how would I tell?

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thewriter @thewriter (198) 20 Jul 09

The guy I love has withdrew his affections, says he doesn't fancy me, is happy if I meet another guy, yet still wants to be my friend. Go figure! I love him too much to just be friends, so I made a bit of a scene, crying at the...

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thewriter @thewriter (198) 20 Jul 09

I recently consulted a Clairvoyant. I was very skeptikal as I usually scoff at such things. Anyway I went with an open mind. She (the clairvoyant) told me stuff that seemed to resonate very well. The only thing she said which...

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thewriter @thewriter (198) 5 Sep 08

Recently I attended a Church service where the vicar said that at the gates of Heavan each of us will be striiped bare to reveal our true soal. But, I ask is a bad soal, not an honest soal? In other words is it just being...

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thewriter @thewriter (198) 21 Aug 08

I was wondering what peoples' ideas of heavan are, as in terms of the pleasures in life. My idea of heavan is, sitting in a comfortable chair at the fire side of a log or coal fire watching an old black and white...

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thewriter That isn't applicable. Heavan is a metaphore for pleasure in this instance.

21 Aug 08

thewriter @thewriter (198) 21 Aug 08

I was wondering what peoples' ideas of heavan are, as in terms of the pleasures in life. My idea of heavan is, sitting in a comfortable chair at the fire side of a log or coal fire watching an old black and white...

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thewriter @thewriter (198) 20 Aug 08

I was recently on a very tight budget. During this period a long walk in the English countryside, stopping off at a cafe or tea room for a cream tea was the simple pleasures I permitted myself. Ironically, this all took place in a...

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thewriter Yes I agree there. It's ironic how wealth, the enabler of luxeries renders such pleasures as meaningless.

20 Aug 08

thewriter @thewriter (198) 20 Aug 08

I was recently on a very tight budget. During this period a long walk in the English countryside, stopping off at a cafe or tea room for a cream tea was the simple pleasures I permitted myself. Ironically, this all took place in a...

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thewriter @thewriter (198) 19 Aug 08

I recently engaged in a discussion with Chinese students over China's occupation of Tibet. Their view was that Tibet depends on China (for things such as food) and that the Dalai Lama only want a free Tibet so that he can can gain...

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thewriter If power over the Tibetans is used in a possitive way that the people want and accept via democratic means then it has to be better than despotic, totalitarian power deplete of a democratically elected leader. I think the Chinese live a sheltred life.

19 Aug 08

thewriter @thewriter (198) 19 Aug 08

I recently engaged in a discussion with Chinese students over China's occupation of Tibet. Their view was that Tibet depends on China (for things such as food) and that the Dalai Lama only want a free Tibet so that he can can gain...

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thewriter @thewriter (198) 18 Aug 08

Some colleagues arranged a night out together without asking me whether I wanted to go. I only found out from another colleague that they arranged this night out secretly and therefore behind my back. Now these aforementioned...

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thewriter Thank you for all the replies to my 'issue' hitherto. In particular thanks to Sudalunts for your sympathy. I think my boss, young as he is should have made an all inclusive night out given that it was the end of working as a team. Though he has a level head on...

18 Aug 08

thewriter @thewriter (198) 18 Aug 08

Some colleagues arranged a night out together without asking me whether I wanted to go. I only found out from another colleague that they arranged this night out secretly and therefore behind my back. Now these aforementioned...

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thewriter @thewriter (198) 25 Jun 08

I have been on 20 mgs of the antidepressant Citalopram for nearly four years, and I am now ready to come off them. Will this be difficult?

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thewriter @thewriter (198) 24 Jun 08

A documentary broadcast on BBC1 here in the UK last night showed how a large and highly profitable retail chain called Primark gained its clothes and textiles from the inadvertant exploitation of children. What I mean by...

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thewriter @thewriter (198) 17 Jun 08

As a mature graduate from university, can I start a new career at 45 years of age? Are my prospects limited to teaching? My friend says; " you can't teach an old dog new tricks".

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thewriter I only want to be a researcher within the media industry. I'm loathe to work for a company to make the owner rich.

24 Jun 08

thewriter @thewriter (198) 23 Jun 08

I am endeavouring to lose weight, but I find I crave sweetness and especially chocolate all the more. Any idea how I can curb my craving?

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thewriter Yes, but the gym is expensive and costs ££££££££££££££££££, that I don't have.

23 Jun 08

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