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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2265216" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Couple of things to touch on:</p><p></p><p>The post in which I responded to your food list? I forgot to mention something very important. It's a diet that has to work for you. If you force yourself to eat stuff that makes you miserable, you're not going to stick with the diet. So find something that works for you eh, some middle ground. If a diet is like doing jail time, you won't keep it up for long. Try and find some joy on your plate, if you can. A diet isn't just a nutrition-in / energy-out thing, as you know it's all very much a mental thing as well. And you need to find what fits for <em>you</em> specifically. </p><p></p><p>Secondly, I've mentioned a couple of my issues. With the "introverted borderline" comes anxiety, both generalised and social, so yeah... Thing is, with a low carb diet I started feeling better. <em>High blood sugars feed into depression and anxiety</em>. I'll always be a mess, but before Corona struck I'd made great strides, walking to the GP, Hospital and physical therapist by myself (While I'd refused a therapist for my shoulder for years because I was too scared to go. All of a sudden I was seeing one twice a week!). I never ever left our flat without my husband or someone else I trusted to get me out of situations fast. I'll never be able to have a job or a "regular" life, but I can say my quality of life improved drastically. Do I still have thoughts of suicide? Sure. I don't think that'll ever quite go away, and I'm not sure if they're habitual thoughts now more than anything else... But that's a possibility. My depression's still there, it always will be, but it doesn't feel like an enormous gaping black hole in my chest anymore. I have quality of life. I can enjoy myself. Before all this, that was just about unthinkable. Not eating carbs made a big difference to my physical health, but for my mental health too. So that's a bit of hope you might want to hold on to, too. Don't expect miracles, but... Just hope for something better than what you've got now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2265216, member: 401801"] Couple of things to touch on: The post in which I responded to your food list? I forgot to mention something very important. It's a diet that has to work for you. If you force yourself to eat stuff that makes you miserable, you're not going to stick with the diet. So find something that works for you eh, some middle ground. If a diet is like doing jail time, you won't keep it up for long. Try and find some joy on your plate, if you can. A diet isn't just a nutrition-in / energy-out thing, as you know it's all very much a mental thing as well. And you need to find what fits for [I]you[/I] specifically. Secondly, I've mentioned a couple of my issues. With the "introverted borderline" comes anxiety, both generalised and social, so yeah... Thing is, with a low carb diet I started feeling better. [I]High blood sugars feed into depression and anxiety[/I]. I'll always be a mess, but before Corona struck I'd made great strides, walking to the GP, Hospital and physical therapist by myself (While I'd refused a therapist for my shoulder for years because I was too scared to go. All of a sudden I was seeing one twice a week!). I never ever left our flat without my husband or someone else I trusted to get me out of situations fast. I'll never be able to have a job or a "regular" life, but I can say my quality of life improved drastically. Do I still have thoughts of suicide? Sure. I don't think that'll ever quite go away, and I'm not sure if they're habitual thoughts now more than anything else... But that's a possibility. My depression's still there, it always will be, but it doesn't feel like an enormous gaping black hole in my chest anymore. I have quality of life. I can enjoy myself. Before all this, that was just about unthinkable. Not eating carbs made a big difference to my physical health, but for my mental health too. So that's a bit of hope you might want to hold on to, too. Don't expect miracles, but... Just hope for something better than what you've got now. [/QUOTE]
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