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<blockquote data-quote="paulmh" data-source="post: 1919092" data-attributes="member: 467581"><p>Hi Sugar!</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your thoughtful enquiries. I’ve struggled to get a handle on quite what has gone on this year. And many of your suggestions are in fact what I’ve tried myself. I might follow up on the hormone tests though. But I’d like to be completely clear about a few things (for the avoidance of doubt!)</p><p></p><p>My mood is great. I’m not typically depressed. My outlook on life is for the most part happy and positive. The main manifestation of a problem was a lack of interest in my work. I still don’t really understand this. I’ve just had to “feel the ennui and do it anyway”. I didn’t really suffer from any anxiety about my T2 condition - I came here, picked up the crucial actions which people had identified and set about practicing them. I also upped my exercise and now train once or twice each day. I’m fitter than I’ve been for decades, the T2 is currently “in remission” and I’m pretty much in that place where I’m perversely a little bit grateful for my diagnosis because it forced me to adopt a much healthier lifestyle.</p><p></p><p>I have previous experience of practicing what we might call “good mental hygiene” having recovered from addiction earlier in my life. The same mental techniques served me well when I was diagnosed T2, and I accepted the truth of my condition and set about managing it (there’s an old story - two people fall into a hole. The alcoholic says “how did I get here?” The healthy person says “how do I get out?”). I dont bother much with ifs and buts and wishes that things were otherwise - I concentrate on solutions these days.</p><p></p><p>My missus - who is an HCP to boot - offered me what feels like the most likely culprit for my “ennui”. She pointed out that my son has now joined my daughter away at university. I might be suffering a little bit of nothing more complicated than empty nest syndrome! Regardless, I found a workaround for the problem which was just to accept that I might never understand it, but I could identify the actions I needed to take - verymuch like my T2.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paulmh, post: 1919092, member: 467581"] Hi Sugar! Thanks for your thoughtful enquiries. I’ve struggled to get a handle on quite what has gone on this year. And many of your suggestions are in fact what I’ve tried myself. I might follow up on the hormone tests though. But I’d like to be completely clear about a few things (for the avoidance of doubt!) My mood is great. I’m not typically depressed. My outlook on life is for the most part happy and positive. The main manifestation of a problem was a lack of interest in my work. I still don’t really understand this. I’ve just had to “feel the ennui and do it anyway”. I didn’t really suffer from any anxiety about my T2 condition - I came here, picked up the crucial actions which people had identified and set about practicing them. I also upped my exercise and now train once or twice each day. I’m fitter than I’ve been for decades, the T2 is currently “in remission” and I’m pretty much in that place where I’m perversely a little bit grateful for my diagnosis because it forced me to adopt a much healthier lifestyle. I have previous experience of practicing what we might call “good mental hygiene” having recovered from addiction earlier in my life. The same mental techniques served me well when I was diagnosed T2, and I accepted the truth of my condition and set about managing it (there’s an old story - two people fall into a hole. The alcoholic says “how did I get here?” The healthy person says “how do I get out?”). I dont bother much with ifs and buts and wishes that things were otherwise - I concentrate on solutions these days. My missus - who is an HCP to boot - offered me what feels like the most likely culprit for my “ennui”. She pointed out that my son has now joined my daughter away at university. I might be suffering a little bit of nothing more complicated than empty nest syndrome! Regardless, I found a workaround for the problem which was just to accept that I might never understand it, but I could identify the actions I needed to take - verymuch like my T2. [/QUOTE]
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