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15-02-2008, 09:12 AM
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Morgan, you are funny. We never seem to get it right these days. Goes with the territory I think.
Are you gonna have "another birthday" party? |
15-02-2008, 12:13 PM
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I think I might get my parents to take me out to dinner.  I mean it's my birthday! Why should I pay, right?  |
15-02-2008, 12:20 PM
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Oh Morgan Good idea. Make it a "good" meal. Hey, You need to get a cake too!
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14-03-2008, 01:38 PM
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I am curious if anyone else cares to share when their "other birthday" is and how they plan to celebrate that day.
Since most of the time we associate the time around our final fall/breakdown/diagnosis--call it what you want--as a bad time, I think we should celebrate that time as a new birthday and the release of our old life and the beginning of a new one.
My "new birtrhday" is Sept. 19 1997. Every year around this time without even realizing the date I begin to get anxious/panic and fall into a deep depression. So I am determined that this year I am going to turn this time of year into a celebration.
How about you? |
15-03-2008, 03:22 AM
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I totally have no clue when I first started therapy. However, I do know the date that my nightmare began. My husband and I had a special marriage vow renewal with our Priest that day, so we have something to celebrate in place of anxiety and depression. It doesn't really do away with it all together. I'm really depressed that whole month, but it is nice to have a little anniversary celebration in the midst of it.
So we celebrate 2 wedding anniversaries every year. |
15-03-2008, 04:30 AM
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I was diagnosed in 1996, but it just didn't sink in.
I guess the day I chose to come out of denial and into real treatment would be around, June of this year.
So I'm going to go with June 1st. That's when I melted down in front of my T that I indeed had PTSD...........I was in shock. |
15-03-2008, 09:13 AM
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Hmm, I was diagnosed I think in September of 2003. I went in to my T convinced I was Bipolar or Borderline and was surprised to find out that I had PTSD - at that time, I had only associated PTSD with those who served in combat. |
15-03-2008, 11:29 AM
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Mine is in 2 days. The 16th of March. I was dx'ed 14 yrs ago, although I probably have had it for most of my life. |
17-03-2008, 10:41 PM
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Ok She
So what did you do to celebrate your "other birthday"? Maybe we should call it our "New birthday" But anyway, how did you celebrate? Party? Cake? Party Hats? I hope it was something fun.
We all need more fun in our lifes |
18-03-2008, 05:05 AM
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I was a complete waste of a human being that day.....LOL!!!!! Laid on the couch, and did nothing....I did manage to do 2 miles on my treadmill but that was the excitement for the day.
No cake. ( I am trying to lose my big ass) No party hats. (Never wear one) And the only party I had was staying up an hour past my bedtime.......LOL!!!!!
All in all I did exactly what I wanted to do, and enjoyed myself..... | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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