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Rick - We ALL have our good days and our bad days. Sometimes I have to talk to myself all day long to keep from getting into a funk. Don't apologize. You deserve to be optimistic, pessimistic, determined or whatever. You've earned the right. Best to you. Jo Ann On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:15:49 -0400 Rick McGirr <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I was a much more positive, optimistic person BPD. Now I feel like a > doughboy in WWI, hunkering down in the muck, waiting grimly for > either > death or the end of the war. If I can't be optimistic, altho I do > try > every day, I can be determined. And if I can hold on long enough, I > just might live through to the end of this war. Meantime, I realize > that people with positive attitudes tend to fare better against > disease, so I'm going to keep working on that inner pep talk. > > That bit of mental driftwood was written 1st thing in the AM. I'll > come back later to see if I have to apologize. > > Wendy, don't take no stuff from no old man. You have enough to deal > with, eh? If you worry about more than just his well being, you > should seek out someone professional. > > Enjoy Spring! > Rick McGirr > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wenwolf" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:18 AM > Subject: anger management > > > > I think anger, when applied as Rick wrote, can be a positive > thing. > > However, too much anger can be detrimental to a person's mental > and > > physical health. > > > > I understand that health is already the problem, but the point is > that > > anger can actually make things worse and inhibit healing. Like a > car > > goes where you look, you go where your mind goes. Didn't a recent > study > > show that pessimistic people are more likely to get Parkinson's? > Other > > studies have corroborated the detrimental effects of anger on > mental > and > > physical health, so this is not just my opinion. > > > > I don't mean to imply that if you are pessimistic you will get PD, > or if > > you are optimistic you won't. I also don't want to imply that > positive > > thinking will cure PD - if only it were that easy! I do believe > that > > positive thinking can help. You can apply a positive energy to get > > things accomplished as well as a negative energy. It can perhaps > be > even > > more effective, as less people will be alienated on the way to > > accomplishing your goal. While I do understand the need to vent, I > also > > worry about the detrimental effects of not having somewhat of a > balance > > of positive with negative feelings. I sound absolutely zen, don't > I? > :) > > You can get angry at me for that if you want - I'm used to it. My > > husband vents on me often, and I worry about him too. > > > > Wendy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rick McGirr > > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:23 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: What has happened to this list?/anger management > > > > I think my anger gets me going, sometimes. I think I can channel > it, > > take it out on something that I just have to get done today. I > can > > use the energy to complete the workout, get the taxes done, or > > anything else. The thing to avoid when you're angry is sitting > and > > waiting. Then my neck and shoulders turn to stone, and my hand > flaps > > like a shutter in a hurricane. > > > > Anyone ever see "Anger Management" with Jack Nicholson and Adam > > Sandler? > > > > Enjoy Spring! > > Rick McGirr > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn