tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post4496209538731652552..comments2023-11-05T12:22:53.660+00:00Comments on Gledwood Vol 2 (Main blog): Clipped Wings (Still)Gledwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-86503605382027769742011-08-16T16:15:58.357+01:002011-08-16T16:15:58.357+01:00AKELAMALU & KIWIGIRL: I do feel really guilty ...AKELAMALU & KIWIGIRL: I do feel really guilty claiming benefits. They MAKE you feel this way with the questions they ask in the form. Nearly everyone I know has fluctuating illness that varies from what APPEARS to be normality and good coping (but only because life is simple and low-stress and they're not over-exerted) and episodes of near complete incapacity. I was shocked at how just a week of mild mania totally threw me. My house was in chaos. Everything I'd started was now stopped. Severe mania causes cognitive deficits ~ really bad memory problems, etc. So I end up more cabbaged than people think. And they assume my problems are all drugs drugs drugs when actually my worst behaviour occurs when I'm sober but hyped up. It's very embarrassing to admit this, but true.<br /><br />Thanks for the advice Kiwigirl. I don't think I'll really have much trouble with a reference, I mean how high security can a simple charity shop BE??!<br /><br />I'd really like to do a voluntary job with hamsters and/or parrots. I wonder if there is one at an animal hospital near me...??Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-64695556685721647982011-08-16T10:13:11.315+01:002011-08-16T10:13:11.315+01:00Great advice from Kiwigirl Gleds. xGreat advice from Kiwigirl Gleds. xAkelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-12547236695393527602011-08-16T05:56:46.808+01:002011-08-16T05:56:46.808+01:00Use anyone who will stand up for your good charact...Use anyone who will stand up for your good character! And it doesn't matter if you are on a benefit for life, so long as you are not screwing the system, and give something back to society, even if it is dishing out cold dinners at a homeless shelter, or cleaning poos out of cages at the S.P.C.A. Just get involved somehow with the local community, I guarantee you will meet people who will make you feel grateful for what you have.<br /><br />Kiwigirl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-16529922052924361282011-08-15T22:26:22.195+01:002011-08-15T22:26:22.195+01:00That's a very good point. In this country you ...That's a very good point. In this country you can claim disability for being blind. Yet many blind people of course have careers ~ work and always have worked!<br /><br />I don't WANT to be on the sick for life which is why I mention the issue so much. The only thing standing in my way at that charity shop is a lack of references. I hope they will just let me in anyhow. I could possibly use the druggieservice as a reference butthat doesn't look good. Better than nothing, hey and if it comes to it (ie they won't take me on without a reference)... hey I could use Deshane my support worker. That would be really cool!Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-84078816850387956262011-08-15T20:40:29.570+01:002011-08-15T20:40:29.570+01:00You are looking at your life through too big of a ...You are looking at your life through too big of a lens. Just put on your blinkers and cope with whats in front of you now! Clean up and get down to that charity shop and volunteer before you have a chance to come up with 50 reasons why you shouldn't.<br /><br />My Dad was a double amputee, he lost both legs in the war. He used to tell me that there were able-bodied people out on the street more disabled than what he was. Why? Because he always focused on what he could do, not what he couldn't. He volunteered his time at the limb centre, talking to people who thought their life was over just because they lost an arm or a leg!<br /><br />Come on Gleds, get inspired to achieve your goals, you have another 40 years to do it. Start today.<br />Kiwigirl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-7874264989134738652011-08-15T14:36:22.119+01:002011-08-15T14:36:22.119+01:00Yeah I'm bored of reading that Kraepelin book....Yeah I'm bored of reading that Kraepelin book. I downloaded it so was trying to get my money's worth (even though it was free!). Also it contains hilarious examples eg of a manic woman who believed herself Empress with a court of cats and dogs. Now I know the langauge I can justify my own laziness in medical terms.<br /><br />There is a charity shop near me taking on new staff. I just have to clean myself up (again as I'm in chaos YET AGAIN) and I'll get a job with the pensioners in there!<br /><br />When I contemplate my troubles they seem completely irresolvable. I really cannot see a way out. So I think I should price up dinner services with one plate missing. It would make a nice change!Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-80777908965470076182011-08-15T13:35:08.044+01:002011-08-15T13:35:08.044+01:00Well done to you for getting off alcohol. Syd&#...Well done to you for getting off alcohol. Syd's suggestion is a good one. If you were busy helping others it would give you less time to contemplate your own troubles don't you think? xAkelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-55800058058656425032011-08-15T13:29:08.476+01:002011-08-15T13:29:08.476+01:00Gleds, when I come here and read, which I do for e...Gleds, when I come here and read, which I do for every post, it is all about your self-diagnosis and absorption with whatever mental illness dejour seems to explain the lack of motivation. What about getting outside of yourself and going to do something for others? You mentioned a while back about volunteering. Maybe getting clean and doing something that doesn't involve just thinking about you would help. At any rate, I wish you a good Monday.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.com