The Power of Our Thought.

[Billsfriend]

I'm going to come clean with all of you about some truths I have recently learned.

I started taking pre and pro biotics years ago for my IBS. I studied and believed in them and they worked for years. Then they stopped.

My Niece studied gluten and it's effect on anxiety and other symptoms she was experiencing. She believed it enough to change her diet drastically, and it worked, for about a year, then stopped. When probiotics failed me, I tried lactose tablets, they worked for about a year and suddenly stopped working.

MSG is a naturally occurring constituent of many vegetables. The FDA says if you add MSG to your food it is unlikely that you would increase your intake of it by more than like 10%.

Yet I know people who have had terrible migraine headaches, even anaphalactic symptoms when exposed to MSG. Many of us are familiar with RSO, or Rick Simpson Oil, Rick cured his Cancer by taking in vast amounts of concentrated marijuana.

I believe that many of these things are the result of Placebo effect. We used to think the rate of Placebo effect was around 17%, More recently it has been shown to be active in over 70%of certain studies.

One more thing. If you watch a baby learning to walk, you will see them take a tenuous step, fall on their butts, get up and do it again. Over and over no matter how much they fall.

They don't think " I'm not good at this, or something must be wrong with me" or anything else, they just keep trying until they get it right.

I decided to use this information to my advantage. I quit smoking 8 years ago and never looked back. Narcotics a couple years ago, Xanax, Ativan, and Adderall all a little over a year ago and now Pot 5 weeks ago. I never suffered during withdrawal, but I did self taper the benzodiazapines because of the potential for seizures.

Currently I am working on my anger.

You can too, but first you need to believe you can do it.

If you believe in God or anything else you can use that for help and strength.

Sometimes it's hard to remain resolute in my belief and I call for back up.

You are my backup too, this anger thing is difficult.

I keep falling on my but, but I will not allow my mind to entertain thoughts of failure, or what's wrong with me, or why do I have this. Like the baby I just keep getting up, trying again, accepting setbacks for what they are, and not for a permanent failure.

I started small, by working on my balance, grew stronger and attacked bigger problems.

You can too!

Start with a little research, choose something small you want to change, pick a technique you can believe in.

Don't give up

Let me know how it goes.

If you think I'm crazy it's okay I used to think so too!

[Booklover0219]

This is great! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about believing in myself that I can change some things. I catch myself doubting myself all the time. I’m trying to redirect myself into believing I can. Let’s support one another here. We can do it. Like you said, it doesn’t matter how many times we fall.

[Billsfriend in reply to Booklover0219]

Wow, I am Soo glad to hear that you are open to this. I can tell by what you wrote that it will work for you.

I appreciate the offer to help each other, and want to take you up on it! You can always send me a private message if you prefer to be confidential about Religious beliefs, or anything else.

Thanks again, I'm looking forward to having an ally as I move on to bigger monsters.

( Like myself!)

[Krn210]

I really like this post. I needed to hear this. Thank you!

[Billsfriend in reply to Krn210]

I am Soo happy to hear that. When I first started down this road I found myself looking for evidence of my sanity, but if you talk to my wife and others that know me, they will say that they are seeing amazing changes in me.!

I hope to hear from you soon and often!

[Sillysausage234]

This is the official crazy club you’re in good company.

[Billsfriend]

Wow, that is just plain inspirational. My wife was crippled with Fibromyalgia for a few years, suddenly it just went away. We always thought it was due to her son being arrested for drunk driving. Those were dark days, reeking of personal failures.

She was lucky enough to believe in God, I think that's the only thing that got her through.

Thanks for the encouragement, it means a lot!

[Agora1]

Zoonie, the same holistic approach worked for me as well with my Fibro.

Sending you gentle hugs. xx

[Billsfriend]

I am a firm believer in taking what you can from a wide range of therapies.

Your experience is proof that it works. It's interesting to note that we both found relief from a wide range of therapies, yet the therapies we were attracted to were very different for the most part.

My take from that is if you try hard, and follow your gut instinct, you Will Succeed!