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Hi, @healthytoday - Thanks for sharing these cacti photos. Did you take your photo using your cellphone? One of our Connect members, @johnbishop, has mentioned the following about photos appearing sideways: I've had the same problem with images being rotated sideways when I snapped the picture holding my phone in the normal vertical orientation like when you are talking on it. If you take the photo with your phone in the horizontal orientation, the photo will appear normal when you upload it to Connect. You can also fix it on a computer by opening it with an image program and rotating it 90 degrees.

Since it appears you are an artist, @healthytoday, I'd like to recommend you check out this Connect thread, "Art for Healing," when you have a moment https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/art-for-healing. @windwalker is also an artist, by the way.

I also wanted you to get to meet @hopeful33250 @gailb @parus, who are very involved in a number of discussions in the Mental Health and Depression & Anxiety groups.

In addition to art, you mentioned an interest in massage. I also go to a local school to get massages from students. I've found it is not only helpful with kinks and tension in my body, but also seems helpful for general relaxation and self-care, which help elevate my mental health. Have you found that massage helps with your bipolar disorder in any way?

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Massage helps my mood a lot, and I think it has to do with the beta-endorphin release as I understand it. Shiatsu massage has oriental understandings which I find quite helpful. I won't go into greater detail since I'm not an expert on the subject, but people can study the benefits online re various styles of therapeutic massage.

Could anyone help with finding a good psychiatrist that takes Medicaid? I had good insurance but lost my job from my condition of pain and anxiety . I did CT scan for 6 yrs and my life feel apart. Now I am on Medicaid, can't work and the system is so unhelpful. Please reach out to me, I want to feel good again