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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Apr 12, 2022 | Replies (8)
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Hello, @amberpep Barb, Have you seen the new therapist yet? If it's not a "fit" is there any possibility you can see your former therapist in Maryland virtually on telehealth? Or even do therapy by phone? I know some therapists who do this.
It must be so difficult to know what has worked best for you in the past and then start over again in VA. I've had some severe depressive episodes and anxiety and I also know hard it is to get through these. Do you go for walks? I find that my companion animals are the best. Do you have a dog or a cat?
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Hi Helen .... thanks so much for taking the time to respond. I see the new therapist this coming Monday. For awhile I was doing sessions virtually on line with my therapist in MD but then found out my insurance wouldn't cover it, as he is not licensed in VA. So that ended that. I have a sweet dog named Ginger .... she's a Cavalier King Charles and couldn't be dearer. But, she sheds like nobodies business. OMG! believe it or not, before I vacuum I literally have to rake the floor to get all the loose and woven in hair up, throw it out, and then vacuum after that. I know there are some really good pet vacuums available, but they are really expensive and I don't have the money for even a refurbished one. Where I live, it's a government subsidized apartment, and today they went around spraying for cockroaches. I have only had 1, but I understand floors 2 and 3 are having terrible problems with them. Everyone is wondering how "they" (the Health Dept.) found out about the roaches .... well that's easy ..... I did! I don't tell anyone because the women in here are so sarcastic and gossip-y that I just go on my merry way. I'm calling them tomorrow again. I may have said this before, but the woman aside of me smokes all night since she can't sleep. She smokes a full carton of cigarettes a week and gets 4 cartons for a month! Well, it was coming right through the bathroom vent into my bathroom and bedroom and every morning I'd get up and it smelled like I had been smoking all night. So, one of my daughters unplugged the fan in the bathroom, taped the whole grill closed with that thick gray packing tape, and I'm using my air purifier in the AM as soon as I wake up. All that has helped, but now it seeps out into the halls and hit everyone as soon as they go out. This afternoon it was wonderfully warm, so I took my dog for a nice long walk, and opened my bedroom about 3" .... when I went back in, around suppertime, because that window was opened her smoking smell was coming into my bedroom! Her venetian blinds are yellow rather than white from all of that. And what about a fire hazard? She's very elderly, uses a walker, is totally humped over it to talk, and talks in that gravel-type voice. She looks awful. So, tomorrow I call the Health Dept. about it. I don't care what other people do to their bodies, but I DO care when it interferes with my health. Barb (abby)