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This is an amazing quote and important to remember.

I finished a history thesis on French feminists and women writers during the French Enlightenment, but my research was seriously held back by being unable to speak, or especially read, French. I have tried several methods, including college courses, and walked away knowing virtually nothing.I'm...

Oh me too! It was ridiculous. I was really in crisis last night, and after 12 calls around my area for help, all of them turning up nothing, I tried online only to get a form response, that the therapist would contact me back in a few days. A few days is a few too long when you're having an...

I had a disappointment yesterday with 7 Cups, they were all too happy to take my credit card information, but had no one for me to speak to. I wouldn't trust anything online anymore, I asked them to cancel my subscription and haven't heard a word.

I love those ASMR videos on Youtube, I can go from stressed out to relaxed enough to fall asleep.

It would be easy right now to say I wish I had your problem, but I think I also suffer from fear of success also. i think many people do. The problem is that once you do something right, you feel like everyone is now going to expect you to keep it up, and if you can't, the failure feels twice as...

Although I live in a fairly big city, psychiatric care here is little to none. There are about three decent psychiatric doctors, and they're not taking new adult patients. If you live in a city in which psychiatric resources are slim, what can you do to help yourself?

I have your same issue, I'm an introvert, and have always had a difficult time making friends. If you have a husband and a childhood friend, that's already more than I have. Any time I have come close to making a close friend, it turns out they're not the person I thought they were. It can be...

I think many people have been through at least a bit of what you have. I also think there is no question social media is bad for people, and even bad for the country, and I think it's been a major contributor to people not knowing the difference between information that is real or fake. The...

Your perspective actually sounds extremely helpful. I have a hard time making myself do things when "I don't want to." It's important to realize the motivation it not always going to be there; I'm not always "going to want to", but that doesn't mean you don't do it. I have a personal issue with...

Repeating something to yourself three times, or writing it down three times will usually lock anything in your head. But there's nothing wrong with taking notes. I think we tend to judge ourselves for writing things down (I used to, I would say I would remember, then I would...not) but there's...

I can definitely recommend The Breakthrough Experience by John DeMartini. I haven't finished it yet. But, he has a lot to say that's of value. His advice is solid to stop seeing positive emotions as a great thing, and negative emotions as a terrible thing, neither mean anything for any length of...

I've tried everything and nothing works. I even tried a medical diet that included shots in my stomach and a 500 calorie a day diet that had me sobbing in bed every night from severe hunger. One of my medicines also is an appetite stimulant, which doesn't help. I have a hard time sticking with...

Transcendental Mediation, defined as a silent mantra form of meditation that helps alleviate stress, is very popular. Has anyone tried it or had success with it? I have meditated, but not in this specific way. There are classes available, but I don't know if I should try one. Has anyone had any...

I would love to learn, but feel like I'm too out of shape to attempt it.

Definitely there is! Of course the best choice is to always be present, and live in the moment, but that's very hard to do. I agree with you that having a loose plan is a good idea. I think the problem we run into is attachment. We become attached to a very specific outcome, and the stress comes...

It's certainly an interesting topic, and I don't think anyone can be faulted for believing or not believing in it. It is fascinating, as the previous writer suggests, that it seems like small children and the elderly seem to remember past lives the most-- in other words, at the ages that we are...

One of the most important things to try is to get offline at least an hour (if that's impossible, go for half an hour) before bed, and don't take your phone with you. It can be tempting to keep checking mail, especially as we all get busier, right up until we fall asleep. But, unless you have a...