My brain is strained!!!
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Help, my brain is strained!!! If I read one more technical medical journal I will explode and it won’t be a can of pillsbury dough in the back of my head!!! So much information….what am I to do?????? Research is neverending. I am a perfectionist <sigh…gee is that a trait of us BPers????? Anyone for a brain transplant, preferably without MS plaques like I have?????? Have a stain free day my friends. Peace, Reach beyond your grasp!
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<Posted and Mailed to Lynda Help, my brain is strained!!!
Strain is a result of being over stressed. Something has to give. If I read one more technical medical journal, I will explode and it won’t be a can of Pillsbury dough in the back of my head!!! So much information….what am I to do??????
Read only as much as you really need to — and not as much as you would like to. MUCH easier said than done! Proper "balance" is needed in every aspect of our lives. Of course I don’t live what I preach! <G Research is never ending. I am a perfectionist <sigh…gee is that a trait of us BPers?????
I view my compulsive perfectionism (at least about certain things) to be a result of my OCD rather than my BP. Anyone for a brain transplant, preferably without MS plaques like I have??????
I’d just settle for a body exchange — preferably handsome and healthy. But just any body would have to be an improvement over the current model. Have a strain-free day my friends.
I’ll try. You too … Peace,
Best wishes for a peaceful and productive day from, James
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<Posted and Mailed to Kate Maybe that’s what’s going on with me. At first I thought it was depression. Then I thought it was unhappiness (and it still may be). Then then the possibility of worry came up as I am agonizing over money, moving, working, lack of social network, absence of family support, and wondering why I feel no sense of anticipation at the thought of going back to school (on March 29!).
I believe that a person can only handle so many stressors — until something has to give. I recall that prior to my major break in 1984, I took some sort of stress test and I scored over 300 (which was supposedly very high). To use a football (American style) analogy, a person may be able to shake one or two tacklers. But when the entire NFL lands on top of him/her — they are going down Big Time!!! IMO everyone has a different number of tacklers (stressors) they can handle. At any given time this number is likely to change depending upon the person’s mental stability and other factors like support resources. Those of us who have no one running effective "interference" for us are much more likely to go down IMO. And now I know it’s all may be just brain strain–hmmm….
I hate to say it — but oftentimes we do tend to bite off more than we are capable of chewing. I can’t even imagine returning to the academic grind. The slightest thought induces significant anxiety. Kate
I wish you well with your new endeavors! James
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Dear Brain Strain LOL… Lynda, why are you reading Medical journals honey?? There is only so much reading one can do before the brain begins to swell and explode, You know that hehehehe….. I could offer you a brain, but I don’t know anyone who isn’t using thiers at this moment, but I’ll keep you in mind around Halloween, always some brains-less person out there just waiting to donate what they don’t use anyways…. I hope you have a better day today then yesterday, and that tomorrow is Amazing <S Hugs Angel – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Help, my brain is strained!!! If I read one more technical medical journal I will explode and it won’t be a can of pillsbury dough in the back of my head!!! So much information….what am I to do?????? Research is neverending. I am a perfectionist <sigh…gee is that a trait of us BPers????? Anyone for a brain transplant, preferably without MS plaques like I have?????? Have a stain free day my friends. Peace, Reach beyond your grasp!
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Thanks James! Actually the one good thing that will come out of this is that I’ll be getting myself out of my apartment and spending time among the human race!!! Best regards Kate
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Help, my brain is strained!!! If I read one more technical medical journal I will explode and it won’t be a can of pillsbury dough in the back of my head!!! So much information….what am I to do?????? Research is neverending. I am a perfectionist <sigh…gee is that a trait of us BPers?????
I have this problem too, I have to read everything and if I don’t keep up it really stresses me out. As a result I have stopped reading journals completely, it’s just too much. jackie Web page at http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/close/xhq10/mem.htm I’ve been Jay H, Canarybird, Empty Cage, Serin, Phoenix, even Crow. Let’s see if I can stick with this one for a while.
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Maybe that’s what’s going on with me. At first I thought it was depression. Then I thought it was unhappiness (and it still may be). Then then the possibility of worry came up as I am agonizing over money, moving, working, lack of social network, absence of family support, and wondering why I feel no sense of anticipation at the thought of going back to school (on March 29!). And now I know it’s all may be just brain strain–hmmm…. Kate
