araumlilly In reply to k-i-mm-i-e [2014-03-22 13:21:28 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome I can't wait to see more  

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araumlilly In reply to dessadawnherman [2014-03-19 14:33:54 +0000 UTC]

I have to say, I like a lot of 'dark' stuff as well.

I can imagine that being in health care would be exhausting, but I can understand how it's worth it. It would be so rewarding getting to help people every day (and get paid for it lol)

I have to admit, I've never really been artistic (at least not compared to my cousin who is REALLY good at drawing). I did photography about 19 years ago in high school and seemed to have a knack for it. I went through a really rough time and needed something to let things out. I started writing it out then went back to photography.

I have completed (this week WOOO HOOOO!! ) a Masters in Organisational Psychology. I'm now on the great job hunt - which means I can play with my camera some more until I get work. Not sure if not working is a good thing or not lol

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dessadawnherman In reply to araumlilly [2014-03-19 21:27:30 +0000 UTC]

that rocks! am very proud of you! that is a wonderful, amazing accomplishment 

Geriatrics is very tedious yet fast paced.  Everyday presents different challenges, I guess that's why it fuels my ambition.  My Mom was a RN, Gma, Sister is LPN.  People wonder why i don't get my nursing degree.  My kids are older now, so I want to go back to school for something.  Maybe PT or Pharmacology? I dunno. I want to be certain so i don't lose interest though, I am a tad spaztastic lol

Psychology sooo intrigues me!  What makes people tick... why are certain behaviors exhibited? I love it!

Yea, I have been through some rough times too, so I understand completely (even though I don't know details) mine?-- bad, abusive relationships and chemical issues ugh... I am a lot better now and have a well rounded life.  However, it seems that misery made a better them for my art and especially poetry... when i am content i don't write as much. weird huh?

take care and let me know how you are doing...

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araumlilly In reply to dessadawnherman [2014-03-20 10:27:59 +0000 UTC]

Awww thank you. After 12 years (some part time some full time) its about time I finished!

I'm starting to get an understanding of how geriatrics can be a bit of a challenge and yet rewarding at the same time. I'm helping out with my grandmother who has just been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and is very rapidly deteriorating. You must be an amazingly strong person to be doing it full-time.

If it's something you're interested in you could always become a mental health nurse. That way you could do psychology and stick with nursing at the same time.

I'm glad life has turned around for you and things are looking up. To make a long story short after 16 years of being mis-diagnosed I've now been diagnosed as bipolar. I can tell you now that misery does seem to be linked to artistic/poetic 'outbursts'. I seem to do the same thing. I know that for me, when I was feeling at my worst it was too hard to tell people about it or ask for help, so it came out as writing or, really weird, but doing cross-stitch.

You take care as well, and if its something you really want to do you should definitely go back to school  

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dessadawnherman In reply to araumlilly [2014-03-20 20:22:30 +0000 UTC]

You are so cool!  We have a lot in common, which is rare I believe.... I use to think most people were kind and mostly sincere and honest, then life taught me otherwise.  I do still believe in the good in people though, I can't help it-- 

You said you were misdiagnosed?  What was your original diagnosis??  You are definitely not NPD! (Borderline seems to get juggled around a lot.   I fit all the criteria for Borderline except the self-mutilation thing...I left Illinois to move to PA before my Doctor diagnosed me with that, but implied it was appearing to be true....

Sometimes I truly think that a lot of those factors are also environmental.  aka my fiance' told me all the time I was crazy, or manic.  I guess he saw manic when I DID get a little crazy, but hey people with or without a mental illness tend to act out when they get pushed into a corner....

 Lamictal is awesome, yea I was diagnosed Bipolar I in May.  I personally think I am "rapid cycling" BPD, but idk...
because I don't have the "down" side like a week or month or whatever of depression.  
Seroquel and Lamictal have leveled me out a lot.  I think there are a lot of specific factors which contribute to BPD and it is generalized too much.  

My best friend, well she use to be, has BPD. She is so different than I; more angry outbursts and out of control rage, more depression etc.  though she gets "hypomanic" sometimes I seem to have a lot more of those ahem symptoms than she does.  It's weird though.  It's almost like it is too broad of a category for so many people... weird. I am still learning about it though... so....

Hope I am not being too nosy, what did they put you on?  I was on Lithium and Zyprexa which made me gain a lot of weight (finally losing that thank God!) and I couldn't think on a higher level, my vocabulary suffered... and the worst part my body jerked and my hands shook when i tried to do finite things...sucked very much.  ugh Lithium felt like lead in my veins, like i had a concrete block on my head.

yea, I ramble on a lot, love to talk! and listen though!...I drink a lot of espresso spiked with half n half & honey.    it's my only "speed" vice so I guess it's acceptable.

Like you said about Geriatrics, it definitely takes a certain kind of person to really be good at it.  I feel bad that your g'ma has Parkinson's.  I am very familiar with it and it's hard to see, I have a resident with it.  She is brilliant!  Wonderful lady.  When I was 17 I took care of a lady who was once a concert pianist at her prime, then suffered with rigidity and atrophy---total stiffness and the inability to smile or communicate.  I loved her a lot....  
As you already know, of course:
A keen understanding and respect for the elderly comes easily to some people.  Just as your empathy for the psyche patients.  Inspiring the highest quality of life, while integrating dignity, respect, compassion is much needed in so many areas of healthcare for sure!!

I think you are going to be successful and prosperous.  It is so encouraging to know someone who cares as much as you will be able to help people.

as for me?  Yes, going back to school is in the plan~ I just have to figure out what exactly I want to be when I grow up lol
  
dessa

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