Never So Alone As I Am, Now!

I'm late to this dialog, but I would encourage you, Ian McKlatchie, in the most urgent terms, to improve your diet.
I'm hearing (I think) what you're saying about your state of mind regarding food, however we are what we eat.
Start with smaller steps........add something green every day.....like fresh spinach or arugula or broccoli, let your body and
your mindset become accustomed to that. When you're ready, add some other color like carrots or red cabbage.
It's a consensus among nutritionists that we absorb nutrients from food much more readily than from supplements.
Try and consider healthy food consumption to be something that's kind of fun to do.
And use your intellect to come to know what constitutes a healthy diet.
Get some exercise every day too. Diet and exercise are non negotiables in managing one's healthspan as we age.
 
I have to confess that I have no fight left in me. Call it age! Call it mental illness! I no longer know what to call it! I put all my faith in one friend who, around 6 weeks ago, decided to just dump me, like so much trash! The wound is still open and bleeding and the loss of that friend massively increased the sickening depth of my depression. I should never have become so dependent upon only one friend - but, that's easy to do in the total absence of any others.

Friendships should never fall apart...our phone calls were incredibly supportive - both ways! Phone friends are incredibly valuable to me, but I've completely run out. Those who haven't turned their backs on me...died.

I just can't find any fight left in me. It's not that I don't look for it...I just can't find it. It takes some kind of idiot to put himself in this chair for 12 hours a day, rotting away on a computer. I just feel that I have far too many obstacles between me and any chance of better health, mentally.

The therapy has begun, but it's going to be hellishly long and difficult, and mostly pointless. Anhedonia chooses to leave only in its own sweet time. It's among the hardest conditions to treat because those pleasure centres in the brain don't allow change to come easily. Every day is a struggle.
 
Ian McKlatchie said:
I have to confess that I have no fight left in me. Call it age! Call it mental illness! I no longer know what to call it! I put all my faith in one friend who, around 6 weeks ago, decided to just dump me, like so much trash! The wound is still open and bleeding and the loss of that friend massively increased the sickening depth of my depression. I should never have become so dependent upon only one friend - but, that's easy to do in the total absence of any others.

Friendships should never fall apart...our phone calls were incredibly supportive - both ways! Phone friends are incredibly valuable to me, but I've completely run out. Those who haven't turned their backs on me...died.

I just can't find any fight left in me. It's not that I don't look for it...I just can't find it. It takes some kind of idiot to put himself in this chair for 12 hours a day, rotting away on a computer. I just feel that I have far too many obstacles between me and any chance of better health, mentally.

The therapy has begun, but it's going to be hellishly long and difficult, and mostly pointless. Anhedonia chooses to leave only in its own sweet time. It's among the hardest conditions to treat because those pleasure centres in the brain don't allow change to come easily. Every day is a struggle.
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My mother can hear with one ear, hardly sees a thing, sits bent over, can hardly walk. She watches preachings all day every day and she's very strong and cheerful. Build your spirit. Instead of talking to AI listen to good preachings or christian music, maybe Bible texts on a cd about healing. I used to do that when I had RSI. I couldn't work. I just put headphones on with Bible texts at night and during the day I kept speaking out loud Bible texts about healing until I believed it and was healed. Faith comes by hearing of the Word of God. It's medicine.

Proverbs 4

My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from your eyes;
Keep them in the midst of your heart;
22 For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.

There are even people who lived a normal life without a brain. Just a brain stem. Don't focus on your brain. That's just your body. Focus on God in your heart.

Romans 12
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind

From Google AI: Modern neuroscience strongly validates the biblical directive in Romans 12:2 to be "transformed by the renewing of your mind." The scientific mechanism behind this transformation is neuroplasticity: the brain's incredible capacity to physically rewire itself, forming new neural pathways based on what you repeatedly think, feel, and do.

The Science of a Renewed Mind
Neuroplasticity proves that your thought patterns are not permanent.Rewiring Habits: Every time you entertain a specific thought, you strengthen the synaptic connections associated with it. Over time, these pathways become automatic.

Breaking Cycles: Because the brain can adapt, you can actively unlearn negative behaviors and thought patterns by intentionally choosing to focus on new, positive truths.

Emotional Regulation: Scientific studies show that intentional mental focus (such as meditation, prayer, and gratitude) physically reshapes brain structures, decreasing stress responses while increasing capacities for emotional regulation and empathy.
 
@Messy - I'm very interested in that neuroplasticity - the whole post, in fact. I'd like to know a great deal more about focus on new, positive truths. I'm also very interested in listening to the Biblical readings, if there is a therapeutic value to them. I'll happily take on board whatever links and information you are able to provide. If neuroplasticity is, as you say, then I should be able to rebuild stronger connections to my reward centres and get the therapy effects accelerated.
 
Ian McKlatchie said:
@Messy - I'm very interested in that neuroplasticity - the whole post, in fact. I'd like to know a great deal more about focus on new, positive truths. I'm also very interested in listening to the Biblical readings, if there is a therapeutic value to them. I'll happily take on board whatever links and information you are able to provide. If neuroplasticity is, as you say, then I should be able to rebuild stronger connections to my reward centres and get the therapy effects accelerated.
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The Science of Transformation: How Your Brain Can Be Renewed

If you want a good preaching, the first part is African worship by the way:

Unusual Kindness || Bishop Dr. Thomas Muthee

On this forum is a thread with christian music. That's also great. I saw one song yesterday. ProTruckDriver posts great songs, like this one:

The late Anthony Burger fell on a heater when he was a child and the doctors said he would lose the use of both hands because of the severe burns. The Lord works in mysterious ways.

 
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