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Re: mood swings
Carlos,
Forgive me for being judgmental, but I felt your post was rather harsh - tho it may have come from good intentions.
Mary,
Being macrobiotics is challenging in all circumstances, even more so when in a difficult situation as you describe. If you've been macro for three years, then I'm assuming you have also been reading other people's stories and see, yes, there is hope at the end of the tunnel. Question is who's in the tunnel with you. In an ideal world, your boyfriend would support you by not tempting you with the extreme foods. I'm not sure how many of us are lucky enough to be living in an ideal world.
So the next step is to get live support wherever you can - best if you can find a good local mb teacher/counselor who can help guide you with your search for healing with medications - next would be a counselor you can at least connect to by phone - or travel to once in a while. Next would be friends who also practice mb and can understand more readily your struggle and can encourage you. Next would be friends/family who love and care for you and though they might not truly understand mb, they would respect your decisions and try to support you. (well, order can be reversed there - family/friends have great impact on a person - would be so wonderful if they understood)
Guessing last would be the computer world - where you would get wonderful advice from people like manymoons, but then again, other advice which, well,... just ignore the negative wherever you can, and trust your intuitions (they get better with more practice).
If all the above is not doable (right now) then make the intention to take mb as seriously as you can - not just doing mostly macro, but study however you can (on line, books, practice, practice, practice) - sort of like an athlete who's about to run a marathon and takes his practicing very seriously!!!
Give up extra time consuming distractions and put as much as you can into the kitchen, chewing very very well, and being conscious of every morsel you put into your body!!! And ENJOY - it's not healing if it's miserable.
Klara
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