Most quads don't seem to be able to control a lot of emotions that use to be controlled by hormones from the many glands that no longer function as designed, pituitary, hypothalmus, thyroid, even adrenal glands are sending mixed messages at best. The whole fight or flight thing is a joke. Unfortunately, these same hormones are often what direct many other body functions and features. With that said, there is no hard fast rule about how much glandular function yiou have. happy New Year, john
--- On Sat, 12/27/08, Quadius <[email protected]> wrote: From: Quadius <[email protected]> Subject: Re: `FW: [QUAD-L] feeling down To: "Merrill" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 3:45 PM I don't know about anyone else, but I have found that I often demonstrate more emotions when I am watching something that has sentimental value on television or in the movies than I did prior to being a quadriplegic. I wonder why that's so. Quadius On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Merrill <[email protected]> wrote: Sometimes a tear is just a tear. Sometimes you have connected to a sincere and honest moment. None of the time do I know what I am talking about, but I ask myself if I would trade that tear for a pill. Like a recurrent dream which repeats until we get it, the tear marks an issue to understand, accept and move on if it is time, otherwise it is condemned to repeat. Loosing this is what scares me about being on medication. What do I know though, I still lack the sense to get out of the rain when it just feels good. The weather man may not be right but they do seem happy, so I listen. Merrill From: Quadius [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 2:00 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Merrill; [email protected]; Joan Anglin Subject: [QUAD-L] feeling down John, I must confess that I cry every time I watch Miracle on 34th St, but I'm not normally depressed. I have been dealing with a slight amount of depression over the last couple of weeks, but yesterday it finally broke. I don't know what changed my attitude, but it did change for the better. I think it's just because I began reading once again and am attempting to put my frustrations to the side for a while. There's nothing I can do about them anyway, so why fret. It seems like when I begin to feel depressed that I immediately get sexually frustrated. I am flabbergasted as to why this occurs, but it is nice to get out of the funk without the need of pharmaceuticals. I understand people need them sometimes, some don't take this as an anti-medication diatribe. I just simply know the way I feel and if I get to the point where I'm not respond in a timely manner, I'll go see my psychologist. I hope everyone will do the same for their own mental health. Merry Christmas, Quadius 2008/12/23 John S. <[email protected]>
