How's It Goin'?

Good to see you posting. Hope your spirits pick up.

Here is a little something you may like that arrived Monday:

First Jewish Revolt, 66 - 70 A.D. Æ Prutah of the second year and struck 67/68 A.D.
Obv: Amphora with broad rim and two handles; Paleo-Hebrew inscription "Year Two”
Rev: Vine leaf on small branch; Paleo-Hebrew inscription: “The Freedom of Zion”
15.3 mm, 2.08 grams
Reference: Hendin-1360
Ex. Amphora Coins (David Hendin) 4/2018

and another of the same type I picked up last year:


First Jewish Revolt, 66 - 70 A.D. Æ Prutah of the second year and struck 67/68 A.D.
Obv: Amphora with broad rim and two handles; Paleo-Hebrew inscription "Year Two”
Rev: Vine leaf on small branch; Paleo-Hebrew inscription: “The Freedom of Zion”
17.2 mm, 2.92 grams
Reference: Hendin-1360
Ex. Amphora Coins (David Hendin) 3/2017

 

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Cheer up, mate!

 

Watch some Trailer Park Boys videos...

 

Thanks everyone. You've helped a great deal!

I love the dog and cat videos, thanks for the idea.

Love the prutah, dadams. I was finally able to get one from Brian Bucklan last year.

Thanks for sharing all your awesome coins.

Kentucky, I'm a big Trekkie and South Park fan. I'm thinking I might catch a few episodes of each.

Thanks again!

Erin

 

Hi Erin,

Nice to read you're on the up.
What I learned from Youtube is that ruminations go nowhere



Q

 

Hey Erin,
Saw you “liked” a few posts now and then, but didn’t realize you were struggling with the “Black Dog” as Churchill called his depression.

Thank you for sharing. I think I’ve mentioned on CT (maybe in a PM, maybe publicly) that I’ve struggled with depression for over thirty years. It wasn’t until I was planning my suicide that I (with the help of friends/family/counselors and the medical community) realized I was suffering from a mental illness (and wasn’t just a bad person/husband/father/pastor).

To be perfectly honest, it’s been a rough go at times. But some things that have helped:
1. People (like you) who share their experiences. I realized I wasn’t alone.
2. Authors like William Styron (Darkness Visible) who have been given the gift to “describe the indescribable” pain of depression.
3. Exercise. It’s the last thing we feel like doing, but helpful when we just decide to do it, even if only a ten minute walk.
4. Medication. But I’ve learned that I have needed wise medical practitioners to help me through the journey of finding the right med(s) and dosage(s). I can’t even guess at how many adjustments I’ve had over the past thirty years.
5. Support of people who care and don’t view mental illness as a weakness to be conquered by will power (as in, try getting over chronic diarrhea by will power and let me know how well that works).
6. Good therapists. Although I didn’t cause my depression (and it’s fruitless to blame my genetic predisposition for it) I have, by my thought processes and behaviors, contributed to it.
7. Spiritual resources. I don’t want to break Forum rules by speaking of spirituality so will just invite anyone to PM me if interested.

Erin (and anyone else who might also be struggling) I am in a better place today than I have been since the late 80s. Depression can be managed (I hesitate to flatly say conquered because the Black Dog will often lie in the background, waiting for a chance to pounce). Best wishes to you as you fight. Please PM me at any time if you want to communicate with someone who has been there/is there.

Steve

 

Some of us are stressed, others depressed. Life is like a yo-yo, sometimes up, sometimes down.

 

Great post!

Never give up!!

 

We all struggle, at times, with our demons. We can confront them, and even let them fight amongst themselves. But let's not forget our good friends, the Coins !!!

 

That was a powerful and accurate video. Thanks, Ragnarok!

Erin, when I posted the about funny cat videos I did not mean that if you watch them your black dog will go away forever, but for me it gives a brief respite, sometimes enough to break that vicious cycle of negative thinking for a while .

 

I forgot to mention the power of laughter! Thanks, @RAGNAROK, @Cucumbor and @TIF : one of my greatest joys is watching funny animal videos with a grandchild in my lap. The only problem is they grow up so fast and I’m quickly running out. I’ll need to find some substitute little ones (and hope I can live long enough to cuddle great grandkids).

Steve

 

@Johndakerftw @TIF
My thoughts and prayers to you. When I have troubles and my fuse is short, I remember the What About Bob, jumping on the bed scene, see below. I did that yesterday while waiting on the phone.



I had a nice surprise, two books that have been seasoning in a Milan post office for a month arrived!

 

Always great to see you post, Erin, of course being depressed is not a good place to be. Cheering up is easier said than done when it seems as though you're totally alone and have a storm cloud hanging over your head. Anyway, you're not alone! It's good to get outside into the sunshine. Ancient coins are definitely a great diversion. I'm still adding to my collection and always keeping an eye out for some of the rarer Judaean coins. I like looking through Ya'akov Meshorer’s Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum/Palestine-South Arabia. I use the book as a guide for the chronology of the coins.

 

Turn the volume up...

 

Thank you, Kentucky.

My mom came by earlier and forced me to go for a walk with her. It's the first time I've been out in a couple of days. It was good.

Thank you, Steve, for your awesome advice.

Exercise is something I really need to work on. I find it really hard to get motivated to work out.

That sounds like a good book, Deacon Ray. I'll have to look for it.

My sister is bringing my nephew over soon, so I really hope that helps.

Thanks,

Erin

 

Thanks, @Kentucky. I DID turn it up. Probably one of my top ten songs of all time.

 

Actually, it's a pilgrim flask, not an amphora.

 

@Irbguy. That's very interesting since you're the first one to notice the difference. Can you identify the ancient people or civilization that produced the above "pilgrim flask"? Does the word pilgrim hint to a religious behavior or visit? Thank you for this precious remark.

 

Erin, your mom's right. Isn't it amazing how moms can read us like nobody else can? I guess it's because they carried us for nine months. Our mother's heart was our heart—her blood was our blood. They possess wisdom far beyond their years. Anyway, fresh air, sunlight, and music can work miracles with our morale and feelings of well-being. Christmas time (based on the Roman yuletide festival of feasting and singing and being kind to those less fortunate) is celebrated during the darkest, coldest, and depressing time of the year—to raise people's spirits. Also—you should make sure that your getting adequate vitamins and minerals. I know from experience that a chemical nutritional imbalance in our systems can mimic all kinds of psychological problems. There are some great multi-vitamins on the market.