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Re: Beam Me Up Scottie!!!
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:33:16 GMT
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Hello Jamie,
My condolences go out to you. I lost my father to AIDS a few years ago. I was
very derpressed too. But I remember going out and buying the Searcher Sub as a
sort of Lego therapy kit. A few years before that I used to drink way too much
beer and booze. Till one day I kind of said to myself "Wow Dan that's alot of
$$$ you're pouring down your neck. Why don't you spend that $$ on Lego and that
way you'll a) not be drinking, b) have Lego c) have Lego for your kids. So
that's what I did. Every time I wanted to drink I bought a Lego set or small
kit. Needless to say, the first year I bought a ton of Lego. I ended up beating
my alcoholism and regained some self control in my life.
Everybody copes in different ways. I wish you strength and patience in coming
to terms with your loss.
Daniel van der Graaf
In lugnet.general, Gary Istok writes:
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> Jamie Obrien wrote:
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> > Hi, i'm kindof feeling a bit bummed (depressed), and as you yanks seem
> > to make therapy as a pasttime (only got US TV to go on here!) what is
> > this thing they are doing with Lego now? My service shrink (A very
> > very very close friend died recently, hence the bummed extreme!) and
> > she made me play with Lego, MADE me play, with 2x2, 2x3 and 2x4
> > bricks. Any idea what's going on (It kind of helps, not as much as
> > jumping out of a plane at Angels 35) or is it one of those mind game
> > things that the shrinks are playing with these days?
> >
> > Kind of worried what she's going to pull out next (no pun). BTW she
> > didn't (nore mot of my command structure hahaha) no about my Lego, so
> > this surprised me alot.
> >
> > Going on 1am, 9 hours to the Funeral, can it get any worse???????
> >
> > Jamie
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> Hi Jamie, I think that LEGO can be great therapy for depression. Last
> summer my father passed away, and my mother was diagnosed with cancer.
> Needless to say I was depressed last year. LEGO helped me cope with that
> depression (as did a lot of supportive friends). I can't explain the
> therapeutic nature of why it helped, but it did. Perhaps if you are alone
> at times, playing with LEGO makes you less lonely, because your mind is
> occupied. Sometimes just going to the store to buy some more LEGO helped
> cheer me up. Even being involved with the LUGNET groups helped cheer me
> up.
>
> I hope that you can overcome your depression.
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> Good Luck,
> Gary Istok
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> P.S. My mother is now cancer free (at 77), and in excellent spirits. Me
> too!
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