No heat at my house yet this time of year. Saving money and only one person lives there. 63F said the thermostat, I checked outside, 44F says the weather station. So my house is 20F warmer than outside. Now I am at FS and it is 72F. Nice! :) Wed 11/15 I mailed your letter. Hello Brandon, I decided to turn my heat on tonight. I set it at 70F. I loved DFU’s talk. I only said a couple of things about it when I sent it to you. You have had some time to process it and answer the first 2 questions he posed. He is so accepting of physical and mental illness I decided to do a little research. It comes from Newsweek:
Kessler estimates that the prevalence of mental illness might range from 25 to 30 percent of American adults. A 2011 report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pegs the number at 25 percent.\ Every year, about 42.5 million American adults (or 18.2 percent of the total adult population in the United States) suffers from some mental illness, enduring conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, statistics released Friday reveal. NEARLY 1 IN 5 AMERICANS SUFFERS FROM MENTAL ILLNESS EACH YEAR
BY VICTORIA BEKIEMPIS ON 2/28/14 @@@ [OK if 20% are mentally ill each year. What about healthy? What proportion are healthy?-v] A sick world: More than 95% of us are ill by Jennifer King
The bulk of the world's population is unwell, with just one in 20 healthy during the year, according to a new analysis. But what are we sick with? We're a sick lot, a large-scale inventory of global illness levels has found. [bps, good thing God gave us an immune system isn’t it!-v]
More than 95 per cent of the world's population is ill, the new analysis based on the 2013 Global Burden of Disease Study found.
What's more, a third of those had more than five chronic or acute illnesses – and Australians were among these. Low back pain and depression were the top two major health problems in Australia, in terms of their impact on people. [I really, really believe in walking and exercise for lower back pain. Teachers don’t have to use their muscles much. Painters do. My body weakened and deteriorated when I did not exercise and walking the dogs for an hour a day ended up making all the difference. It still does, even though I weigh 270 lbs!-v]
The study, published in The Lancet, examined and evaluated chronic and acute disease and injury across 188 countries from 1990 to 2013 using a tool known as Years Lived with Disability (YLD), which measures the impact of health problems impairing mobility, hearing or vision, or those causing some kind of pain.
Significantly, the study found rates of disability are rising, as people live longer and experience more illness. For example, the incidence of diabetes worldwide has increased 43% over the past 23 years while death rates from the disease have only increased 9%.
So what did the study discover about us?
The 10 leading causes of YLDs in Australia are:
Kessler estimates that the prevalence of mental illness might range from 25 to 30 percent of American adults. A 2011 report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pegs the number at 25 percent.\ Every year, about 42.5 million American adults (or 18.2 percent of the total adult population in the United States) suffers from some mental illness, enduring conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, statistics released Friday reveal. NEARLY 1 IN 5 AMERICANS SUFFERS FROM MENTAL ILLNESS EACH YEAR
BY VICTORIA BEKIEMPIS ON 2/28/14 @@@ [OK if 20% are mentally ill each year. What about healthy? What proportion are healthy?-v] A sick world: More than 95% of us are ill by Jennifer King
The bulk of the world's population is unwell, with just one in 20 healthy during the year, according to a new analysis. But what are we sick with? We're a sick lot, a large-scale inventory of global illness levels has found. [bps, good thing God gave us an immune system isn’t it!-v]
More than 95 per cent of the world's population is ill, the new analysis based on the 2013 Global Burden of Disease Study found.
What's more, a third of those had more than five chronic or acute illnesses – and Australians were among these. Low back pain and depression were the top two major health problems in Australia, in terms of their impact on people. [I really, really believe in walking and exercise for lower back pain. Teachers don’t have to use their muscles much. Painters do. My body weakened and deteriorated when I did not exercise and walking the dogs for an hour a day ended up making all the difference. It still does, even though I weigh 270 lbs!-v]
The study, published in The Lancet, examined and evaluated chronic and acute disease and injury across 188 countries from 1990 to 2013 using a tool known as Years Lived with Disability (YLD), which measures the impact of health problems impairing mobility, hearing or vision, or those causing some kind of pain.
Significantly, the study found rates of disability are rising, as people live longer and experience more illness. For example, the incidence of diabetes worldwide has increased 43% over the past 23 years while death rates from the disease have only increased 9%.
So what did the study discover about us?
The 10 leading causes of YLDs in Australia are:
- Low back pain
- Major depressive disorder
- Other musculoskeletal disorders
- Neck pain
- Migraine
- Anxiety disorders
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Asthma
- Age-related and other hearing loss
- Diabetes mellitus
-In both 1990 and 2013, the leading cause of YLD in Australia's women was a major depressive disorder while the leading cause in men was low back pain. These were among the top 10 greatest contributors to disability in every country in the study.
-The incidence of major depressive disorder in Australia's women has increased by 46% over 23 years while the incidence of low back pain in Australia's men has increased by 60% in the same period.
-The number of people within the entire study who suffered from 10 or more ailments increased by 52%
-Disease is not confined to the elderly, with 81% of those studied with more than 5 ailments being younger than 65 years old.
-Just 2 acute diseases – upper respiratory tract infections and diarrhoeal disease – caused more than 20 billion new cases of disease globally.[Our population is not yet 8 billion-v]
-Over the past 23 years, the leading causes of health loss around the world have hardly changed.
These findings should sound alarm bells for governments seeking to provide health care into the future for ageing populations experiencing longer life together with increased poor health.
"The health of Australians is increasingly threatened by non-fatal ailments like back and neck pains, and mental health disorders like depression and anxiety," says co-author of the study, Professor Louise Degenhardt of the University of NSW.
"At the same time, deadly disease like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and diabetes are also costing Australians many years of healthy life.
"It is critical that we understand which diseases and injuries are causing disability so that we can effectively allocate resources." Published 11/06/2015 @@ So 1 out of 20 was healthy last year! I suspect if we did a test of DFU’s Spiritual illness we would find the same. We have to nourish our faith and testimonies to keep them alive and healthy. Did you see his metaphor about shadow? >>>Bearers of Heavenly Light by Dieter F Uchtdorf\"So, then, what is night?
Night is nothing more than a shadow.
Even in the darkest of nights, the sun does not cease to radiate its light. It continues to shine as bright as ever. But half of the earth is in darkness.
The absence of light causes darkness.
When the darkness of night falls, we do not despair and worry that the sun is extinguished. We do not postulate that the sun is not there or is dead. We understand that we are in a shadow, that the earth will continue to rotate, and that eventually the rays of the sun will reach us once again."
[What is this metaphor?
Can you see it?
Woah, honkin'!
Crud, that is so true about God!! That is what the world says about God! But it is not true. 11/15]@
If someone says they are a liberal I don’t know what that means. This next article comes from a liberal American news and opinion website and blog. Wiki: {In July 2012, The Huffington Post was ranked No. 1 on the 15 Most Popular Political Sites list by eBizMBA Rank, which bases its list on each site's Alexa Global Traffic Rank and U.S. Traffic Rank from both Compete and Quantcast.[9] In 2012, The Huffington Post became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize.[10]}
19 Statistics That Prove Mental Illness Is More Prominent Than You Think
Whether you’re aware of it or not, chances are you know someone who has been personally affected by a mental health disorder.
Depression is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and other mental health disorders are growing in numbers.
And while mental illness is starting to be considered the serious medical condition that it is, when it comes to healthcare, we still have a long way to go before mental health patients are treated with the respect afforded physical health patients. Research shows there’s still stigma surrounding these disorders.
Below are 19 statistics that prove these disorders touch more people than you might think.
61,500,000The approximate number of Americans who experience a mental health disorder in a given year. That’s one in four adults.
$100,000,000,000The estimated economic cost of untreated mental illness in the U.S. This includes unemployment, unnecessary disability, substance abuse and more.
70 - 90%The percentage of individuals with mental illness who saw improvement in their symptoms and quality of life after participating in some form of treatment.
800,000The estimated number of people globally who die by suicide each year.
25%The approximate amount of people with a mental illness who feel that others are compassionate or understanding toward those suffering from one of the disorders.
350,000,000The number of people worldwide who are affected by depression.
79%The percentage of all U.S. suicides committed by men.
40,000,000The number of adults who suffer from anxiety disorders in the U.S.
7.5%The number of college students who reported feeling depressed to the point where it negatively impacted their ability to function. Approximately 7.5 percent of college students also reported earlier this year that they seriously considered suicide in the last 12 months.
22The (potentially underestimated) number of veterans who die by suicide each day, according to a 2013 report by researchers at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
10%The percentage of children and adolescents whose mental and emotional disorders disrupt their day-to-day lives.
3,500,000The number of Americans who suffer from schizophrenia. The disorder usually develops between ages 16 to 25.
60%The percentage of adults who didn’t receive mental health treatment in 2012.
6,100,000The number of individuals in the U.S. who suffer from some form of bipolar disorder. [Kelly Owens has this. He says he feels so alive since he moved to Saint George and got off all his medications. He can go on, non stop for minutes on end but he is very serviceful! Put in as a counselor to Charlie Mienkey our HPGleader.]
21%The percentage of mothers polled in a recent BabyCenter survey who stated they have been diagnosed with postpartum depression. Approximately 40 percent of them did not seek medical treatment.
5,200,000The estimated number of adults who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder in a given year.
7The number of people who die by suicide per hour in the Americas.
11%The percentage of adolescents who have a depressive disorder before the age of 18.
90%The percentage of people who die by suicide who also had a mental health disorder.
@@Were there any of those facts that caught your eye? The one that caught mine was about veterans. :( @@Thursday 11/16 Elder Shurtz just came and updated me for his second time today. I must be his father figure away from home. :) He used Puzzilla to help a guy find 45 names to take to the temple. The guy tipped him $5! He was so excited to share it with me. Isn’t that cute! @ I walked Molly this morning. When I went out again last hour it was all overcast. I didn’t even notice the weather this morning. Was it overcast then? I didn’t think so. I took my cell but I did not call anyone. Just warming up and my brain was restful. No need to say anything. But now I am dying to share. I texted Varlo at the end of my walk: How many cars have you sold, did you sell? Varlo-90+ this year. Woah! Yippee! He responded. It has been months since he responded. As I neared the back block I had that idea come into my mind and low and behold it worked. It was the right question to get an answer. Magic! @ You have to know the secret special words for magic to happen. Abracadabra only works occasionally. @ My other home teachee, Bruce Randall-trucker texted me from IL. He doesn’t have much patience at times. He has a big busty loud live in girlfriend with a 19 year old son. Liz has her mother’s ashes to bury, who died 6 months ago. She has been getting him out to church! Yes! They lost the paper telling them the number of the ward to contact for dedicating the grave. He wanted me to look it up on lds.org and send it to him. Guess what I did instead? _____ A couple of weeks ago Bruce got a wild hair and told me to come visit as a hometeacher when he is in town. Then he promised to let me know when he is in town. I responded, Sounds Good! Do I think he will ever do it? Not unless Liz reminds him. Does it mean I will stop texting a Sunday update each week? Nope. OK time is up. What did you guess?_____ Well as you know I am a risk taker. I sent him my ID and password for lds.org-1 plus I went and looked up the steps for dedicating a grave and emailed that to him as well-2. Did you guess either? I asked him if my ID and password would be what he needed. He said, probably. You see Brandon, this way he has the tools and can fix and adjust to each problem that comes up instead of strictly depending on me if the phone number I found did not get answered. He has access to everything on lds.org plus, if no one comes to dedicate the grave he knows the steps for doing it himself. This last one really makes me giggle. Why is he asking others to do it? Why did Liz get the info from our ward months ago? Answer: because beer and priesthood don’t go together. Tithing does, Sabbath day observance does, fulfilling your church calling does, temple attendance does, studying the gospel and living the commandments do, but the opposites don’t! How many blessing do you think you have had to give in your life? We know Varlo has sold 90+ cars this year. Are those as important as the blessings we have given in our lives? I watch the AP perform the ritual of the sacrament each Sunday and it is such an honor to act in the name of the Lord. What a sweet opportunity. The Quaker society has meetings where all they do is sit and meditate and pray and no one says a word. That would be a very long sacrament wouldn’t it! So I am giggling inside. I gave him the tools but he won’t feel worthy to use it. @ When I had 6 baby blessings to perform and 6 baptisms and confirmations I did not feel worthy either. What do you do when you don’t feel worthy? Pass it on to someone else? @@ next, One computer has a blurry screen #B27 and the next one #B28 has a clear one. You don’t really notice to start with but when it comes to trying to see old Italian morte records it can really make a difference. I have been getting bored with these death records. Today I decided to break it up by using the blurry computer on the new web indexing/review program. They were clear and it worked just fine. I zipped through a couple of reviews but then I found one that was missing 4 of the 20 records. I had to stop and fill them in. That indexer didn’t know how to read the age of the deceased on about half of them either. When I finished that batch I felt very useful. There is a learning curve to these, of course. I told the big wig from Salt Lake, Elder Cheney that indexing is really where the rubber meets the road. He disagreed, saying the records can’t be used until they are reviewed! So reviewing is like grading papers at school. You have to correct all the mistakes. In my opinion, people on the other side will be pleased with those who index their records, just like a teacher is pleased with the creator of the story or writer of the test. Who cares about the corrector? Can you see where I am coming from? @ Do you remember the group Foreigner [Foreigner is a British-American rock band, originally formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran English musician Mick Jones and fellow Briton and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American vocalist Lou Gramm.]
They are still going! 40 years later and they are still going! I am surprised. I speed watched a Youtube documentary on them last night. I love the music interspersed with the interviews and commentary. One super group after another that everyone worshipped as teens has had their problems, especially personal. Addictions have taken their toll. So if a band has new members are they still the band? This band started with 6 members but there was too much testosterone so they whittled it down to 4. See the black bars that go from top to bottom? Those are the studio albums produced. They did one in 2010. One funny thing. They had a wonderful hit song but it was soft rock instead of hard rock and they lost their following!
Fri11/17/17 Hello Brandon, Last night was BoM class. I sent Janice D an email at noon inviting her to Arctic Circle to use my get one free coupon. After class she accepted and off we went! We went to Texas Roadhouse about 6 months ago after class and now we went to Arctic Circle. I don’t notice what I am eating when I eat in public. So it is only the first bite that I really notice and judge. She told me the funniest story about Dakota, her old lab who ate 5 lbs of raw potatoes fresh from the store, sack and all! I am not sure I believe the story. The other story I do believe. 
She found all the wrappers in her back yard after having left the net package of babybel cheeses out. How could her dog unwrap all the cheese balls and leave the net and the wrappings but eat a 5 lb potato sack. No way! I am a cheap cheese buyer. 2lbs for $4 is the price I buy at. @@ I got a welcome but sad text response back from MichaelJ. He sounded angry. In essence he said, Dad, you have got to be kidding! I have not had a Thanksgiving off for 5 years! I have worked graveyard for 17 of the last 24 months! No, don’t come. @ It was my second time of asking so I was so glad to hear back, but doesn’t it sound sad to you? As I mentioned I sent him 15 sheets from Tom Schroth’s book this week. At the end of the letter I offered to pay for his schooling again. I hope he feels my love and support from that offer, especially since he felt so put out at my request. @ We have crazies and walking wounded at BoMc. Mel took the time to apologize last night about denying the 12 Nephite apostles. He had told us they were disciples not apostles. I didn’t remember the occasion but Janice did. @ I started laughing this morning as I remembered Janice sharing last night how upset LisaS was about being off subject during one discussion during the lesson. @ Heidi asked us if we could deny Christ if faced with death. She said she would if it meant she could stay with her family. She is single and supporting teenage sons. JudyR said no way she could ever deny Christ. But don’t we each deny him everyday? Mel pointed out we are human and frail and can’t even keep our promises and covenants. HeidiT, teacher, pointed out that Peter denied Jesus 3 times in one night. I pointed out that our prophet implored us to read the bom everyday last April. We deny Christ everyday we don’t! @ I warned everyone I had something mean to say before I said that. Karye said that wasn’t mean. HeidiT said I have failed, I feel awful. @@@Sunday, November 12, 2017. Hey Michael J, how about if I come for Thanksgiving? I will bring the cooked turkey V
She found all the wrappers in her back yard after having left the net package of babybel cheeses out. How could her dog unwrap all the cheese balls and leave the net and the wrappings but eat a 5 lb potato sack. No way! I am a cheap cheese buyer. 2lbs for $4 is the price I buy at. @@ I got a welcome but sad text response back from MichaelJ. He sounded angry. In essence he said, Dad, you have got to be kidding! I have not had a Thanksgiving off for 5 years! I have worked graveyard for 17 of the last 24 months! No, don’t come. @ It was my second time of asking so I was so glad to hear back, but doesn’t it sound sad to you? As I mentioned I sent him 15 sheets from Tom Schroth’s book this week. At the end of the letter I offered to pay for his schooling again. I hope he feels my love and support from that offer, especially since he felt so put out at my request. @ We have crazies and walking wounded at BoMc. Mel took the time to apologize last night about denying the 12 Nephite apostles. He had told us they were disciples not apostles. I didn’t remember the occasion but Janice did. @ I started laughing this morning as I remembered Janice sharing last night how upset LisaS was about being off subject during one discussion during the lesson. @ Heidi asked us if we could deny Christ if faced with death. She said she would if it meant she could stay with her family. She is single and supporting teenage sons. JudyR said no way she could ever deny Christ. But don’t we each deny him everyday? Mel pointed out we are human and frail and can’t even keep our promises and covenants. HeidiT, teacher, pointed out that Peter denied Jesus 3 times in one night. I pointed out that our prophet implored us to read the bom everyday last April. We deny Christ everyday we don’t! @ I warned everyone I had something mean to say before I said that. Karye said that wasn’t mean. HeidiT said I have failed, I feel awful. @@@Sunday, November 12, 2017. Hey Michael J, how about if I come for Thanksgiving? I will bring the cooked turkey V
Thursday, November 16 hey Michael J, how about if I come for Thanksgiving? I will bring the cooked turkey. V
four days later,, and seven days before, good morning!
Thursday, November 16 from Michael J. I haven't had a Thanksgiving off since I was 18, in other words no. I will be working then sleeping and nothing else for pretty much that whole week. I am still on overnights, I've now spent the majority of my 27 months of my salary career on overnights. 17 months, I just counted it out.
10:25 PM hey Michael. Wow! I am not surprised. Do you miss it? Thanksgiving. V@@
hello Brandon, it is now 9:35 PM Friday night. I am done with my dog walk and my females to gay Lynn and Scott and Camille. I love you I think you're wonderful. As I was finishing my dog walk tonight, I wondered what I could do to help Michael feel more supported loved or rewarded. I thought maybe I could call his work. I could call the Centerville Walmart and ask them to give him a Turkey and the ham from me. Wouldn't that be fun? This time of year is a real grind for him. This Friday is Black Friday. And he is on the night crew and is responsible to make sure the shelves are all stocked. I considered writing an article entitled, Are WALMART WORKERS THE SLAVES OF SOCIETY? Needless to say, I hurt for him.@@ I made everyone at FS laugh at 1pm this afternoon. Do you remember Elder Gruff from my last post/letter? The one I gave $50 for future copies to? He makes a big production out of announcing classes in the big workroom at FS. I was sitting on the back row, as far from him as one can be when he made the announcement. Personally I admire his big voice. It can really do the job. You don't have to wonder about what he said. For months and years I have imagined doing this and today the temptation got my goat and I did it. "May I have your attention please?" I stood up, at attention, with my right hand over my right eye. The room started giggling. "May I have your attention please. Some of you are talking. We have a class beginning in room B called Family Search games." Of course they were talking and laughing, I was making a fool of myself. They asked him to clarify the title/ name of the class a couple of times. Yes, he had their attention. :) And so did I. . . Sister Moon was working in the tiny missionary workroom with the door open. I had to go in and tell her what I had done. She was curious about the laughter she had heard. We both laughed. I probably won't ever do that again, but who knows. @@
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