Hello and welcome. I've been away from the forum for awhile and was drawn to your post because of the subject line. Of course I'm sure, like others, you'd never wish that feeling on anyone else but I...
Hello, I'm sorry to hear of your struggle with him. You sound like a very loving mom. After too much partying my freshman year, my grades wouldn't allow me to keep my scholarship. My loving mom...
I’m sure there are many of us who find the holidays a very challenging time. Be well, Sasta Anois Santa Anois, Though I know that you are trying to help, we are not allowed to discuss self harm on...
"Cow sure would miss a tail during fly time." (Translation - don't take things for granted) "If a cat has kittens in the oven, you don't call them biscuits." (Translation - call a fig a fig) "A hard...
I'm spending the Thanksgiving holiday with my family. I'm looking forward to it and I'm not at the same time. We'll be getting together on Friday, which is the first of my ex-husband's birthdays...
Oops, left out a letter.... It is Kahlil Gibran Sasta Anois...
I only have a minute but wanted to let you know from yet another person, you are not alone. When so many things are going wrong, it can be really tough to focus on anything that is going right...or...
Thanks everyone! I really appreciate your support and what you've all shared. I have taken alot from these. To be happy for them that they didn't know really hadn't occurred to me, though it had with...
I've been away for awhile too. No breakdowns since my hospital stay in June ...well no major ones to speak of. ;) I'm on prozac, which took me a while to get on the right dose and to get use to it. I...
"Don't should on yourself" was a phrase often repeated while I was in the hospital and during outpatient group therapy. I'm struggling with that today. I went to the break room for a soda. There were...
K-8, as with the others, I am sorry for your pain. I also want to say something you may not have heard yet. I am proud of you. I am very proud of you for taking responsibility for you and making a...
I am not there yet but do believe that over time the postive self talk will replace my first instinct which is the negative. "I am not a great house keeper." This is not necessarily in and of itself...
Thanks Trying to Understand. I really appreciate your post. :) I love "A New Earth." My mother suggested it long before I developed severe depression and I found it very helpful with the general...
Hi Geosojda, I hope your day gets better. =) I don't travel much for work but wanted to share a couple things with you. First, I do not think you're post was too long. Many of the folks in my group...
I sometims find music is the only way to soothe the madness. I especially love to hear Annie Lennox sing the words from I've got a life"... "I've got a light though it refuses to shine i've got a...
I ask myself the same question often and I've been blessed with generally good health and have some success. I really like how Trying to Understand put it. "Be kind to yourself. Try and keep the...
In a yoga class I took several years ago, an instructor gently warned us not to be surprised by unexpected emotions. She explained that chemicals involved in emotions sometimes got ‘trapped’ in our...
Thanks for the suggestions. I had a great slumber party with my 3 year old neice and we decided that Oct 1st would now be known and our annual Funday. =) I must say to JoeCal, I realize everyone has...
I was happily married for years and miss that feeling very much. I have been married for 16 years, next Friday, which includes all of my adult life. After finding him in bed with my best friend late...
I have no children of my own but my parents divorced when I was in high school, my sisters in elementary. Though devastating at first, seeing my mother become the happy, healthy person she is today...
Hello Gibbo1234, I'm so sorry for your loss and pain. Please remember that not understanding does not equal not loving. A member of a group therapy I've attended found her husband to be much more...
Hi All, As suggested in the guidelines, I thought I’d introduce myself. I’m a person with chronic depression, anxiety disorder and PTSD. Finding it difficult to explain what goes on in my head...