Thanks for sharing your good news. It's great to hear....
Just dropping in to remind you, you are not alone. Your situation is difficult, but you are sufficient to meet the challenge....
Maggie, I'm so sorry to hear that you are suffering such severe pain. You do so much to lift people up in this forum and I want so very much to be encouraging to you. It is such a heavy burden when...
Glad you checked in even if just to say you are having a terrible awful no good very bad day. Checking in at least helps you feel connected to people who care about you and your situation....
Chuck, First of all and above everything else I have to say or ask in this reply, please listen to the advice given in all the previous replies. You and your wife are in a crisis situation and...
Bayou, I'm near the Texas gulf coast (Houston), but I have family roots in LA. My mom that taught me how to make gumbo, though this time I broke the rules and used a short cut roux mix rather than...
Display, I'm doing better, thanks. I still deal with becoming dysfunctional here at work, so I have to say "not out of the woods yet". Still, better. Wife and I drove 2.5 hours (each way) to watch a...
No activity since I left Friday afternoon.... How was your weekend and how are you today? bluemike...
The only modification I would make to your statement is this... Hopefully, every day we can MAKE something happen to help us out of it. It requires making choices, even if we start off with baby...
I want to respond to 1 phrase that you wrote, and hope I didn't misunderstand what you were saying. You said you don't like thinking about going back to work full time. Drawing from my own experience...
Ha! I like that name, blue Mike. Makes me imagine I'm part of the blue man group. I'm doing better, thanks for asking. It has helped me to write out what's eating at me and describe my situation...
Yeah, me too. I appreciate the feedback. As for as it working out so I can be happy; I am resigned to the fact that I have to find a way to be happy even if this area of our relationship doesn't work...
Ok, I debated whether I would put this into the conversation, but I'm interested in hearing a female perspective. I am going to insert an email message I sent my wife in jan. 2009. For background, we...
Karen and Maggie, Thanks for responding, bummer about the dropped posts but I appreciate you letting me know that you tried. I'll try to respond to both of you in this 1 post. Re: wife's meds. I'm...
Hey Display, Back in the saddle again. How are you doing today? Mike...
Glad to hear you are getting good feedback. I just joined 4 days ago because I was having a particularly dysfunctional day and searched out depression resources looking for just this sort of forum. I...
Just want to let you know I read your post and don't want you to feel ignored. I posted this morning and then checked back throughout the day to see if anybody responded... nothing. Then I started...
I have no advice to offer, no solutions or recommendations. I just want you to know I read your story and care deeply about the abuse you endured. You are not alone. You are lovable and you are...
Karen, She knows she is battling depression and is taking meds prescribed by her MD (who also recommended she talk to a counselor). For a while she was saying repeatedly that she wished she could...
Casa Blanca A really deep sleep ABEHNNHTIIR...
Karen, Here is part of my dilemma with getting counseling and or going on depression meds. I'm not opposed to either of them, and either or both may be in my future. Right now my wife is in a much...
Maggie, I also want to thank you for reading and writing back. I remember a counseling session from my crash of 1995. A friend of mine was going through a horrific ordeal, off the charts difficulty...
Karen, Thank you for taking the time to respond to each thought expressed in my last post. What it says to me is that you didn't just skim read like "blah blah blah" I get it he has a lot to be happy...
First of all, thanks to all who read and responded. It's why I came to this forum. In fact, the common thread in most of the replies is that I should seek out a counselor to talk to. Coming to this...
Ok, this feels almost more like journaling than reaching out, but here goes. I have a history with major depression, including 2 weeks hospitalized back in 1995. This is not that, but it does feel...