Posted by dazedandconfused on September 12, 2003, at 8:54:28
In reply to Please advice/feedback/guidance, posted by galkeepinon on September 12, 2003, at 6:07:13
Galkeepinon,
I am normally a lurker...still pretty new at the board...but I had to write to you. I really hear what you are saying...sounds like you were doing pretty good, and BAAAMM,,,the depression comes up from behind you and knocks you off your feet. But reading your recent posts you seem to have been doing well. Hopefully this is just a temporary setback,,,perhaps med induced,,,perhaps not. Either way,,,try to remember it is temporary. Maybe it would help to go back and read some of your recent posts to help you see how quickly this seemed to come on. Perhaps if you could look at them as written by someone else, you could see what a marked difference there is in just a short amount of time. In other words, you may think what I thought when I read your post. "That person had been doing well. This one post seems an anomoly (sp?); almost like it was written by someone else. Sounds more like it is the "depression" talking than her."Another thing that struck me was how hard you are being on yourself. As my therapist sometimes says, "No flogging!" If you need to beat up on something, beat up on the depression. Not yourself. Please remember that this is a disease. We cannot will it away anymore than someone can "will" away a brain tumor. Please don't be so hard on yourself.
I hope today you feel better. I also hope you have a good "braid" experience.
Hang in there.
P.S. I really hope I have not overstepped my boundaries here and that this helps just a little. Again, I am new at this.
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