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[LuckyCharms]

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[markie]

1. Thank you.

[1WorldHope]

2. Lucky that was beautiful.

Thank you for reaching into your soul and sharing your heart.

[brakester]

3. Excellent post, luckycharm!

Thanks for your story and congratulations on your successful struggle!

I lived most of my life under that same pall. I read every self-help book I could find and set as my lifetime goal solving the mystery of this extra weight I carried every day. I looked forward to the day when I could wake up not asking my depression what it would allow me to accomplish that day.

Until some miracle workers came up with anti-depressants. The turnaround for me was immediate. There was still lots of work to do, but I no longer saw myself as climbing an insurmountable mountain.

Now, I am enjoying my retirement and look at my life so far with few regrets. Thanks to Science, the support of good friends and family and my own dogged determination to make the most of my life, I meet each day with optimism and energy.

[Donkees]

4. The other ''half of the shovel" is self-compassion. That's where your strength is rooted.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

6. Good reminder, Donkees

It's a step that might be the hardest, but we must.

[Donkees]

8. Self-compassion lowers stress chemistry and increases resilience ...

It's like being surrounded by your ancestors sending you their love.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

5. We need people like you

to shine a little light where some days, that light is hard to find. Thanks, Lucky.

[debm55]

7. Thank you very much for posting this, LuckyCharms. My heart goes out to you my friend. Sometimes I have the The Black

Dog with me, sometimes not. I wish you well my friend. Love, Deb.

[Niagara]

9. Excellent post, Lucky

We all process things differently.


I have to honest, I have a wide range of feelings from despair, being perplexed and quite angry with recent events. And then circulating back to thinking or believing there's some sort of hope out there in this looney mess.


Anyway, whoever is reading this, hang in there!