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In reply to the discussion: I'm struggling. [View all]chia
(2,244 posts)8. You've eloquently expressed what so many of us have been feeling this year, each one of us has
our own different situations but where you've been at - from tears to rage to numbness - is absolutely so familiar.
I'm glad you're taking care of yourself, you do have an inner strength to stick to your routines, that's one good thing you've got going for you. I haven't been nearly so good about that, everything has kind of crumbled apart.
Hang in there, you can do this. And like another poster has said, play the music. I learned from my therapist when I was dealing with depression that "the good feeling comes after." In other words, do what seems so very difficult to do, the good feeling may not be there while you're doing it, but hopefully, it will be after.
Sending hugs
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You are not alone. And the realization that 99% of our sadness is the direct fault of the person
Atticus
Dec 2020
#4
You've eloquently expressed what so many of us have been feeling this year, each one of us has
chia
Dec 2020
#8
Our DIL is recovering from COVID, as did Mr Nay's brother and his wife. They have come out
Nay
Dec 2020
#68
more common than not as depression is prevalent from all directions, luckily recreational
beachbumbob
Dec 2020
#20
sooner or later Tn will as its about revenue to the state coffers, the numbers out of Illinois for
beachbumbob
Dec 2020
#47
I look back to Christmas 2016, right after Trump was elected, and recall having a small glimmer
sop
Dec 2020
#44
I think a lot of us feel discouraged. We are on the home stretch to sanity, though.
PatrickforO
Dec 2020
#82
I was looking for Ode to Joy and that video came up ... it had been years since I had seen it
Botany
Dec 2020
#98
I got the Thursday "ask" (for today) for our Call to Action email. I wrote a "poem"
calimary
Dec 2020
#87
I am so so sorry all this is coming down on you right now...esp all your losses..
samnsara
Dec 2020
#90
It is a rough time. The effects of covid are overwhelming on so many levels.
Vivienne235729
Dec 2020
#138
Tonight in East TN it'll be in the teens feel like 4. I took in a stray dog
SammyWinstonJack
Dec 2020
#149
You're not alone in this. I care about the meaning of Christmas, but not what it has turned into.
sprinkleeninow
Dec 2020
#190