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LuckyCharms

(21,244 posts)
13. NNadir...
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 08:30 PM
Sep 2025

The thing is...I've spent my life doing things that I thought were impossible. and I've taken pride in my accomplishments.

I'm guessing that my male friends have left because they are more fucked up than I am. Good people, smart people, both lost their high paying jobs...mental illness and addicts. Both of these individuals cut all of their friends out of their lives, including me. I'm taking it personally.

A friend of 41 years contacted me out of the blue a few weeks ago. We hadn't seen each other face to face for about 6 years. He reached out...he kept texting me over and over until I called him. He has a very serious health problem and likely won't survive. I told him I will go to the hospital with him when the time comes, and not leave his side.

Loss after loss after loss...can't talk to my spouse too much about it. I can't bring her down with me.

8 day recent hospital stay and the problem is recurring and unresolved.

Eye injections that make words and letters look like a tic tac toe game. The jury is out on whether I will go blind from this.

And the only people I can talk to are on here...so I type.

Also lost a friend for reasons that I can't put into words because I don't understand it at all.

I'm outgoing and dependable and I make people laugh...and everyone is all gone all of a sudden.

Lost my brother to Covid in 2021 and I can't resolve my grief.

DU is a blessing...but in real life? No one fucking cares. It's a bitter pill.


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I'm so sorry for your losses. I know how those can affect you. rsdsharp Sep 2025 #1
It will pass. A world with sparkly leaves & hummingbirds is still beautiful & inspiring. Take your time to heal. . . Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #2
You know that I care what happens to you ZZenith Sep 2025 #3
Thank you. That song has been in a loop in my head for several weeks. LuckyCharms Sep 2025 #4
We love you, Lucky Charms. ZZenith Sep 2025 #17
Nice touch. Harker Sep 2025 #6
The good thing is that... Tesha Sep 2025 #5
Awful times, awful feelings. You're part of this community... TygrBright Sep 2025 #7
I cannot, I'm sure, offer a fix, but if I may be permitted advice, it would be "find that magnificent sense... NNadir Sep 2025 #8
I'm scared, I'm in trouble, and I'm crashing. LuckyCharms Sep 2025 #10
I wouldn't be ashamed of being in trouble, even big trouble. Perhaps it won't help much, but at such points I pull... NNadir Sep 2025 #12
NNadir... LuckyCharms Sep 2025 #13
My experience with grief is that is never "resolved" or goes away, but one learns to live with it. NNadir Sep 2025 #16
I so hear you LuckyCharms CountAllVotes Sep 2025 #32
How about some bad poetry I wrote 47 years ago when I was super buzzed on some good weed Martin Eden Sep 2025 #15
... MiHale Sep 2025 #9
I think I may know how you feel MW67 Sep 2025 #11
damn markie Sep 2025 #14
Don't have anything wise to say, just sending you love. HeartsCanHope Sep 2025 #18
''Your brain is not designed to make you happy, it's made to keep you alive. '' Donkees Sep 2025 #19
That was exceptionally helpful. It further convinces me of the effectiveness of CBT. halobeam Sep 2025 #29
Thoughts are living things, and I trust that your words have the power to reach Lucky. Donkees Sep 2025 #31
Every day you live there is hope Marthe48 Sep 2025 #20
We love and care. quaint Sep 2025 #21
Try Yale's Science of Well Being course SheltieLover Sep 2025 #22
A song for you, my friend UpInArms Sep 2025 #23
We love you murielm99 Sep 2025 #24
Sounds like you are experiencing the dark night of the soul Clouds Passing Sep 2025 #25
You have experienced a lot of recent heavy losses...It can spin a person around! Seems natural for u 2 feel this bad... electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #26
A healing hug 🫂 to you. mwmisses4289 Sep 2025 #27
Thank you for sharing. I just live that way WhiteTara Sep 2025 #28
Yeah.... Figarosmom Sep 2025 #30
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