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Date Posted: 14:16:15 07/25/06 Tue
Author: Liz
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 12.31.208.217
Subject: Re: Sorry I've been MIA
In reply to: Sandy 's message, "Sorry I've been MIA" on 10:24:36 07/25/06 Tue

Sorry to hear that Sandy. I could have posted that. Everything you said from dragging myself up in the morning to looking forward to going home (and back to bed) to needing meds but being terrified of the side effects rings true for me right now.

I do have spurts of time where I feel slightly better, so that gives me hope that somehow I will cycle out of this down spell.

I can't think of an obvious major cause, but there are lots of possible things that could be affecting me.

This is my kids last summer at home, and instead of it being great there is a lot of tension about small stuff like how they mess up the house. I'm apprehensive about how I will feel come September when I do have an empty nest.

I started a new job last month and while it is OK, it is still an adjustment and there is stress involved in dealing with new people and responsibilities. It is also a reminder that I am still not working in the career I loved and may never be again.

The issues with my man-friend are the same. He is absorbed with his work and his interests and while he is wonderful to me in many ways, I am very needy when it comes to relationships and can't seem to find my own passions.

And to make it worse, I have these tapes playing constantly in my head lately that I am dull and uninteresting and an underachiever and I am getting older and I don't have a lot of friends or accomplishments or things that would make someone want to be with me (or live with me or marry me).

My head knows these could be lies made up by depression but I feel smothered and choked by the weight of the depression and it is not easy to shake off and be light-hearted and fun to be around (when I am on the verge of tears way too often).

So, not sure this is any help, except to convince you that I do know just what you are going through.

Liz

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  • Re: Sorry I've been MIA -- Dave, 14:48:09 07/25/06 Tue
  • Re: Sorry I've been MIA -- gem, 01:56:47 07/26/06 Wed
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