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Post by mom on Jul 10, 2019 1:16:52 GMT
Thank you for posting this. I especially needed it today. There is really nothing new in what he said, but the way he expressed those things struck a chord within me and are right along with things I have been ponding over a lot this week. I've felt pretty good about myself and my life most of my 51 years, but when we moved here I just fell apart. I finally started getting back on track and then the last month and a half I have lost it again. It's weird because there have been times in my life when things have been so very difficult and yet I did ok and now it seems thing should be a piece of cake and here I am the last 24 hours just barely holding it together when for all everything that can be seen I have it really good. So last night and this morning I was thinking that I have got to get away and find what I need to make my focus and having a rough time trying to figure out when I can do that because of this or that going on through the week. This talk is just what I needed to make it to when I can do it. Thank you. Im really glad it helped you. I am also really sorry you are having such a hard time. Be gentle on yourself. You'll find your way again.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jul 10, 2019 1:23:15 GMT
pattyraindrops are you really alright? Depression can be a sneaky beast, even for those of us who have battled it for years. It escaped my notice recently. And while inspiring speeches are good and can get us refocused sometimes, there are many of us who at certain points, it's not enough. Hugs to you. Keep an eye out so things just don't spiral out of control.
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Post by pattyraindrops on Jul 10, 2019 7:50:51 GMT
pattyraindrops are you really alright? Depression can be a sneaky beast, even for those of us who have battled it for years. It escaped my notice recently. And while inspiring speeches are good and can get us refocused sometimes, there are many of us who at certain points, it's not enough. Hugs to you. Keep an eye out so things just don't spiral out of control. Thank you for asking. I'm ok. This isn't depression. I've experienced that before deeply twice and now recognize when I start to go into it and I'm able to head it off (I recognize that isn't something many with depression are able to do). Some of this is a sleep thing. Some of that is perimenopause. Some schedules. Some physical things going on. Some of it is sort of being at a cross roads where my youngest is leaving the nest in a couple of months and figuring out what direction I want to go as he leaves. I didn't really think things would change much - my daughter still lives at home and will be a senior in college this year and I've always been one that felt I needed to have a life outside of being a mom despite being a SAHM so it's not like I have the transition that many SAHMs have and yet for some reason I feel that there is a change I should be making...somewhere. Part is frustration over how hard I am working on my physical self and nothing seems to be happening! Part is our trip to the UK and how hard we ran to see so much and for some reason this year it was too much and then at the end of the trip I got a nasty cough/cold that hung on. So right now I really feel like I need to make time for myself to sit down and figure out what my heart tells me I should be doing next and there have been so many necessary and unnecessary distractions and it just caught up with me last night and this morning. I just need to figure out when to carve out enough time when I am rested and on my own to really listen to my heart and figure out what is next.
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