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Thanks Ieris - that was all stuff I needed to hear. I know I need to start focusing on gratitude, and I will do that today. It is a lovely, sunny day, the birds are feeding at the feeders and the kitties are all asleep in sun spots. I need to try and channel that peace and positivity. And I do belie...

I first posted on this board back in September, I think, when I was in a pretty bad place. I received much kindness. And then I worked really hard and got to one of the best places I have been in a while. Shortly after that, my eldest daughter (due to hormones and possible thyroid problems and previ...

Hehe - I do have a good sense of humour, and I am angry. But what I mean about keeping the wolves at bay is the feeling of having them clawing at my chest, trying to get out. I know I need to change up my meds, I just really hate going to my shrink. And I also resent having to be on meds, and to hav...

Forty, military wife, mother of two daughters. First had suicidal thoughts in third grade, the age of my youngest daughter. I've always had depression, but didn't get help until after I was married and my husband insisted. In the last five years, I have also developed anxiety (partly as the result o...

Right, so I am having a bit of a panic even writing this, but I just need to get a few things off my chest. It has recently occurred to me that if it wasn't for my two daughters, I would have pulled pin a long time ago. I'm just so exhausted from trying to keep the wolves at bay. They are the only t...