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Crystalgaze you have a very keen way of putting things into words that allows me to draw a picture in my mind. I think my pause button broke a while back. I have glued my vase back together several times but there are still those little shards that you can never find. So with a few cracks showing an...

I have not seen these before Warmie they are quite hilarious. I'm glad its not that way with my best friend, soul mate, and otherwise wife. I appreciate being able to see your post and receiving a tickle inside.
Thanks for the humor and keep it coming, its a pleasant break.

Ken stand strong and be aware that you are standing with an army of support my dear friend. Stay far from the foes that want to take you into their darkened dwellings and keep you as if a prisoner. You can overcome the demons that haunt you for you are the epitome of a brave soldier, with us your wa...

I am struggling to deal with several destructive feelings right now so I thought that my getting on the forum tonight would help. I think the main thing I wanted to to was to thank everyone here for doing just that, being here. I wish for everyone to have a hopeful, strong, and anxiety free Thanksgi...

Ken I can always count on a kind word from you. That I guess is part of your signature on this forum. A welcome site for me to see a post from you and to be able to connect with you if only from cyberspace for a fleeting moment. I certainly wish you the best of days to come. Keep away the demons for...

shatteredhopes those are powerful words written from a genuine heart. Thank you for making me look at things differently. It is really easy for me to be selfish and have a negative attitude but your words have inspired me to try to be more optimistic and to challenge myself as you have so bravely do...

Mich I am sorry that you are having to deal with all of the anxiety over stressful situations you are going through. Something that I have done on numerous occasions. If you have a soothing tape or maybe even a noise radio (one with the sounds of the Ocean, rain, a running stream, white noise,etc) u...

Shatteredhope when I read your words I immediately thought of my Father. He has never been what you would call supportive of me since I told him that I was diagnosed with M. Depression and Anxiety. It has caused such a riff between us that I can not even call him without getting the usual sarcasm fr...

Not sure this is where this post belongs but anyways here it is. After what seemed like an unending wave of bad days for me, my fourteen year old daughter came into the study where I hide myself most of the time and had a small box in her hand. She set it on the desk beside me and told me that she h...

Shatteredhopes the physical pain is very much a part of what we go through. It can at times be very intense almost causing a panic attack for me anyway. I am so relieved that your friend was there for you when you needed someone to reach out to, that is so important. I wish I could say that I got a ...

Ken & Shatteredhopes thank you for your responses to my post. It was so very hard to write but I knew part of my recovery would come from doing so. I have cried till I thought I could cry no more but I would be wrong. It is certainly a tragedy when someone cannot stand to be on this earth anymor...

Before writing this post I have had to have several sessions with my Therapist (Thank you Jean) and join a grief support group in order to cope with the loss of a very close friend of mine. His name was Rick, however I called him Cat. I will re-post a thread from an earlier entry that will explain w...

My Dear Friends, I would certainly like to be able to tell you that I am feeling better, however that is not the case. I appreciate the concern of each of you as I fight this exhausting battle with my old nemesis. I try to convince myself that I am not being delivered unto the pits of hell as my min...

Ken I have read your thoughtful words through tear filled eyes, still struggling with the evermore presence of the grief I thought I was working past. It is 3:50a here in the U.S. Another sleepless night of many past and many to come. I moved from my bedroom for fear that I would disturb my wife wit...

To my new friends on this forum I truly thank you for your combined support these past weeks. It has been likened to a rush. One that I have not experienced in quite a while. I have had these past days a unyielding and almost overwhelming sense of despair. I am in turmoil trying to find the answers ...