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sbw, Ironically I have used the 'tools' you've mentioned in the past. I need to put time aside for myself as I am my Mum's caregiver also, throughout all this. It's helping to keep me busy and a reason to get out of bed and good to know someone needs me (& of cousrse my daughter), but I am drain...

sbw, Thank you for your support and I appreciate your reply. I have found it IS healthy to reach out to others but to my own dismay in talking to other females about my past I find out they have been through similar situations.. It's almost like an epidemic! Which is NOT comforting. My counsellor on...

Thank you Hollyann for yor speedy response. I really appreciate it. I live in Canada and it's my GP that has referred me to a psychiatrist. That's how it works here. You have to be referred. I have spoken to my Mum's Pscyh. receptionist as she knows my Mum's cancer diagnosis and said she would look ...

I am in my 40's and have suffered most my life with what Dr's have considered 'circumstantial depression'. Not quite sure what that means? Depression has always run in my family. My Mum is bipolar and my Dad had been depressed all his life. I am very much like him. Recent events have set me on a rea...