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Hi Ealain227 and a warm welcome. After reading your story I can understand you feeling "doomed and worthless".Having to experience so much pain and also the lack of love and support. It does sound as if you are totally isolated and alone at the moment. I`m not sure what your therapist is d...

hi EmoPrince, I know that feeling well...a little crack appears in our dark and lonely hole and a light finds its way in - and then somebody,some thing or maybe even we ourselves block up and its dark again. And this happens over and over again. I consider a few things that are very important to me:...

Hi cody56, are you taking any medication or having psychotherapy foryour Dysthymia? If you`ve just started therapy this might just cause you to start having new and strange thoughts. Has anything happened recently that could have triggered of such thoughts? If these thoughts are worrying you then a ...

complementary medicine The Compact Oxford English Dictionary defines complementary medicine as "medical therapy that falls beyond the scope of scientific medicine but may be used alongside it, e.g. acupuncture,Meditation, Reflexology etc. Have you used any other sort of therapy along with your ...

Lots of luv and hugs to you Jeanie. Just think this time last year I never even knew that you existed(I wasn`t a member here) So you get an extra special dose of good wishes and thoughts for the future. Take a deep breath and close your eyes and just for that moment imagine all your friends here wis...

hi loneranger17... Lets first throw out the "I am crazy and a burden" bit first. :D So what have we... a shy introverted personality that has problems to communicate with strangers. To me that sounds like you are afraid of something. Have you asked yourself "what am I afraid of?"...

After being incapable of work for 28 weeks, or before, you may be sent a form IB50. This form is used to assess your capacity for work. Hi there russel... I´m afraid I can`t help you too much ,sorry. Of course you can help your wife fill out the form...if you have any doubts then I suggest you get d...

hi there momalone.. its an awful situation your in and I can understand you really well. You don`t give any information as to what might have caused this confrontation.Would you mind saying a little bit more...like who has been shouting at who etc. It would certainly help me and others to get a bett...

hi and welcome not giving up. Apart from the importance of professional and correct therapy for your husband,its also important that you are also getting support.Its not easy living with someone who is very deppresed. Is it possible that you can get into a support group? You being here is a good sta...

hi and welcome bookwrym.
Lots of friendly and supportive people around here.
So don`t hesitate and post away

A little bit of fun with words The Good Old Days - Author Unknown A computer was something on TV From a science fiction show of note A window was something you hated to clean And ram was the cousin of a goat. Meg was the name of my girlfriend And gig was a job for the nights Now they all mean differ...

Hi and a warm welcome katiec1984. Thanks so much for sharing your life experiences with us. It´s so good to hear that you have found some professionl support and that you are finding that talking and writing about your anguish is helping you in a positive way. Do you also keep a journal/diary about ...

wow did it really take me 4 days to see this post? Yes it did... sorry about that MoMac... :D Your worries are not trivial because they are you and you are important. You say your feeling empty and clueless... me too sometimes ;) Lets not just look for someone..lets look for a few more who can be th...

Hi and hugs Loneranger17..thanks so much for being so honest and open about your present situation.While we are on the theme of being honest and open... let me say what I think... you are not a bad person. I´m not just saying that because its easy and expected..I`m saying that because thats what I f...

hi and a warm welcome Matthew.

I have heard about the so called "Prozac Poop-out" google seems to have quite a few results about it.
Till soon