Posted by Honore on June 24, 2007, at 10:51:55
In reply to Re: Desparate for change, posted by surviving on June 24, 2007, at 0:31:12
Hi, surviving. I was so amazed and touched by your story of everything that you've been through. You've done a great job, just holding it together with so much physical and emotional trauma. I really think you underestimate how much you've accomplished, in that and in realizing that this GP who was against meds was harming you-- and getting away from him.
That alone tells me that you're making a lot of good decisions.
There's really nothing wrong with being on meds-- and whether you always need them or not-- it doesn't change who you really are.
I was deeply depressed for most of my life because I didn't believe in meds, and my family was against them. So I only considered it in the past five or six years. But I'm more my real self now than I was after I got depressed-- and without them, I wouldn't be able to get access to that again.
I don't know if you'll get back exactly to the person you were before. You've had experiences that may have deepened and perhaps saddened and disturbed you-- that you hadn't had before. And you've seen things you might not have known about-- for good and bad. You might be bubbly and happy, again, but also have these newer sides of yourself that give you a different perspective-- and a deeper appreciation of certain things.
But there's a lot of reason for hope for the future. It does take time-- and possibly working at it-- but mostly time and new, good experiences, which can again become the center of your life.
Honore
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