Posted by TexasChic on November 13, 2005, at 17:28:37
In reply to Preparing To Die, posted by corafree on November 13, 2005, at 11:50:22
I don't know if it helps, but I've been where you are. In some ways I'm still there. Its something I have to battle every day. I can identify with it all:
- deaths of those close to you
- living with chronic pain
- the family that takes advantage of your giving nature and then won't help you when the time comes
- lost love
- feeling hopelessly tired and used upI don't really have any 'new' advice to give you. What helped me was a combination of meds, therapy, and sheer force of will sometimes - which I would never have had without the previous two. I know without any one of that combo, I would never be where I am today. Not that I'm all happy and la-ti-da. Its just that now I have the energy and the will to at least 'attempt' to better my life. Whereas before I wouldn't have even tried. Its still really freaking hard, but I have no plans of giving up now that a 'normal' life is within my reach. I don't really know what I'm trying to tell you with all this. I guess just to try to get the help you need, and a 'normal' life could be within your reach sooner than you think.
Oh yeah, that and get a cat. My kitty has been my closest companion and I don't know what I would have done without him.
-T
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