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pipi_k

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3. I don't deal with the same

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 12:00 PM

Sep 2012

issues you do, but I have been where you are in terms of deep dark depression where every breath I took was filled with pain...mental and physical.

All I could see was a dark hole from which I would never climb out.

It hurt to be alive.

The good part is, you really can feel better. It will take a while, but it can happen. Often, we fail to see the little improvements and focus instead on the negatives, which, trust me, only makes matters all that much worse.

Try to find the smallest good thing in each day. The tiniest improvement, even if it's physical and not mental just now.

Our thoughts have the power to impact everything we feel.

Hope you're feeling better soon.

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This message was self-deleted by its author Denninmi Sep 2012 #1

I understand how difficult it can be. efilon Sep 2012 #2

I don't deal with the same pipi_k Sep 2012 #3

The question is one that is asked of every mental health patient Tobin S. Sep 2012 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Denninmi Sep 2012 #5

I think this is the kind of thing you'd go over in talk therapy Tobin S. Sep 2012 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Denninmi Sep 2012 #7

I think for my own situation, most of the 5 stages of grief applies: GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #8

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You know what? I am going to say. I am so sorry that GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #10

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Yes, it goes with the territory. Hell, it IS the territory! :^) GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #12

You're no "second class citizen"...Bipolar is so common now you're more like every OTHER citizen.. whathehell Sep 2012 #13

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I see that whathehell Sep 2012 #20

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This message was self-deleted by its author Denninmi Sep 2012 #19

No, it's understandable and we who've been through it are familiar with the feeling....It's not fun whathehell Sep 2012 #21