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I have done quite a bit of living in the past, with regrets of all the lost time and all the things I could or should have done. But I am getting better at leaving it in the past and letting it go. I try to live in the present and take things one day at a time but it has been tough. Because I have c...

Hi Lynda, It is scary being in control of your own destiny, but it is a good thing to be able to do so. The only thing we can truly control is ourselves and what we choose to think about and how we act and react to different situations and circumstances. I am sure you will not screw it all up as you...

Hi Lynda, I hope we will get the opportunity to see ur long post again. It is frustrating, and depressing, when you take a lot of time to write something and it disappears. That has happened to me a couple times. Maybe these things (like depression??) happen for a reason. Hi munchkin, Welcome to the...

What a great post and piece of writing! I have read this a few times in the past couple weeks. It reminds me that I can always begin again, and at any time. Sometimes we think of the new year as an opportunity to begin again, or even a new month, but we can begin again every day, every hour, even ev...

Thank you for those great affirmations. I need to remember and repeat a number of those, to help me accept and believe in myself again, to feel optimistic about life again, and probably most importantly, to love myself more. Thanks also for the reminder that we can choose to have hope. Too many time...

Not much has changed with me lately. I haven't updated my depression forum post since September so I think I will write more there soon about what has been going on. I feel I should write more to help me let go some of the thoughts and feelings. It is a new year and hopefully a much better one for m...

Hi Lynda,
It is very nice to see you back in the forums! I am very glad to hear you are in recovery and feeling positive again after so many struggles, and that you have hope again and have found the confidence to succeed. Keep it up and keep on posting about your successes!
Mark

Hi Lynda, Thank you for posting the coping skills that have been working for you. Thank you to everyone else on this forum for sharing their experiences, insight and wisdom in how to better deal with depression and anxiety. I need to implement a lot of those skills to get better, especially the posi...

Hi S3anne, I have been avoiding doing things with my kids for the better part of the last 5 1/2 years thanks to the chronic depression I have. Most of the time I just don't feel like doing anything myself or don't have the energy for it, and my kids end up staying inside with me. I feel so guilty an...

Hi notimpressed, I'm sorry to hear about how badly you are feeling. I hope the past week things have improved somewhat, altho your other post indicates you are still very sad. Based on your posts that I read, you have a lot of major issues you are dealing with the past couple years, so it is overwhe...