My stength that I never knew I had.

Ld26angell · Post by **Ld26angell** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:33 am

Recently I have had to deal with very difficult situations in my life right now.

Grandfather becoming very very ill. In icu for over 2 months. Having to travel upnorth (4 hours) too see him on the weekends, mother losing her best friend to cancer( also like a second mother to me), we lost our old neighbors to a domestic violence dispute (very very tragic), and yesterday just found out that my Brother-in-law has to take a job in a different state and mu sister was hysterical.
We live in Michigan and the economy is horrible and he works for Chrysler and so they NEED money, they also have a 17 month old little girl. The thought of them moving out of state tears me apart. I want to see her grow up and flourish but if they move away I really don't think we would see them much due to mney issues.
Throughout all of this, I have been handling everything ok!
I understand that things in life happen and you have to flow with it and not resist.
It is still difficult at times. Like today when I had to go to the bathroom at work and cry.. It just all sort of caught up to me. But I allowed myself this time to cry.
It's ok, Ive been experiencing a lot lately and this is all normal.
I haven't even experienced scary obsessive thoughts like I used to. Because I know I can handle this and I have skills I have never had before.
Just wanted to share this with everyone!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:58 am

I am so sorry that all of these things have been happening! But what an accomplishment that you are handling things the way you are. You should be very proud of yourself for this. Look at how far you have come! I am very proud of you and you have become aninspiration to us and others who suffer with anxiety and depression.

Missletoes

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun May 11, 2008 1:35 pm

Wow that is amazing that you are handling it without scary symptoms. That proves the strength that you have gotten from working so hard on this program. I hope your stress level starts going away soon. It sucks to deal with one bad thing after another, even if that is the way life is sometimes. Stay strong.