Combatting Stress and Depression Program

Hellinashell13 · Post by **Hellinashell13** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:36 am

The hardest thing for me to do is to let go of my past. As Lucinda said living in the past can damage the precious present moment. The only direction to go is forward and slowly, but surely I will get there. Time, patience, and persistence is very key. I just got so sick of other people telling me what to do and how to live my life that I just felt like I was going to flip out and shut everyone off. That is not a healthy way to live and it has taking me 23 years to figure it out that I have been like this my whole life and if it takes 23 more years to reverse it and think positive, well then thats what I am going to do. I don't think it will take that long, that is probably a riduculous expectation of myself. I think that just shows how committed I want to be to change the way I think and have a better quality of life and strive for what I really want. Nobody is built alike, we are all different. I just wanted to throw my two cents in since this the first time I have signed up for the peer support online. Until next time...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:55 pm

Yes letting go of the past is very difficult especially if people have taken advantage but like changing a habit, it is something you make little accomplishments with that build on top of each other.

It sounds like you are determined and you know that you have a problem, this is a really big part of recovery. Keep it up and you will make wonderful changes in your life.

Mike