Posted by Cindy W on October 4, 2000, at 22:03:47
In reply to Re: How to resume normal life?, posted by noa on October 2, 2000, at 18:45:10
> Good questions.
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> I am trudging through the mess that is the debris left by what William Styron refers to as the "brain storm" of depression. It is very hard and very discouraging sometimes. The humiliation of financial problems threatens to send me back down the hole. The mess is both literal and figurative, from the chaotic, debris filled apartment (I stopped caring about everything, including proper trash disposal, etc.) to the overdue taxes, to the delinquent student loans, to the lost friendships that withered away from neglect......shall I go on?
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> It is depressing me right now, these past few days, all of this muck I have to deal with.
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> You are right--the recovery process is hard, almost as hard as the depressive episodes themselves.
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> How do you rebuild a life if you feel like you'll never climb out of the hole you have dug for yourself?Noa, you've expressed the rebuilding process eloquently! I can really relate to what you wrote...sometimes the recovery process seems so hard, I just want to hunker back down in the hole and just hide.--Cindy W
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