AAAAA,
You find such a nice way to put things! You basically said some of the things I was trying to say myself, only I can be rather brash at times.

Melinda, I hope I didn't offend you. I wasn't trying to belittle your struggle. But I've been where you are, with the anxiety and the depression, and the only way stuff got through to me was when people didn't sugar coat it, and finally told me to my face what I really needed to hear the way I needed to hear it in order for me to understand that I couldn't depend on anyone else any longer to change the way I felt. Again, I'm very sorry that I came off as harsh, I simply wanted to help you as best as I knew how. When someone was a little harsh to me, I was finally able to be harsh with myself (about getting better, not emotionally beating myself up anymore).

Best wishes,
Ro