Hang in there Caring.... I often use the sinking metaphor thing too. I think it's so accurate. Just when you get your head above the surface something happens to drag you back down. I guess the best advice comes from Finding Nemo... "just keep swimming." As scripted as that is (literally), when I get that feeling I run that quote through my head and somehow it helps. Just please hang in there and keep treading the water. You know things ebb and flow in the life with mental illness. It's just the way it is I suppose. Take care