Hi Dave, I'm female, 33yo, married with 2 beautiful children. I have been through, what I consider to be quite a lot, of [censored] in my life so far, and I have come to the conclusion that everything in your life happens for a reason.

You know the saying, when one door closes another opens. That other door may not open for you as soon as you would hope, but I truly believe that it will open for you.

When I'm feeling similar to how you are at the moment, I sit down and remind myself of all the things that are positive in my life and appreciate them.

So I was raped, lost 2 pregnancies, suffered from unrecognised depression since I was 15 and then some.....when I look back on my life and all the things that have happened and then think of my life now...I realise that I would not be where I am today if all those things didn't happen when and how they did.

This all makes a lot of sense in my head, but most of all, I hope it makes sense to you.

At the moment, even with all the positives in my life right now, I'm still feeling a little lonely and sad. Haven't pin pointed the true reason yet but I'm sure it will all come to me and when it does, I'll be ready to deal with it and get on with my life.