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Originally Posted by misscath007
I think that was so sweet of your wife to mention your son. I have a married sister who I am very close to that lives nearby. It's just her, my brother in law and nephew and my dad left in my immediate family. I try to count my blessings that I have her. She just recently went through a recurrence of cancer and I was so afraid that I was going to lose her. I am not religious but God definately intervened on my behalf.
I know what you mean about being self centered when depressed. I try to make it a point to reach out to others who are suffering, makes me feel less alone while battling this illness. TY again for your kind words, it really makes a difference!
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It was very kind of my wife to mention that...You're fortunate to have a family that you are close to. Despite living in the same few square miles as two sisters and a mother, with another sister 150 miles away, I'm very isolated from my family. They don't seem to understand me. They claim to want to help, but never reach out.
This reaching out to others is a good thing. I have a very dear friend who has struggled with severe war-related PTSD. He told me the other day that when he was feeling at his lowest (as PTSD has a significant depressive component for him) that he would go to the soup kitchen in his town and serve meals to people...he said that as bad as it might sound, giving help to people who were worse off than he was really helped him out of some tough spots...I talk with that friend frequently (three days a week, at least). He's been "there"...suicidal, isolated, depressed, anxious, tearful. I've known him since '92 and we've been friends ever since. I'm thankful for him as a blessing in my life.
Thanks for the kind words too...they are very meaningful to me. I take to heart what people write on these forums. I find the honesty to be very uplifting, even when I am feeling so down.