Hi Hamster Girl --

I love you so much, and I see so much of myself in you. I am so happy that your friend Smokey is okay. I was out of town and offline during some of your other recent challenges, not "not caring."

You have had so many things to face recently that injuring your beloved pet would have been something you did not deserve. Do you see how your mind played games with you, putting you through even more stress over something that we imagined?

I do this to myself ALL the time, so I recognize the symptom. It can be hard to change the stories we tell ourselves, but it is the difference between we who are depressed and people who go through life without this hell.