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Originally Posted by The Skeezyks
Hello regretful: I'm so sorry to hear you're feeling so poorly! I send you warm thoughts of healing & happiness. Reading your Thread, it sounds as though perhaps there is a relationship between having left your full-time job to return to a family business & the onset of your current depression. May I ask if you believe this to be the case? Or do you feel this is a coincidence?
It certainly is commendable you've been able to refrain from drinking. Many people in your situation would turn to alcohol to cope. I do hope you are able to see a therapist and / or perhaps participate in some group therapy. The road back from major depression can be difficult, as you well know. And, of course, also keep posting here on PC. You have friends here.   |
Hello...you certain can ask...it's no coincidence. Returning to this business certainly catapulted me into this depression. I don't know why I didn't see it before I left that work, but I didn't. It's now nearly 11 months since I left that job...and with this business, I don't know how/when I'll be able to get out...the costs are mounting, the pressures are many, and the enjoyment is ZERO...
Thanks for the compliment about the no drink...I know that is a dead end and only leads to more depression (a priest, 30 years in recovery himself, told me that, and I believe him)...
I'm not in therapy; I had one, and though he's a very nice person, it was just not helping me. I'm not on medications because of costs and side-effects. Having a business allows you the pleasure of having the most expensive and least beneficial insurance - nearly $1000 a month, no Rx coverage (had an Rx for cymbalta at $450 a month, one medication for my son is $100 monthly), $7000 deductible...therapy sessions cost a minimum of $80 each, too. And I was in the hospital earlier this year to the tune of $7000 (which did not count towards the deductible because it was at the end of last year)...it's a nightmare.
It's just a mess. Thanks for the support. I'm really tired of feeling all alone...