It can STOP,

I had a total meld down about 3yrs ago, for various reason, was on 200 zoloft and it made my life look like it was in slow motion...Yep I was spaced out for about 3 months, my reactions were slow and so were my thoughts. I've never been one to take drugs...so it very difficult for me to comprehend what was going on.

On the upside I realised that I didn't want to live like that, I made a promise to myself to get better, but it was alot of hard work, really hard work, three years down the track and I am reaching my goals. I'm not out of the woods by any means, I have had to re-access everything.....cut out everything or anyone that was not good for me. Change my thought patterns was the hardest thing. Realising that I'm not the only one help heaps because then I realised I was not alone.

I got strength from my kids...God bless them...knowing I had to get better for them really drove me. I surrounded myself with support and finding PC is just great.

What I'm trying to say is that YOU can do it and YES it is very hard.

I have new challenges now my partner has left me which put more financial issues on me. I have look at my options and make the best decisions for me and the children.

Although I may not want to make the changes I have to make, I have to look at the possitivies that these changes will bring.

I think to make the depression, anxiety and saddness stop you have to change your thought patterns and sometimes your situation, whether you like it or not. When I feel depressed, anxietious, alone or sad, I think of my grandfather who was a prinsor of war in changi for 3yrs and think how did he survive....I gather strength from his life. He returned home, returned to work and fathered two more children and sadley died from kidney failure.

I hope you can appreciate this and find something to draw strength from.

Wishing everyone the strength they deserve.
God Bless

SpringStar