Hello Septembermorn,

I think just about every post I've read could be put into one pile and be called Grief, living inside a shell, afraid to come out, lonely and scared of what's waiting outside. I agree with you about feeling hemmed in. I call it trapped and unable to move forward or backwards. You are definitely not alone and we all care or we wouldn't spend time reaching out to others. Sometimes there are no answers, only more questions that we don't have a clue to. I think if all of us ganged up on what's killing us inside such as depression or whatever, we could conquer and defeat it. I am for myself that I am fighting hard to find that light at the end of the tunnel. I wish you well and hope in yourself that you can do anything needed to find your way out of whatever situation is hemming you in.