If I ever could have helped myself, I would have done so a very long time ago. My favorite illustration is the one about trying to pull oneself up by the bootstraps...and the result was that I could only ever just tip my own nose right back into the mud. So when I found myself stuck at the bottom of a slimy pit, I had to drop the shovel and call out for help.
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| manic-depressive with psychotic tendencies (1977) | chronic alcoholism (1981) | Asperger burnout (2010) | mood disorder - nos / personality disorder - nos / generalized anxiety disorder (2011) | chronic back pain / peripheral neuropathy / partial visual impairment | Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (incurable cancer) |
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