Hi SS8282 --

I am interested in what you said about a time of great stress causing a break-down that lessens future ability to cope. I feel as if that is rather what has happened to me. All my life, people told me how strong and tough I was -- and I honestly believed that I could handle anything. Then I got hit with a bunch of bad stuff all at once, caved in -- that phrase is so completely descriptive kvinneakt -- and don't know if I'll ever have the kind of coping skills I had before.

Life does have a way of knocking us around, doesn't it?