Success Stories, Please!

Justice, you truly ARE an inspiration! There are some that might say that love for yourself has to come first, but it's not always true. The love you have for your dad played a big role, I'm sure, and rang a bell in your head about yourself.

Your last sentence is also key; "I'm not saying it's easy, just possible!"

Thanks again for sharing!

i survived a plane ride back from las vegas and had to fight a panic attack from coming on full force but with the help of my hubby i was able to keep it under control, does that count as a success story?????

Mel, that is very admirable! I haven't had panic attacks often, but when they hit, I am still unsure how to control them. How do you do it?

Lori

it is never easy! but i had my husband there to talk to me and calm me down. i havent master controlling them all together yet either

Mel!

I'll say that's a success story!! We don't always have to accomplish something on our own, ya know.

What I've learned to do is recognize the symptoms of a panic attack and say "Ok, so my adrenaline is rushing. Let 'er rip! It can't last forever." ... and it doesn't, especially when I just let the feelings come and go. Slow, deep breathing helps a whole lot, too.

My son passed his summer school math classes. He had difficulty over the winter semester in high school and he had to repeat math over the summertime. He just brought home a mark of 72% in Trigonometry!!

I am very proud of him!!

I thought i had lost a friend, but ive got her back.

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Kudos to your son! No doubt Mom had something to do with his success!

My prayers for the health of my new friends Mother in Kentucky have been answered in the what I asked for.......we were thinking that the lump in her abdomin might be cancer, since she had already had breast cancer surgery awhile back......all the tests came back negative....NO CANCER!!!!! I had tears in my eyes when we talked tonight. It is a wonderful feeling when God gives us the answers we ask for.

I was so stressed waiting to hear.....it was almost like it was my Mom that I was waiting the answer for.

I am blessed to have found a special friend like that at my new home that is like having family there already.

Just had to share the good news,
Debbie

im happy for you eskielover!
and wow justice, i agree with Gabriel: 7 years is incredible..

congrats to everyone else on their successes too, may many more follow..

Debbie, your good news is so good to hear! The more I read, the more I know you did the right thing by moving so far away.

I'm happy for you, Deb!

hi September and everyone who reads this......

as you know in the past i was very upand down and very verbal in creative corner and depression and anxiety forums. my husband and family have lived with me and my depression forover 9 months, i've been suicidal, manic, very low. ipushed them all away and my friends. something happened and we were blown apart as a family, i thought i would lose everything and everyone. i had stopped going out virtually, couldn't settle to read or watch a movie or tv. i spent most of my time on pc posting morbid poems one day, happy ones the next. life didn't seem worth living. i coulldn't find the tunel let alone the light at the end of it!
it took the family split and my husband leaving for a week to give me the strength to find that extra bit of rope to grasp at.slowly i found it within myself to start looking at me andtrying to overcome each day by making myself busy and being on my own for a whole week was so hard for me, but i managed it. i was up at 8am working on the house - it's for sale and i hadn't had the motivation to do much for 9 months during the worst bout of depression and anxiety. couldn't settle to do it. i went to bed at 1am every night exhausted! when my husband came home i went to live with my dad, but was back in a day and we are working on our relationship, i managed to get a pdoc at last and a psychiatric nurse who comes once per week and i am able to talk freely about my issues with a trained person. i am on my way to healing, it will take a long time, my therapist bought me a big bag of amethyst rune stones as a gift because she was thinking of me and what i'd been through as a child. it made me cry of course lol you know me.
i hope this inspires people, i was so low at one point in my life if i'd have succeeded in the suicide attempt my children and loved ones would have been devastated, i couldn't see that at the time. i will no longer let my abuser ruin my life. i am letting go. i amgaining control of my emotions without wearing a 'mask'. i'm not saying it's easy, but i want to get better. i want to become a councellor myself one day, my therapist said she could help once i'm recovered! i am going to do a five year psychology course part time and hopefully work again as well - in time. there is not enough help in the uk, if i can make a difference to just a few peoples lives i will be happy.

if you'redepressed and feel there's nothing for you - believe me there is - right around the corner. i hope my words have helped. jinnyann xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

{{{{{{{{{{{{{Jinnyann}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Sometimes we have to have a crisis in our lives to make us see things. Sounds like that may have happened to you... but you got through it. Just remember to take baby steps, don't overwhelm yourself by trying to accomplish everything over night. One step at a time, ok?

You, too, are an inspiration!!

I went to a concert and had lunch with a friendly couple that run a Yahoo Group. They are such nice people that I like to think of them as friends. This past week they invited all members to a House Party. I was scared and worried about how I would handle myself in this experience. After I attended the party, I felt the such a great sense of accomplishment that I am glad that I chose to attend. And as a bonus, I experienced the unconditional love of people who can relate to the love I feel for my favorite musician.

That is SO GREAT!! I once attended a "chat room party" that someone put together. We came from all over the US. It was so wonderful to experience the same unconditional love face to face that was expressed in the chatroom without anyone knowing each other!

You should be proud of putting forth the effort of going and for not denying yourself that great experience!! WOW!!

As you know, I just returned from a week in NM mountains. The Philmont Scout Ranch is 138,437 some odd acres of land...and every inch beautiful. Deer roam through the established training center at various times (always at night in the campsites where the apple trees are )

It seems that they only have one wheelchaired person every two weeks or so...and no one who did it alone and with such gumption as me from what I hear. Well...after my leg injury (lol due to not enough room in my tent and the nurse had the director remove the extra bed) I offered to create a pamphlet for the Center about coming to the training center even if you're handicapped (notes for the physically challenged.) I figure that if at least someone who is challenged knows what compensating needs to be done, then more will come! Well, they accepted my offer, and I'm all but done with the pamphlet. Of course it has to go through (go figure) Risk Management (that's the area I volunteer in lol) and be revised (I added some things that the director will know to correct so no one has to compensate ) but it will go out in the packets for next year's participants.

Now how's that for making pie out of squash ..er whatever it is

Said it before and I'll say it again; "I'm so glad you went ahead and went on your trip!!!" YaaaaaaaHooooooooooo!!! That was a success in itself given what you were thrown at the last minute, not to mention all the preparation that went into it.

It only stands to reason that your pamphlet got approved and will be sent out with the packets next year! What else could happen but that?!?! HUH?? HUH??