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Oct 16, 2011, 11:16 AM
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Hi all, I've been checking in and looking for a while and have finally got up the nerve to set up my profile and join in with you all! Over the past few months what I've read here has most definately helped me and now I hope I can repay the favour and offer some support back to you all.
Thanks everyone  Nelliecat |
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Oct 16, 2011, 01:57 PM
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Welcome!!
 
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Happiness cannot be found through great effort and willpower, but is already present, in open relaxation and letting go. Don't strain yourself, there is nothing to do or undo. Whatever momentarily arises in the body-mind Has no real importance at all, has little reality whatsoever. Don't believe in the reality of good and bad experiences; they are today's ephemeral weather, like rainbows in the sky. ~Venerable Lama Gendun Rinpoche~ 
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Oct 16, 2011, 02:16 PM
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welcome nellie.
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Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours..~Ayn Rand |
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Oct 16, 2011, 02:36 PM
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Hello, nelliecat!
Hope we can help in any possible way. You do need to state and explain your needs and wants so we can help. There are so many different kinds of people here on PC. It's really a huge place, with tens of thousands of members, quite a number of whom will turn out to be similar to you in background and problems. For the moment I'll leave it at that. So you're in Bath! Oh, my. I was in Bath, once, a very long time ago. As a teenager I bicycled through England back in 1961. And spent several days in Bath at that time. It seemed quite lovely to me when I was 16. Hope it's nice for you now! All of us here are always ready to respond to any kind of message. When you sign on at PC you automatically become the sister (or brother) of all the other members. And you have that kind of call on their time and attention. Don't be embarassed, that's just what we're all here to do. There's always people here, day or night, anytime. To exchange messages or chat or whatever. Hope things are getting brighter for you! Take care. 
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Oct 16, 2011, 02:51 PM
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Oct 16, 2011, 03:24 PM
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Hi Nelliecat
Hope you find the forum helpful and supportive, I sure have these last few months!
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Oct 16, 2011, 03:36 PM
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Hi Nelliecat - well done for posting - a big welcome from a fellow brit - Soup
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Oct 16, 2011, 03:38 PM
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Thanks everyone
I feel like the new girl at school! A bit nervous and not really sure what I'm doing! I've suffered from depression since my early teens (I'm in my mid thirties now), but my T believes the depression is a way of blocking out past traumas that haven't been processed (trying to get my head round this). Don't know if this means that once they have been processed I'm less likely to suffer from depression?  Anyway, I had a bit of a breakdown at the beginning of this year and haven't worked since - I had my own business. It's been hard, I have 3 young children and my husband retrained to be a teacher but since passing the course has not found work. I feel tremendous guilt at not bringing in a wage and being an extra burden to my family. I am currently taking meds to control the depression and they help. Therapy is also helping but I am finding it a very painful process at the moment. I really hope I can bring something to the PC community, let me know if I get anything wrong! Nelliecat |
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Oct 16, 2011, 03:42 PM
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welcome
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Oct 16, 2011, 08:34 PM
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I'm finding that for me, working through past traumas really HAS alleviated so much difficult stuff for me. I went on an antidepressant for about a year since I've been in therapy just to make it possible to do the work (I'm off of it now), but for the most part, just showing up every week and working as hard as I could to be open and honest with T has led me to a place I didn't know was possible for me. Really. When I started therapy, I didn't know how or IF it would work, but it's working. For me, it's been a slow process...I've been seeing T for 4 years and we're still trudging through some really hard stuff...but the difference between me when I started therapy and me now is huge. I just feel so much quieter inside. My life on the outside is really the same...same H, same 3 kids (like you!)...but there is a peace/acceptance I didn't know I could have. I'm not *happy* all the time, but I'm OKAY. Like, really, okay. I'm glad you joined us. Therapy is a tough journey and it's nice to have a place to come where other people understand.  
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