Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I heard yesterday that a former classmate of mine had passed on. I sat with him at my HS reunion in September. I felt compelled to go and pay my respects. So my husband and I went to the funeral home and we were unable to find out what had caused his death so suddenly. Finally, I found out and it was a suicide. It hurt me so much since I had had such a wonderful time sitting with him at my reunion. I wish that people who are comtemplating such an act would realize how much it hurts those of us who think so much of them. I have felt hopeless myself but thankfully I am able to reach out for help when things get too much. I just needed to share this.
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My mothers side of the family has had many suicide attempts. Grandmother, grandmothers sister or great aunt, and my own mother. First cousin on fathers side succeded. It is a shame and so sad to leave others behind wondering what happened, what snapped. Some say that it is selfish of the individual. I just don;t know what to think about it or how to stop my aunt and uncles grieving heart...
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Thank you for your post. I know of three suicides in my own family - my nephew, my cousin and I found out that my great grandfather also committed suicide. Depression runs in my family. I don't know what to think either. I just want to do everything I can not to end up that way.
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I'm sorry for your pain....I hope that you are doing ok tonight.....
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
