Depression Support Group
Depression is a real and debilitating condition that is often misunderstood by family and friends. Its meaning can range from a prolonged period of sadness to an actual mental illness with specific symptoms. Find and share experiences with others who are going through the same struggles.
Below is an email I get daily for motivation -- Today's was awesome for how some feel --
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Thursday, December 6, 2007
Able to feel
Sometimes your feelings can hurt profoundly. Yet wouldn't you rather have those painful feelings occasionally than never having any feelings at all?
Your feelings let you know you're alive. They tell you, in ways that words cannot, who you are.
Through your feelings, you discover what means the most to you. With your feelings, you're able to build rich, rewarding relationships.
Feelings can indeed be messy and inconvenient, yet they're certainly nothing to be ashamed of. Without feelings, life would be terribly flat and empty.
When a feeling seems to be uncomfortable or even unbearable, choose to dive more deeply into it. Somewhere in there you'll find something very positive, comforting and affirming.
You feel because you are, and you feel because you care. Those are things about which you can genuinely feel great.
-- Ralph Marston
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Thursday, December 6, 2007
Able to feel
Sometimes your feelings can hurt profoundly. Yet wouldn't you rather have those painful feelings occasionally than never having any feelings at all?
Your feelings let you know you're alive. They tell you, in ways that words cannot, who you are.
Through your feelings, you discover what means the most to you. With your feelings, you're able to build rich, rewarding relationships.
Feelings can indeed be messy and inconvenient, yet they're certainly nothing to be ashamed of. Without feelings, life would be terribly flat and empty.
When a feeling seems to be uncomfortable or even unbearable, choose to dive more deeply into it. Somewhere in there you'll find something very positive, comforting and affirming.
You feel because you are, and you feel because you care. Those are things about which you can genuinely feel great.
-- Ralph Marston
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thank you. very nice
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Thank you
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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??
