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I am the only one who can answer this for myself. I go to work, I work hard and then come home and right now, as I have been thinking about this, I don't know where to place my energy or what to...

I read an article just now posted by the New Yorker on FB.The author talked about his life of solitude but also about the relationshipsthat he had. The patterns and routines they would share. He also...

I kind of believe with hard work I should be able to overcome my limits but then I facethem again and I am blown out of the water. I know life is a journey where you grow and want and need different...

I have been receiving a benefit from the state for some years now.SSDI. It's been very helpful and I appreciate it.Recently they sent me a 'status of my disability' form to fill out.I really panick...

I think I am learning that as life goes along, we changeand then also have to find different ways of motivating ourselvesand accomplishing projects. The feelings will come and go..keep a sense of...

lately. lately I have been realizing that bad feelings don't have to be tragic. Uncomfortable, sad, painful , scary, feelings. We all have them - we all feel things and deal with them. It's what we...

quiet pillow talkit is the end of the dayI am laying my head down on my pillowand I want to talk about my feelingsI want to share with someoneI want to tell them what I am thinkingI want to feel...

I think when I have set goals for myself in the past, I have thought of an ideal,like I should live up to an ideal and once I got there it would be perfect.I have a mental illness, and even though I...

I have noticed that the kind of energy that makes me nervous when I am with others (but grateful to be with others)also works on me when I am alone. It's that energy that goes into seeking...

When I am at work, I work hard, and then I come home and for the most part and in the recent past I have tried to keep upstandards to do things in order around here, a routine, keep the place neat...

Having a mental disability sure makes me want to have something to hold onto at times.I guess just taking care of what you need to take care of and then sharing the time and spacewith friends and...

the world that I inhabit...I went to a luncheon today and the people there were family but we were all really differentI realized we all had things about our lives that we likedthat we thought was...

my depression drills and drills away at me as I sit here aloneor am out during the day I think what it's about (managing that is) is just managing and keep my headfrom going underwater.The down...

I have been off this week from work for a vacation week.I have struggled intermittently with depression that I think is probablykept at bay when I work owing to the fact that my work is very...

when spending time on my own I can become a bit of a social ombudsman...collecting info - and yet at times thinking critically about things.I think I might also take these abilities and tendencies...