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your a darling Liz mmmwa

And your an inspiration in your own right, please remember that. You have your ups and downs, and boy can they be pretty massive downs, yet you always seem to find the strength and fortitude to keep going.

For all life's struggles, you never lose sight of the bigger picture. Some of the obstacles you face ..... gees hun, I dont know how you do it, I really dont, and I have learnt soooo much from you about being a "true fighter" and not giving up in the face of adversity.

Times are pretty rough for you right now, there's alot your struggling to cope with, but you need to remember that you HAVE the ability Liz, and you HAVE the insight, to overcome (some of) these obstacles, you just gotta be brave.

I was thinking of you last night and it occured to me there are.... 7? stages of grief. There's no set pattern that ones travels through each of the stages, and sometimes a certain stage can be revisited more than once... but its fundamentally important that ALL stages are traversed if a person is to overcome their grief...

The process of depression can be viewed like grief because it is the end of ones life as they knew it and there are stages they must travel through along the journey of depression.... denial, anger, acceptance etc etc etc

And I remember you saying forever ago that you were a corporate big wig, so that means you had to hide your feelings and emotions to be able to do your job properly, cant do that kinda work if your an emotional mess! So you basically became somewhat cold?????????? Or at least you built a wall around your heart.

You were sayin yesterday that you have never cried before, your not sure if its that you CANT or that u WONT let yourself.....

You also said you have moved through anger into sadness, and sadness is not something your used to feeling...

Yet sadness is one of the stages that you MUST pass through in your journey through grief and/or depression.... and its with sadness that comes the tears......

I wonder how you will feel after you have FINALLY had your cry??? Bet it will be a humongous weight lifted off your shoulders, just make sure hubby is nearby and you have a truckload of tissues on hand...

mmmwa
xxx

Written by Gyps, 1. Mar 2008 12:53 PM

Liz

You have lots of depnet friends who care about you and will be there for you as you go through this difficult time. I think that Gyps has summarised it beautifully in her comment she left before I came into the room. Go through the grief/depression and have those tissues and hubby on hand and don't be afraid to have a cry - it is a cleansing process we all need to do every so often.

Go Liz!!!

Studying1

Written by studying1, 1. Mar 2008 02:58 PM

Good to hear that you're doing better. I'm glad that my babbling helped even a little bit, I'm glad I could give something back to you, you always give so selflessly :)

Take care Liz

Written by babz, 1. Mar 2008 06:46 PM

I went on the Wild Mouse ride today at a show. Don't do it Liz! I barely made it with my eyes shut but I told S I had them open all the time...as he was behind me..shook for an hour and a half after, unsure how this comment may be at all relevant, just wanted you to have a laugh I guess.

Written by wirralie, 1. Mar 2008 09:27 PM

Hey W

yeh I laughed you crazy woman!!!!!

Hope you found some toher fun to have

Love Liz

Written by keller, 2. Mar 2008 03:33 PM