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I really admire your struggle with expressing your feelings rather than having a drink to soothe them. When I have a drink of wine which I try to limit to three times a week, I am aware that it often makes me feel better in the moment. After several hours I usually feel depressed. I am beginning to notice how alcohol reacts in my body which I do not like. I hope to eventually stop drinking but in the meantime I am working on boundaries!
I really hear your struggle and admire your honesty in sharing it with us. I'm also really touched by your clear sighted awareness of its relation to "empty anxious existential low level dread feelings" - wow what an amazing way to capture that sense and I really connect with it. While I don't drink anymore, I certainly can find myself trying to dampen that feeling with "grazing" - that unconscious snacking that often grips me in the eveings and I can just eat for hours - a...
Thank you for sharing your continued struggle with such honesty. I can only partially imagine what you are going through in the loss and limitation of mobility - and your perseverance and strength are admirable.
Just recently I tore a calf muscle running and I am absolutely amazed at how debilitating it is - and it was not a complete rupture, but none the less it landed me on crutches for a week. Its been just over a week now and while I've chucked the crutches, my...
I would really like to hear your story and reflections on loosing close ones...I don't know if your post got cut off, but I know that this is a topic that touches everyone. Loss is such a universal and yet very personal experience. For me, the ability to share/express my thoughts and feelings about it helps me to continue to process the experience.
The injection was unsuccessful. On April 22/10 I recieved a PKR (Partial Knee transplant). I am in recovery now. The surgery was unlike anything I had anticipated. I think the total mobility loss was the most challenging part. I was told the knee would be in a special bandage but was not told that it would be about a foot wide and begin at the thigh and end at the ankle. Due to the width of it, it was impossible to move the operated leg. The unoperated leg could not do very much due to...
Well I did not have a drink for 3 months, but in the past couple of months I've had a few here and there, mostly just 1 or 2 drinks. But one night in June I must have had about 8 glasses of wine, with friends. I didn't feel that great and also I felt ashamed of myself, out of control. Since that binge I am really pulling back again though this weekend I had 4 drinks (2 at a Pride Day brunch, that's tradition). But I am always questioning myself every time I drink, thinking, why am I doing...
Thank you for sharing your pain. You are not alone. I certainly have felt what you feel right now, the agony and guilt and terrible loneliness and suicidal thoughts too. The more you can get those feelings out, the better. Keep writing on this board, I want to know how you're doing.
I hope that you can forgive yourself for being human, for making a mistake in your relationship. Like the other person who responded to your post, I too believe that you are young and have so much to live...
im 16 years old, iv had suicide thoughts before but it stopped for years, recently my boyfriend broke up with me because i messed up and lied to him, he was my first love and my first for everything. Ever since then iv been having major suicide thoughts, i cant go out, and i cant go 10 minutes without crying. I feel so alone and I dont know what to do, I tried telling him im thinking of it, but he wont listen.. someone help me im desperate, i just want him back.
This page displays all of the comments on our discussion board in the order in which they were posted. This may be helpful to you to see the most recent comments for all topics.
I really admire your struggle with expressing your feelings rather than having a drink to soothe them. When I have a drink of wine which I try to limit to three times a week, I am aware that it often makes me feel better in the moment. After several hours I usually feel depressed. I am beginning to notice how alcohol reacts in my body which I do not like. I hope to eventually stop drinking but in the meantime I am working on boundaries!
I really hear your struggle and admire your honesty in sharing it with us. I'm also really touched by your clear sighted awareness of its relation to "empty anxious existential low level dread feelings" - wow what an amazing way to capture that sense and I really connect with it. While I don't drink anymore, I certainly can find myself trying to dampen that feeling with "grazing" - that unconscious snacking that often grips me in the eveings and I can just eat for hours - a...
Thank you for sharing your continued struggle with such honesty. I can only partially imagine what you are going through in the loss and limitation of mobility - and your perseverance and strength are admirable.
Just recently I tore a calf muscle running and I am absolutely amazed at how debilitating it is - and it was not a complete rupture, but none the less it landed me on crutches for a week. Its been just over a week now and while I've chucked the crutches, my...
I would really like to hear your story and reflections on loosing close ones...I don't know if your post got cut off, but I know that this is a topic that touches everyone. Loss is such a universal and yet very personal experience. For me, the ability to share/express my thoughts and feelings about it helps me to continue to process the experience.
i wish to share a little of my feelings about losing close family members.i lost my mom in june 2008 and my father on the 31st of december 2009
The injection was unsuccessful. On April 22/10 I recieved a PKR (Partial Knee transplant). I am in recovery now. The surgery was unlike anything I had anticipated. I think the total mobility loss was the most challenging part. I was told the knee would be in a special bandage but was not told that it would be about a foot wide and begin at the thigh and end at the ankle. Due to the width of it, it was impossible to move the operated leg. The unoperated leg could not do very much due to...
Well I did not have a drink for 3 months, but in the past couple of months I've had a few here and there, mostly just 1 or 2 drinks. But one night in June I must have had about 8 glasses of wine, with friends. I didn't feel that great and also I felt ashamed of myself, out of control. Since that binge I am really pulling back again though this weekend I had 4 drinks (2 at a Pride Day brunch, that's tradition). But I am always questioning myself every time I drink, thinking, why am I doing...
Thank you for sharing your pain. You are not alone. I certainly have felt what you feel right now, the agony and guilt and terrible loneliness and suicidal thoughts too. The more you can get those feelings out, the better. Keep writing on this board, I want to know how you're doing.
I hope that you can forgive yourself for being human, for making a mistake in your relationship. Like the other person who responded to your post, I too believe that you are young and have so much to live...
trust me when i say this.............no matter how bad it seems things
will get better with time. you have your whole life ahead of you and i
know it seems bad at the moment but you will make it and you will
come out stronger. you are so young and have so much to live for. one
lesson i have learned the hard way is only you can make yourself happy.
no one else can do this for you and it is important to work on yourself and
heal...
im 16 years old, iv had suicide thoughts before but it stopped for years, recently my boyfriend broke up with me because i messed up and lied to him, he was my first love and my first for everything. Ever since then iv been having major suicide thoughts, i cant go out, and i cant go 10 minutes without crying. I feel so alone and I dont know what to do, I tried telling him im thinking of it, but he wont listen.. someone help me im desperate, i just want him back.