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MelissaO

Anxiety and Depression are not my friend

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Yesterday I was thinking - well I have no more immediate family left in my life. My dad is moving far away, my brother's life revolves around what ever women is in his life at the moment, and my sister is just another story in itself where those ties have been severed long ago. I can either continue to have anxiety attacks about it and be depressed or I can mourn my loss and move on. Hard decisions - both involve pain and suffering but atleast one has light at the end of the tunnel. This time I am fighting so hard not to become another number in the Prozac nation.

Dad is back from TX for a few days, weeks, months who knows..he is not saying and not talking to me. He has however packed up his birds and given them to my uncle to sell at the flea market. Now there are only a few of the large parrots left - who knows how long they have left there because the evil toad does not like cats or birds. I am not sure if the two cats that live at my dad's will be allowed to stay - evil toad seems to be convincing my dad to get rid of everything from his old life and start over new with only her in his life. I am wondering when I turned into a piece of trash so easily disgarded. All my life I have done everything for my parents, this would include working 2 jobs at once 13 hours a day for 4 years so they would not loss their home. This is just killing me

My body still says no to solids so I am still juicing and doing one smoothie a day. I have also managed to work out several times during the week. It has been cold and raining here over the past week which doesnt help.

I should hear back about the temp job later this week - the recruiter said all of my things came back really good. Keeping my fingers crossed that is soon.
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  1. contessa20's Avatar
    (((Melissa)))
    Dealing with family can be so hard sometimes. My thoughts and prayers are with you, my friend.
  2. rawchic's Avatar
    aw, sorry sweetie! You don't deserve to be treated that way. Hopefully it will turn out for the best and you'll be able to start putting yourself first instead of them.

    good for you for reflection on the circumstances and choosing to look for the positive!
  3. rawlight's Avatar
    What a load you are carrying. It's amazing to see something so bizarre like this happening in someone's life. I am so perplexed. I mean, it's like watching a movie I've seen on tv, but I never knew it could happen in real life!

    I am glad you have such support here. We continue to give you our ears and big hugs.....
  4. monkapotapus's Avatar
    ((((((hugs))))))
  5. rawbabymama's Avatar
    I pray you will find a job soon.

    I'm sorry about your family. (((hugs)))

    I am learning about the Emotional Freedom Technique for myself and my son. It is helping my best friend with her anxiety & depression issues. She sent me to www.emofree.com ... I'll be writing about how/if it works for us, but you might want to check it out. The basics are free and easy to do.

    L-theanine is wonderful for anxiety. It is an amino acid from green tea & works like a charm. I only take it when I am having an attack. Lifting weights has helped me a lot also.

    And make sure to take some time to pamper yourself every day, even if it is only twenty minutes. Give yourself a facial, take a nice bubble bath, make a body scrub w/oils like lavender or grapefruit & enjoy how smooth you feel after. Get a pedicure if you can afford it (I just had my first one in a decade - wonderful!). You deserve it!

    Best wishes!
  6. MelissaO's Avatar
    Thank you everyone for your support, I appreciate it so much.


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