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How to cope when you're almost ready to quit
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 12:33I've never been bothered by my E before but everything's starting to go downhill because of my E and I'm having difficulty coping. I'm starting to get very deppressed. Any suggestions on how to cope?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How to cope when you're almost ready to quit
Submitted by banffgirl on Sun, 2007-08-05 - 16:53
amen sunflower, i an there now and it is hard to cope when you are ready to quit
banfffgirl
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How to cope when you're almost ready to
Submitted by banffgirl on Sun, 2007-08-05 - 17:21
now how i really feel. we are here to supportr each other. so sorry i am soooo weak that at this point i am having trouble dealing with uncontrolable epilepsy. i am so sorry that at i worked my entire adult life and at 45 it changed so for the last 4 years i lost my life, no job, no driving, no biking, no nothing. i am so restricted on what i can do including exercise i have added on a bunch of weight. so if you and godiva think i am a pitiful loser well hey i guess i am just a freak. i am tired, oh so tired of it all, i cant stand all these t/cs and i try to stay positve on the days that i have onlt partials, complexs, and abscence and now myloclonic, well hy at least i didnt have a t/c. well even that is getting old . i am trying to find a pyctrist that works with chronic illness and is use to uncontrolable epilepsy. hard to find. most just want to hand out pills and say see you next month. well, i already take a hundred pills. i am so tired of people critizing me when they havent walked in my shoes. this has been the worst 4 years of my life.
to heck with all of you,
banffgirl
Re: Re: Re: Re: How to cope when you're almost ready to quit
Submitted by SunflowerPower on Sun, 2007-08-05 - 16:12
I think you make some good points Chrissy. The problem is that feelings of sadness and depression become so overwhelming that they become disabling and prevent people from finding and doing things they enjoy. In these situations these feelings need to be addressed directly though therapy, social support, and medication. This dose not mean you should sit around feeling sorry for yourself, but it dose mean that feelings should be expressed, acknowledged, and accepted without shame.