Re: Terribly Depressed....don't know what to do!(Lisa)
From: Julie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Feb 26 14:24:40 2004
Lisa,
I know you meant well, but it was Rachel who posted that she needs
emotional support, not me. I was only responding to Rachel's post. :)
God Bless,
--
Julie
At Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Lisa wrote:
>
>Julie,
>You are not alone!!!!! All of us have been there more than once. You
>have to find someone to talk to. I do not care if it is a 800 hotline
>or the waitress at Denny's. This forum is great for venting and getting
>info but you really need to get a support system for yourself. Maybe
>you could show this site to someone and then maybe they would understand
>you better. I know I have shut myself off from the world and it took my
>family to pull me back. You gotta let someone in to help you, and if
>you cannot, then please call your local hospital and find a help line in
>your area.You can do this and survive it!!!
>All my support,
>LisaK
>
>At Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Julie wrote:
>>
>>Rachel,
>>
>>I know it is hard, and I have been where you are. The longer you have
>>this disease, the better you will become at handling all the physical
>>and emotional pain. Remember that stress is your enemy, it does amplify
>>all the pain and make the disease worse. What I always try to do is
>>focus on what I can do, and forget about what I can't do. On the days
>>where you can barely get out of bed, take baby steps. Sit up for a
>>while. Take a short shower or bath to wash the grime off of you. Put
>>on clean clothes, pjs if that is all you feel up to wearing. Sit on
>>your porch and read a book, or move to the den and watch tv. Make sure
>>you eat regular meals with a lot of vegetables. Call someone and ask
>>them to bring you something if you can't get it yourself. Don't allow
>>the physical pain to manifest itself into emotional sorrow. Don't ever
>>give up. There are brighter days ahead, sometimes they are just so hard
>>to see when we are in those dark moments. Remember to focus on what you
>>can do, and forget about everything you can't do. Accept yourself as
>>you are, and don't get mad at yourself or the world or anybody else
>>because you can't do what you could a few years ago, or what everyone
>>else thinks is "normal." You will rise above this, it will not defeat
>>you. Don't give up hope ever!! I will pray for you that you find the
>>strength to get through the darkness and the courage to walk in the
>>light. Never give up, endometriosis is NOT worth that.
>>
>>God Bless,
>>Julie
>>
>>At Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Rachel wrote:
>>>
>>>I need to vent, hope you don't mind! I have no one else to talk to. And
>>>I honestly think if I don't figure out how to not feel this way I will
>>>kill myself like I almost did a couple of times a couple of years ago.
>>>It's bad enough being so sick that I can't evne get outta bed (even
>>>though I have been, and making myself terribly sick) and bad enough I
>>>have had absolutely no one to talks to and have on friends whatsoever.
>>>But someone said to me it could be worse, (I hate that phrase with a
>>>passion) And the funny thing, ever since then worse and worse things
>>>have bene happening in my life! I just don't know how to take it! I'm
>>>too phsyically sick to take all these emotinal probelsm, it's probably
>>>just making me sicker! I'm so confused, sick, exhausted (hardly slept at
>>>all lately cuz the pain is so bad) stressed, depressed! I just don't
>>>know how to hanlde it anymore! I woke up absoltely feeling sooooo
>>>horrible this morinng: phsyically and emotinally. And I have been
>>>bawling for the last two hours. I hate feeling like this! I can only
>>>take so much! All I can think about off and on a little the last couple
>>>of days, but non-stop today, is that I just want to be dead! Well if
>>>anyone has some advice, or know how I feel, feel free to write!
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