In case any Beyond Blue readers are camping out in the Black Hole, convinced that they will never ever have a different mailing address, I wanted to share Michelle’s letter with you, so that you have at least one thing in your self-esteem file to read until you get your letters from your friends. Because her words also apply to you:
Now, repeat after me (Ecoutez et repetez):THIS, TOO, SHALL PASS.
I am going to look back on this terrible nightmare and thank God that it is behind me. When I do, I’ll be amazed at my own strength and determination that got me through. It’ll be impossible to imagine how I was able to do it.
On that day, I will raise a flute of non-alcoholic Dom Perignon and make a toast to the new era A.D. (after depression).
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Linda,
It's not very often that I read things that move me to write but your poem was just breathtaking and so on point. I finally found the words to say how I feel. Thank you so much.
I am struggling with another bout of depression. Its hard to say what triggers those feelings where I just don't think I can face another day. It helps me to know that there are others just like me out there and I'm not alone. Thank you for your encouraging poem.
yes, it's trut, the good Lord will after you each day, cause he never give you what you cannot habdle , there God is good, thak God for jesus chris our savio, i been there still there but, by God grace i'm stil stand tall thank you jesus
Hello,
I have no one to talk with and I am alone all the time. I have had depression all my life but did not really know what it was all about until I was hospitalized in 1991. I have been given every antidepressant available, went through ECT, and when I was laid off from my job in 2001 and could not find another one, I sunk to the deepest depths. I finally found myself not able to work. I am 49 and I receive Social Security Disability, but I can't live on what I receive. I have started a part time job (again) but am already experiencing the stress. My self-esteem is low enough, but the woman I work for and who owns the small company I work for makes a point of telling me often that she had had higher expectations of me based on my past work history. I did succeed in my career until I was laid off from Compaq in 2001. Every job I had was successful and I was always promoted and received praise.
The company I work for now has its own detailed system for doing everything and I think I have done quite well, but she continually tells me things like I can't handle as much as she had anticipated, etc. There is so many nuances that they don't always come natural to someone who has worked there 3 weeks vs. the owner who has been doing it 10 years. I am not trying to make excuses, but I am so sensitive that I take everything to heart and feel that I have lost my ability to learn and excel at anything. I had tried working at Charter Cable prior to this and they said the same comments so it must be true.
All my life the only thing I felt I had going for me was my intelligence and now I hear such criticism that it must be true. I am so worthless and I don't know what to do. I work very hard and do the best at everything I am given.
What can I do? Do people do things like this to make you feel bad for some reason?
Help
I think Bill you are doing the best that you can. I agree there are some people who purposely like to see how many people in a day they can make feel bad about themselves. I think you are doing a great job. You have overcome many obstacles, keep moving forward. Don't let the past sneak up on you. God Bless.
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