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I was moved by the comment made by Beyond Blue reader Simi on the combox of my post “Video: My Self-Esteem File.”
I was happy to see this site. I am a therapist myself, and I also suffer from depression. It took me a long time to acknowledge my depression. It wasn’t until I lost a job, a long-term relationship, and every thing I thought I needed to be whole, that I began to see myself, for myself. I had allowed so many other people to define me that I seemed to have no opinion of myself.
Then I became life-threateningly ill. I was in hospital for a month, and lost thirty pounds in two weeks. Hardly a soul came to visit, and I refused to tell my family how bad I was (we live in different states).
That is when I saw that is was my job to keep me alive. And only God could deliver the prognosis. I began to rely on God more. And slowly, I began to accept help from others. I could see my control issues, and began to let go. And I recently started taking some new antidepressants which are really making a difference as far as I can see. I am planning my own blog, and I hope you all continue to improve and share.
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posted August 14, 2008 at 10:44 am
Bravo Simi! Glad you got help. You were so busy giving it to others, it seems that you forgot about yourself in the mix. I wish you success with your own blog. But more importantly, I wish you “success” in your emotional life, spiritual life, and physical life because without that, the blog will just go to the dogs. You know? May you continue to improve as well.
Valerie
posted August 15, 2008 at 10:15 am
Good luck, Simi. Be careful with the ADs. Do your research. I’m on a support forum which gets approximately 3 million hits a month and has over 6,000 members whose lives were damaged or destroyed completely by anti-depressants of all types. And some of them were initially helped by these drugs. They’re very potent and addictive. If you’re on them no longer than six months as you work on issues you’ll probably be okay.