Dear Perky Parkie Paterson: Glad to hear you're O.K. Quite
a lot on your plate these days, no? I can empathize...but
that, I think, is what we do best here at Emotions R Us.
Yours in Cybersisterdom, Carole
--- janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> At 06:49 PM 2000/03/30 -0500, Carole Hercun
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >Hi jp: Eloquent as always, but the dark tone of this
> >posting disturbs me. As you (and many other PWPs) well
> >know, the battle with Clinical Depression for control
> over
> >our lives is often a life-long one. Those of us whose
> brain
> >chemistry is wired in a certain way are probably always
> >going to experience higher highs and lower lows than our
> >less labile brothers and sisters. But it is up to us to
> >recognize the enemy when it rears its ugly head and to
> >fight the good fight, whether it means "talk therapy", a
> >change or increase in dosage of our anti-depressant, or
> >simply riding it out with the knowledge that we WILL
> feel
> >better in time. We will ALWAYS be more sensitive to the
> >"slings and arrows" of everyday life and need to be on
> >alert for the intrusion of CD into our precious lives...
> > Carole Hercun 53/51/?45
>
>
> my dear carole
>
> your concern touches me
>
> maybe sometimes my 'eloquence' gets the better of me
> and pierces more deeply than i intend
>
> i've been feeling all sorts of emotions the past few days
> but i really don't feel that the cd slime
> is getting a foothold on this parkie
>
> in other circumstances in a semi-parallel universe
> the young woman who took her own way out of this world
> could have been my long-lost daughter
> whose 34th birthday was on monday
> and whom i have not yet met in person
> but expect to in a couple of months
> and whose birth father contacted me a few days ago
> for the first time in over 30 years
>
> i feel great sadness [maybe partially by proxy] for the
> young woman's parents
> who are still stuggling with acceptance of their
> progeny's illness
> let alone the reality of the consequences of that illness
>
> but i also feel certain
> that they can and will arrive at acceptance and peace in
> time
>
> while doing the 'digging' to find those posts
> i felt and still feel humbled and grateful at the sharing
> which has taken place here
> and which still speaks so clearly from the archives
> and which still goes on right here and now
>
>
> your cyber-sis
>
> janet
>
> janet paterson
> 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset
> a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/
> 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0
>
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