Rapid cycling despair and hopelessness

Hi @JulesBlues

Thank you so much for your post, was feeling a bit mweh today, and your lovely words gave me that little bit of omfp to start my day. Me thinks you are definitely a peer worker in the making, as those little words of yours certainly made a difference for me. So thank you.......Asgard

@JulesBlues @Hi there I felt compelled to reply to you as I haven’t looked in the forum for a week and I have a couple similarities to you. The first is I am a 64 year old and I live in a very small rural town. Loneliness is a complicated thing as I have large loving family and friends but because of my ongoing anxiety from a trauma I had isolated myself. Actually after being in this forum I have taken up studying aromatherapy for menopause women. I do have to be in right frame of mind to do it but it gives me some focus and purpose so explore some study even by your local library. I’m also practising holistic practises via YouTube such as yoga and Vegus nerve exercises as our town has limited things to do. I can feel myself coming out of my hole. I really believe you can do it and you already have proved your love with your Gorgious cats and don’t underestimate their role in your life. Do you know the day I enrolled in my course I spoke to a woman involved with this course for over an hour on the phone and that very conversation from a a stranger boosted my confidence. In fact I felt happy afterwards so just doing the smallest positive thing for yourself can turn your life around. All the best I feel your life is already improving .

Hey @Moonlake ,

The very appreciative post above by @JulesBlues is for you 🙂

Hugs to you both.

How incredible to feel the connection between members, especially when things are tough.

@JulesBlues Ive woken to read your post and I’ve got to say that the old adage that when you give, you receive, has come true for me! The knowledge that I have helped you has in turn made me feel better. When you said you look back on your life I understood as I only looked back 5 years and I made myself upset and sad because I was happy and carefree then and I thought I’d never feel like that again. I’ve been trying for nearly 3 years with lots medical intervention to get to that place again and I’m actually very very surprised that the encouragement from this forum very quickly has changed me for the better. Im still being careful as its early days but I went out on Saturday to local football, my husband has been going on his own for a long while, and I talked to all sorts of people and came home all in tact. For me I was making myself physically sick and just reading a book recommended to me turned a light bulb on, wow! So keep at it,you can be like the great person you remember and thank you for your kind words because that also added to healing me.