Gratitude posts

Congratulations @Jek; how wonderful for you. I totally agree with nothing is impossible and it's never too late. After a lifetime without music (waste of time, my parents ... the milk will curdle in the fridge if you open your mouth, my X), pushed by a friend I began with singing three years ago at the age of 66. To my utter surprise I found I can. I am so grateful for this gift. Coming to think of it, it's time to practice for tonight's rehearsal

Fantastic buddy!!!!!! Sing your lungs out!!!!!

Hey Hello @Jek, @bipolar101, @Ffm48, @Kurra, @Appleblossom xoxo

How is everyone today

Hang in there. Grief is a very personal thing. How wonderful that you chose to come to the gratitude section tonight. I am deeply sorry for your grief. If you have a Bible, read the comforting scripture at Revelation 21:3,4. You will be very reassured. Hope you don't mind me sharing that. It gives me very great hope when I feel all is lost. Please be very gentle tonight.

@Shaz51 I am good but tired and finishing replying to emails.

@bipolar101 There is no hurry .. or compulsion to find things to appreciate .. sometimes other emotions are paramount and that is just the way it is .. for a long time I thought I would never feel grateful again .. and even got cross about the sense we were supposed to be grateful. But in its own good time .. and it may genuinely take time .. I hope your heart is full of good things again.

I have to confess that I think the 'gratitude thing' where you list all the things you are grateful for as a cure for depression is a crock. I'm sorry.

BUT I really think it's valuable to acknowelge and enjoy the gratefulness you get from your day. So in that spirit (aka I've had a good day):

@Former-Member.

Thank you! With all my heart.

Thanks to @Shaz51, @Appleblossom, @Faith-and-Hope and @Kurra

You know why (I think), but your love and support is truely appreciated.

To my bus driver and the guy who gave me a seat when I was obviously struggling with all my 'stuff'.

The doctor who patiently and calmly explained why I was getting all these scary symptoms one by one and explained the physiology to me so I could understand.

Medicare - for hitting the safety net, so all my doctors visits are now much much cheaper

My mum for putting my car keys in the fridge so I wouldn't forget my lunch

My supervisor for telling me off for working through lunch and makning me take a break

My boss, who even when hugely angry at me for stuffing up communicated in a different method to her usual style so I could understand how to remedy the situation.

And lastly thanks for green-tea oreos. Yum!

Hello @Former-Member, @bipolar101, @Appleblossom, @Jek, @Ffm48

list all the things you are grateful , You have found some @Former-Member

I have to think of mine today -- ammm yes , I keep thinking of all the wrong things today , but I am feeling grateful for having an aircon in this hot weather

Caring for my 85 year old mum who just had big Bowel surgery but she has no cancer -- very frail

My hubby who has MI and is taking himself off the meds -- he slept all afternoon today

Just looking at the small things to be grateful for my awesome friends

one day at a time

Hi @Former-Member A year ago I was getting into Stanford lectures and science ... eg Robert Sapolsky... now its art

5 years ago I was very cranky about the net .. but yeah it has its good points.

Cheers @Shaz51 @Jek @Ffm48 @bipolar101

Hi @Former-Member, I quite agree with you; imho listing all the things you're grateful for isn't going to "cure" depression. Nevertheless, my psych suggested I ought to write one thing down I' grateful for. I did it to please him; I didn't see the point. I persevered. In time it became a habit. For me thinking of things I'm grateful for became a gauge of how I had changed in my attitude , how my life had changed with the therapy, how my life had changed post abuse.

As I said in my previous post, I'm grateful for the most ridiculous things. So happy and grateful just to see the washing on the washing line - I wasn't allowed to have one. I'm grateful for the clothes I bought for myself - another thing I was never allowed to do. I could go on and on and I won't now.

What thinking of those things means to me and what I do like to say is that it is a sign of hope. It shows me, that change can be made at any time in life. A friend intervened when I suffered from PTSD, panic attacks, and major depression about to open the door to oblilvion. Today, four years later listing these things I'm grateful for is like listing the reasons for living and with it, it tells me all the work to fight PTSD and depression is worth it.

No, as far as I'm concerned it doesn't "cure" depression, but it shows me that the fight is worth it. Not sure, whether I'm making sense ... all perfectly subjective, of course.