@Eve7 do you think you just coped and survived for too long on your own and then the was nothing left but to crash? i think sometimes we just cruise along in life on auto pilot and then it gets switched off and we crash. I think that is what happened for me.
i spend 8 mths in rehab dealing with stuff when i was unwell many years ago, it helped and i got my life back, i got off all my meds, didnt see any therapists or anything, was working full time and started helping others. but then my marriage ended, i survived on auto pilot for a few years i think because i had to, but then crashed hard and fast.
must of been hard to just up and move and leave that all behind? or was it what you needed to get better? I moved states when i first became unwell, thinking that i could leave it all behind, but i was so wrong and was sexually assaulted shortly after moving.
does you son and grandkids live with you? you mention them alot, but not sure sorry.
its hard when we isolate ourselves @Eve7 and dont share with our friends how life really is. it truly is a lonely journey. most of my friends are church people because i didnt grow up here, i have a few work mates, but im not working anymore, so they have kind of drifted off. my friends that i have around me know my old life and how i struggled alot, but i have only told a select few how things are at the moment and even then they dont know the whole truth. so much shame.
thanks again for sharing @Eve7 i think we have walked similar journeys
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