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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Jul 24, 2018 | Replies (33)
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@parus

@godsgirl1969 Truly a rough road to travel. Seeing others that are helped with medications leaves one, at times, insidiously discouraged. We keep working hard at quality of life even when there are times the emptiness engulfs us and we seek out others that "get it". Safer that saying anything to those that are near.

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Jim, Volunteer Mentor | @jimhd | Jan 20, 2018

@parus

So true. I made the decision November 10, last year, not to say anything about my pain to my wife, and to wear the"I'm fine" mask to hide the emotional pain. I'm doing it for two reasons. One is that I don't want her to worry about me or be concerned about my physical and mental health. The other reason is that I don't want to hear her say things like "you should have figured it out by now", or minimize the reality of the pain. Those kinds of things are hurtful, every bit as much as sticks and stones. Sometimes, I wonder how tired my therapist must get of hearing about my problems. I think I hold them in until my next session.

Jim

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