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I'm Tired and Don't Want To Go On

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@colleenyoung

@dfb, I'm struggling to find the right words to reply to you. They're not easy to find and I fear sounding glib or offering platitudes that don't help. But I want you to know that I'm here and I'm listening.

As I continue to re-read your post and gather my thoughts, I encourage you to go to your profile and read comments that you have written to others. Here are just a couple of examples:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/980870/
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/983982/
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/983283/
Your posts are open, honest and encouraging.
See this reply from Susan about how much you help https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/968519/

I'm going to call on members like @jimhd and @gingerw who are masters with words and who get it. Together with other members, we can sit around the virtual kitchen table with you to share words or just listen.

dfb, I hope you're able to read your own words and recognize that you're not done giving yet. It's time for self kindness.

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brandysparks | @brandysparks | Jan 10 11:32am

Thank you Colleen.

dfb, I hope it helps that Colleen put it so well - recognize that you're not done giving yet. And with giving comes receiving...not simple, but probable.

I look forward to your posts, I read them all entirely, and have found validation and a feeling of continuity in your words.

What would give you purpose at this time, if you don't feel it?...which I can relate to. Where might you find others - like the many of us here online with MayoClinicConnect - maybe in person, though - that want to hear about your struggle - and in sharing that, might it not be an outlet to vent - with a supportive group - what you've taken on for so long in your search for healing?

I want you to know how much you have to share - in person - as you have here online.

Please let me/us know what you can find as an outlet - in the world around us - that may be the kind of cushion you need, and which others will in turn also benefit from.

Let me know - I want to lend my ears and mind toward softening this sharp-edged world we live in.

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