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BoomaofBandM

(1,922 posts)
17. I hope you can find your purpose to your life.
Mon Jan 1, 2024, 07:51 AM
Jan 2024

I can only do a fraction of what I used to be able to do. It has been difficult to accept, but like you I don't have a choice. I have given up my past life and learned to become who I am now. It is such a yo yo existence. The holidays were difficult for me this year. I am so glad they are done.

I have found this section of du to be helpful. Seems to have many who have an understanding of the pain and frustrations of just existing. To get up is sometimes a challenge both physically and mentally.

I know I read your posts with concern and hope that you can find what gets you through another day. And you inspire me as someone else who has to approach life from a different angle. As someone who would have an inkling of what my challenges are. So I hope you hang in there. one day at a time and all that.

Gentle hugs to you.

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Are you in physical pain from some medical malady? Frasier Balzov Jan 2024 #1
Yes. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #4
I feel for you. Geechie Jan 2024 #2
Those 'hotlines' are a joke. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #5
Call 988 MutantAndProud Jan 2024 #3
I tried for SSDI twice. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #6
Social security rules need more flexibility MutantAndProud Jan 2024 #8
I wish I could think of something to say that would make you believe Ocelot II Jan 2024 #7
I really appreciate your efforts. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #11
But you're not sitting there alone.... Bayard Jan 2024 #13
I don't have any advice, more like an observation. captain queeg Jan 2024 #9
Help cost money. I don't have any. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #10
There's no greater question a person can confront than whether to go on or end it. captain queeg Jan 2024 #12
Your fate is, of course, in your hands.. Permanut Jan 2024 #14
... Skittles Jan 2024 #15
You are valuable it just that our society is predatory to anyone with vulnerability Stargazer99 Jan 2024 #16
I hope you can find your purpose to your life. BoomaofBandM Jan 2024 #17
My apologies for the delay. Things are frazzled around here. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #31
I feel your pain... Wuddles440 Jan 2024 #18
I know the feeling XanaDUer2 Jan 2024 #19
I have not had a 'job' in ten years. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #20
Your husband would miss you. Qutzupalotl Jan 2024 #21
I suspect that is the only reason I am still here. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #22
You are the one thing that he can never truly replace. Qutzupalotl Jan 2024 #23
To tell him any of this is to make things worse for him. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #24
Would you be devastated if he took his own life Qutzupalotl Jan 2024 #25
I would be joining him regardless of whether or not he left a note. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #29
Your husband needs you here. Have you MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #26
Okay, here we go. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #32
I'm so sorry to read about your situation. thucythucy Jan 2024 #27
Poor Baldy! Where do you live? Beakybird Jan 2024 #28
My son took his own life in 2017. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2024 #30
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