Gratitude.

[gerrerd]

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[fauxartist]

hard for many to see the nose on the end of their face and be glad they have one when your in the pit of despair.... seems we have many members who are in a very dark place, and reading all of the posts everyday, my partner told me to be careful and not get too depressed reading them, don't take everyones too much to heart...what an oxymoron that is...I suffer from depression and one way I find is helpful is to write about it, or comment. But they are right too...If I am not feeling good about my life...I don't have much left over to give...so I try to get in touch with what I am grateful for...and worked hard to get here. My cat sleeping on the bed while i type this, the doves cooing outside the window, the cool morning air, and my cup of coffee siting on the table next to me...no....my life isn't a fairytale...I am also suffering from chronic migraines for weeks now...but thankfully...I don't have to worry about life going on okay around me....for that I am extremely grateful.

[gerrerd in reply to fauxartist]

Ive been there many times, unable to move or do anything. For months at a time I used to just sit or mostly curld up in bed in utter despare no motivation or will to live. Unable to go out, living of cornflakes because i could not find the motivation to make anything. I would put on motivational tapes and just lye there for hours and days. Until things changed the messages kept me going. I hope the people who are in that pit will read a post, and trigger a little bit of hope for them.

[fauxartist in reply to gerrerd]

Been there too gerrerd....absolutely understand this

[Shannon00444]

Thank you for this post! I just had this conversation with a co-worker yesterday. It is amazing how if you pause and take just a few seconds to feel gratitude for the things and places and people in your life that mean the most, you will experience joy. That joy will last all day if you let it. 😁

[gerrerd in reply to Shannon00444]

very true

[Starrlight]

I am grateful that my kids have their meds and are healthy, that I am no longer having major panic attacks every day, that today should be sunny, that i have a vacation to look forward to, that in this moment I and the people around me are okay.