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jeanne, my chemical imbalance had docs chasing thier own tails for many years. it showed up first s a bad liver and gave off false-positive tests for Hep-C well, when the liver got checked, it said bad gallladder. THEN, for fun and games the gall bladder test said it was a bad liver. go fig

kali, my second wife was like that..about the time i decided to get help for me, she started in with emotional and sometimes physical abuse of me and my son. you cant get them to do anything you want to do, even if it helps them. hugs' been there

mysti, thanks fro sharing that withus. i am quite touched by it, and hope to hear more from you...hugs

ken, to me the visitor as you call it is what i call the dragon. you ahvet o first not be eaten up by it. but face it down and look it square in the eye, and make IT back down to YOU. the next step would to taming it, making it yor strength, not weaikenss..and finally, after all that, you can ride t...

ugh, fibro. i wouldnt wish taht on my wost enemy. i hated it when i had it (yes, somehow it has magically disappeared), as there were times i didnt even want anyone to touch me or even go out into the sunlight because the pain was that severe. from what yo udescribed about your condition, i would ha...

daisy, welcome home. you have a seriously full plate, and not very appetizing at that. when the school wouldnt listen to us parents about an issue we had with the school, we took it to the school board too and then got the run around. we then took it to our state and federal represtitives, two of wh...

mheart, you are among friends here, and we truly do care about you and each other. you are now part of our family, and encourage you to vent out what is going on with you. if you think a post of yours might be triggery to others, just put tha tin the title of your vent, and then everyone will know a...

expecting, what yor mom is going is called 'throwing daggers', a term that means you ar being cut with words a little more each time, until the cuts go so deep that you can't see the truth of it. it's also called emotional abuse. i should know, as i used to be that kind of person befor i got help, a...

ricky, as my dad said, you will get out of it what you put into it, and you have put a lot into it so far. i was 38 when i first got help. two bad marriages over 21 years, and trying to raise a child when the ex took his sister from him. i wandered acciently into this site over a year ago, and found...

mac, welcome home. thse forums are where we can reach out to each other, and who better to know how it feels than someone that has been there? you mjight also try the chat room, a safe chat with rules and operators to help enforce them. we are a caring community here mac, both forums and chat room. ...

steffy, welcome. both my parents had/have thier own bouts of depression, and my mom had one nervous breakdown that i know of. for the last 5 years i have been taking care of my last wife's Mother in law (Mil for short), and she has been going through the first stages of alzheimer's. she is in stage ...

welcome jeanne. i was born chemically imblanaced, so i get where you are coming from. unfortunately for me, no one knew WHAT was wrong with me then, but they knew i was different. it took them 38 years to figure out what was going on with me, and 13 years later i am a much happier person.

(((enigma))) Wow, what can I say about that life you have had up until now? As I ws also sexually abused at one point in my life, the same feelings you have talked about I remember all too clearly. My TP put me onto a book that really did help me, and even prepared me for facing down my abuser. The ...

Welcome home. Your story is very touching, as are many here. Just remember, you re with family/friends now that care and are willing to help. You are not alone any more. Hugs

Qual, no apologies are needed. You gave far warning that it might trigger some people, and that I thank you for. As for writing 3rd person, my therapist (TP) told me once that if a flashback happens, I shuld view it like a movie, knowing full well it could not hurt me. Well, it can't physically, but...