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You need to take care of your own mental health. Only you can tell how much more you can take. Stay strong.

Meditation helps a lot. Find happiness within you, and it's important that you surround yourself with people who make you feel validated.

When dealing with mental illness, surround yourself with the people who make you want to fight. Otherwise, it could get worse.

Depression gets the best of us, but I think when you know that people are depending on you, the kids, it would make you get yourself together.

useranonymous wrote: I just think you should have at least one or two attempts to rethink your decision first

Agree to this. No one is certain of tomorrow.

Hello, I just read both of the posts and my heart ached with what you've been through. Depression is truely hard to deal with basing on your experiences with your husbands. Personally, I am not yet married and I do not know if the family members around me or me myself is going through depression. Ca...

I agree that we need to have that daily spiritual nutrition for us to enjoy our physical, emotion and mental health

A breath of fresh air, this is helpful to me, thank you!

I agree, better you contact the admin and tell your heart's out!

I salute you for deciding to seek professional advice, good luck to you!

Those are awesome ideas. Spend more time with people you like and love. Watch funny movies and laugh out loud. Eat your favorite food. Shop for your favorite brand. Look at the window and find a beautiful spot. You will realize that life is still beautiful and worth living.

Both Peps and Coke.

Barnabas17 wrote:Implement boundaries and goals. Stay strong and use the resources and professionals to walk with you. You matter! <3

Thanks so much for such nice and encouraging words.

Hello, I am RagingCalm from Pennsylvania. I'm 39 and about to turn 40 and figured it's high time I did something with how I feel. I found this forum after coming to realize that I may have a concerning case of depression that has lasted for a long while now. I'm not terribly good at expressing myse...

The Dalai Lama : “The very purpose of life is to be happy.” Who is he? His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He has been described as a doctor of the soul, and his message is always one of peace and compassion for people all over the world. shutt...