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Dear Nightingale, Thank you for the kind words and the prayers! It’s really nice to feel understood! I hold a lot of guilt right now for not being able to be the cheery, outgoing and social person I know I truly am! I am determined though to keep fighting through faith and believe that I can overcom...

Hi everyone, I just wanted to say I am very new to this forum and was a little nervous about joining but I am so happy I did. Sharing our most vulnerable side ( at least for me) has been a challenge! As I was reading through some of the posts I felt very inspired. So much compassion and respect to o...

Hi Anne,

I am a newbie too!
I have the same problem! I cant use the smiles, fonts or font colors on my iPhone or my computer!
Everything is turned on so I'm at a lose!

Hopefully someone will see our post and help! Wish I was more helpful...

K~

Hi Olive, Thank you for your kind words of encouragement! I really needed some positive reinforcement! Thank you also for sharing your story! I’m sorry you have suffered through your experiences as well! It is hard to share such feelings with some for fear of being judged or just shone! It takes a s...

There is no right of wrong for feeling the way you do! You are entitled to your feelings. Being angry is one of the many symptoms of depression. You want to feel happy and content but sometimes there are just situations and circumstances that creep up on us that make us deny ourselves that right! Mi...

So I’m new to this online forum but I figured it can’t hurt to try it! Unfortunately I’m not new to depression. I’ve been struggling on and off for years. Trying different meds some of which helped for awhile but then stopped. In the past year I lost my pt job as a store accountant, my health benefi...

Hi Mago, I am brand new to this forum. I honestly just joined this morning and was really not sure how to even begin my story and experiences. I was scrolling through posts and came across yours. I was shocked that someone else has some of the same issues. I was diagnosed with IBS a few weeks ago an...