Hi! New Today, But Older than dirt.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:18 pm
Hi Everyone,
I am Angel 5. Why the name, I don't know, but 5 is my lucky number.
I have been looking for someplace to call home, to get to know people and offer help and compassion where I can.
I am 57 years old, just starting the whole divorce thing from my H of 35 years - - - his idea, not mine. I have 2 grown kids, one 27 who is just getting her MBA this spring, and one who is 24 and after spending 2 years at his new job, he comes home to the headquarters, right here in town this summer.
I've been depressed on and off since I was 17, but managed to get through most of my life until I just couldn't wear the mask anymore. When it came off, all the energy drained out of me and I spent the last 5 years or so, mostly on the couch. I am drug resistant but have a great therapist. Before I took off the mask I taught Developmental Psychology for 20 years, then I went on sabbatical and just couldn't go back. Anxiety was now my main foe and I fight it daily, along with the depression. I hope at DU I am home.
I am Angel 5. Why the name, I don't know, but 5 is my lucky number.
I have been looking for someplace to call home, to get to know people and offer help and compassion where I can.
I am 57 years old, just starting the whole divorce thing from my H of 35 years - - - his idea, not mine. I have 2 grown kids, one 27 who is just getting her MBA this spring, and one who is 24 and after spending 2 years at his new job, he comes home to the headquarters, right here in town this summer.
I've been depressed on and off since I was 17, but managed to get through most of my life until I just couldn't wear the mask anymore. When it came off, all the energy drained out of me and I spent the last 5 years or so, mostly on the couch. I am drug resistant but have a great therapist. Before I took off the mask I taught Developmental Psychology for 20 years, then I went on sabbatical and just couldn't go back. Anxiety was now my main foe and I fight it daily, along with the depression. I hope at DU I am home.