Posted by Peter S. on September 26, 2002, at 14:41:47
In reply to Re: Deep sadness GUY, posted by Kat26 on September 26, 2002, at 13:41:36
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> Guy, please don't think recovery is impossible.
>
> Can i relate to that sadness over the loss of the "old self"?? OH MAN HOW I CAN RELATE!!! I used to write songs and poems about just that and they almost made me cry. Like: (one of my songs)
>
> Where have the blue skies gone and the warm winds
> I have seen and felt them today but they're just visiting
> From another world
> And who stole my dreams?
>
> Where have the postcards gone and the magical sunsets?
> They are only memories,
> Or am I only memory, and what's around me is real
> And who stole my dreams...
>
> Where has the water gone, the waves playing around my feet?
> Summers from long ago, midafternoon heat
> And who stole my childhood?
> And who stole my peace?
>
> Where have my dreams gone?....
>
>
> See, and I thought, after years of first anorexia and then depression and OCD, that I was stuck... especially in the OCD. Fears and worries and not being able to enjoy things anymore. Just existing in an own dark world, and I used to be so full of life, of enthusiasm... BUT MY MESSAGE IS: Don't believe that it can't get better.
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> It may be a med that helps, it may be something else, it may be just a new dream. Somehow there is always hope!!!
>
> And now that I left the darkness behind, I consider myself LUCKY that I had all those experiences... because the joy after it started getting better again was so great!!!
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> PLEASE don't be so sad.
>
> Kathrin
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