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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 823

Welcome back Pete........it's great to hear from you again!

If you wish to share or navigate through your emotions here, please know that we are willing to listen.

Remember that after every dusk emerges dawn.

Faryal, Health Educator

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 456

now wait a minute ...

The gang is all here Pete. And we all have our sense of humour and our other ups and downs along for the ride. it is nice to hear from you again. how did that group go?

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3046

Go Wise Wildcat!

I'm back here after a difficult and discouraging period, and it's lifted my spirits to see this thread.

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 456

thanks diva.

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 910

Hi wildcat,

Wow I am so glad for you. I am proud of you for the housework. My house is a reck, a total mess! I don't have the energy to get it clean. As for not learning to clean before, hey I am not sure I know how...I am sure I will figure it out eventually.

As for how do we forget the simple joys of life and accept bare survival, I am not sure. I guess sometimes accepting survival and holding on until we get better footing and find the simple joys is all we can do!

I think what gets me through tough times though, is knowing the simple joys, like clean dishes, a clean floor, a cup of coffee on a cold winter morning, are just around the corner.

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 456

thanks all, really.

what i do not understnd is how do we forget these simple functions?

how do we forget the pleasant time we spent talking and learning by the side of the adults.?.. yes I did have one or two happy memories with Grand-maman and Tata.

how come we just accept accept survival?

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1693

Good for you Wildcat!

It is so great that you are setting goals for yourself- learning to do housework, and that you are sticking to it and accomplishing these goals! This is such a huge step in the right direction wildcat, you should feel extremely proud of yourself

Breanne, Bilingual Health Educator

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1044

Wildcat, you are an inspiration to me! I always kept a clean house BD (before depression). Now my house is so dirty (not just strewn) that I won't let anyone come over and if they do, they can't come in! I hope I can get that energy back as I work through this program and apply it in my life. I've hired a house cleaner, she's coming tomorrow. I live alone and all the messes are my own.

I am so happy for these positive changes in my life and thanks for the hope!

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 456

breanne,

It is a little embarrassing but I am learning to do housework.

I have spent so many -years- exhausted that I would do very little in the house. My husband did the work and I did the kids. But he never really had the patience to get to the end of everything, and not the energy either. He is strong but NO endurance.

So I am learning to do dishes, and pick up dirty clothes the kids throw down at the door. I am learning about the laundry and putting away the laundry -not just putting it into a clean bin! I am learning to put junk mail into the recycling bin right away and not leave it on the floor, table, and next to the bed where I cut out the pictures of jewery I liked.

today I even passed the broom in the kitchen and the mop under the table.

I sound like a spoiled teen, who never did a thing... but after all this time of never being motivated and never having the energy to even breath, it seems like i have finally waken up slowly. and I have to learn to us the body again.

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1693

wildcat,

It is so good to hear that things have changed for you!

You are right in taking advantage of these positive days. What do you have planned for yourself?

Please continue to keep us posted on how you are doing!

Breanne, Bilingual Health Educator

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