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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/20/2009 11:15:00 PM
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Grace-N-Mercy
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(((((manunited))))) I can relate. Working on grad school can be a very lonely existence, but the good news is that it's only temporary. Lean on God... he'll get you through the loneliness and through the end-of-the-semester push.
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/21/2009 12:38:06 PM
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Grace-N-Mercy
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... Like relaxing for a few minutes. This paper is beginning to take more and more of my time because I have some unanswered questions... but I'm not ready to go have them answered yet. 
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/21/2009 7:44:00 PM
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... like I'm on the upward trend. I've been slowly slipping into depression for the past week or two. This time, I recognized it immediately - but didn't address the triggering incident immediately, so it just kept building until I was at the stage of feeling negative and hopeless. I can't tell you how many people have come up to me over the past week or two and who have been asking me if I'm ok - or telling me that I look tired. That's the hard part about working with believers who have discernment - you can't really hide. But that is also a good thing too, because I know that no matter how many times I say that I'm ok - that they'll still pray.
I've gone through lots of changes over the past few months, from starting grad school again, changing churches, ending a long (but unhealthy) friendship, not knowing where I was going to live, moving in with a friend, buying a house, changing job responsibilities, working in a place where firings are frequent and things seem to be unstable, having a car accident, having my grandmother die, and probably more stuff (I can't remember it all). Now that everything has stopped and I'm not running from thing to thing, the weight of all of the changes have been resting on me. But, I'm thankful because one of the things that I've been doing differently is making time to reach out to people and I'm also being easy on myself. I've got to spend more time though on rest and my physical self - self-care - but one step at a time. Today, I felt the depression lifting as I was listening to the Lord talk to me about some things. So, I feel some joy today, which is a true blessing!
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/21/2009 8:01:37 PM
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Grace-N-Mercy
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(((((rgod))))) I can so relate to your feelings... I went through something similar earlier this year, and it was very difficult. Well, it seems that each day had its own struggles, but I had to start cutting certain things out, and I found that I was soon isolating myself. What I found, as you did, that reaching out to others was the most therapeutic thing I could've done. I can't make it through all those trials alone... my strength would soon be gone.
If you need someone to talk to, please call me!!
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/21/2009 8:08:16 PM
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I am glad that things are looking up for you Rgod!
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/21/2009 8:21:49 PM
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rgod
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Thanks guys! Just taking it one day at a time.
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/22/2009 11:54:25 AM
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pretty good right now carol is doing well nearly sold out shows every night and the rest of the run looks like it will be just as good now if we can all keep our voices we'll be in tall cotton
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/22/2009 1:44:13 PM
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That I better take my medicine very soon!
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/22/2009 4:50:05 PM
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... nervous. I have an interview tomorrow and I don't feel ready, in the professional sense. I can write, but have not done magazine articles. I'm trying to prepare some writing samples and to come up with some ideas ...
... woke up feeling somewhat down, but knew that I needed to get out. So, I went to a different church today - very basic preaching about Jesus, hymns, baptisms, call of salvation. I haven't been to a church like this in a while; it was incredibly sweet to sing those hymns. The people were very warm and I enjoyed it. After church I drove around for a while and stumbled upon a huge lake and park a few minutes from house (had no idea that it was there). Almost no one was there, so I sat, prayed and had time with the Lord. The weather here is perfect - no need for a coat, just a little breezy, only a little overcast. It was a very pleasant surprise!
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/22/2009 8:03:07 PM
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unusually lonely
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/22/2009 9:28:06 PM
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unusually lonely
(((Bryan))) We've all been there. This too shall pass. . .
I feel shocked that I've not been called into work again tonight! Two nights with nothing going on is unheard of.
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/22/2009 10:01:08 PM
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thanks, much of the time i don't think about it but for some reason its been a rough weekend
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/22/2009 10:36:53 PM
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(((((Bryan))))) Join us in some of the other threads... that usually helps me when I'm feeling lonely... it happens to us all. I'm just getting through a rough patch, too.
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/23/2009 12:44:30 AM
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Fairly depressed. Last week I learned my best fried lost her two year old to cancer. I withdrew for the week. The memorial was Friday. It was a very emotional day, still feeling the recoil of it.
If you want to read all of my thoughts on it, I posted on my blog
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/23/2009 2:56:56 PM
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For the first time in a while I'm feeling happy. Just really content. I'm exhausted because of not sleeping, but, at least for right now, I'm calm, I'm not anxious, and I feel good about how things are and where things are going.
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/23/2009 6:31:26 PM
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(((JHerr)))) I am so sorry to hear about what happened. It is always so incredibly sad to hear about a child dying. I pray that you'll be able to support you friend when you are able, and also that there are some people around who can support you as well.
b4asong - sorry to hear about the car bills. Hopefully you will have fixed whatever needs to be fixed for ahile.
I had some good news today. I've been pretty down about different things including my job situation. I've been underemployed for a while now, like much of the rest of the country, but of late, it has really been getting to me, so much so that I never want to go to work in the morning. Well, I had an interview this afternoon with an editor for a trade magazine, specializing in a technical industry that I have lots of experience in. I didn't think that I had a shot because I don't have magazine article writing experience (but I have plenty of other types of writing experience). Spoke with the editor, nice guy, and to make a long story short, it is looking like they want to use me to write feature articles. They also wanted to know if I would be interested in working with them full time - which I'd love, but I don't know what is going to happen with their company. I'll get an answer back in a couple of weeks, but it seems really promising. For the first time in a while I feel ... hopeful!
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RE: Right now I feel (part 2) - 11/23/2009 9:13:07 PM
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rgod
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... like telling dsfuva that I can relate. I worked for one employer, directly or indirectly, for about 19 years. It was always sort of the shadowy backdrop of my life. It has been 2.5 years of being away - and it still feels strange sometimes. It felt really wierd at first, it was sort of like I had to find a different identity - rediscover myself apart from that job and that employer.
The good news is that the Lord might bring you into something totally different and even better than what you had. I'm pretty excited about what God is going to do over the coming months for you dsfuva!
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