Welcome (((:hug: ))) Hug, if accepted!
I am another Pink Floyd fan...REALLY how can one NOT be?!?:)
Well, your list is quite similar to mine, when it comes to life experiences. You sound like you are doing your best to be "better than bitter", which is my daily goal. You have found an AWESOME place to reach out, hang out, and receive compassion, empathy, unconditional acceptance, and understanding! We all have painful trauma in our pasts, in varying degrees, but pain is pain, and isn't something you can measure.
I am almost 60 :wideeyed:...wondering how can that be?? I truly am better in many ways, and most days feel younger than I am. Some days, I feel much older. Finally, the good days outweigh the bad, most of the time. I have MDD (Major Depressive Disorder) along with a list of other diagnoses, but depression is, by far, the most stubborn, and intrusive!
I am happily single for 22 years this year. I dated a few times, but have found that I am "enough" without a man, and my goal to be able to care for my parents in their older years is being fulfilled. My dad "graduated" to heaven almost 4 years ago, joining my little girl, who was 11 when she passed away 24 years ago. She was severely disabled, but taught me, as well as everyone who knew her, that you don't need a voice to share love! She was expected to live possibly 3 years, and stayed till she was 11, sharing love in SO many ways throughout those years. I am who I am today because I was blessed to be her momma.
I am truly glad that you have "found" us! Sharing and caring make a HUGE, GIGANTIC difference in the quality, and healing in our lives. You can "let it all out", whether in a diary, which may or may not get read, or in a forum that you relate to. Sometimes people "stop by" to read your diary to give a "thumbs up", or offer a word of encouragement. Either way, writing things out in black and white can be VERY helpful!
It looks like you live in the "U.K."? I live right in the middle of the USA, in Kansas. Enjoy "surfing" the forum, and post if, and when you choose. A lot of people just read for a long time, thinking they don't have much to offer, but even in offering support and friendship, you can make a difference in someone's day!
Cheers to you, too!
AKJ:happy:
