Debra
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I'd like to get to know you a little bit more. If there is a question I ask that you don't wish to discuss, that would be fine. I'm just curious what has brought you to this site?

Hello lovely. I was just browsing some profiles. I love the colors you've chosen. Hope all is well on your end.

Hi debra. Where did everyone go? LOL. Thanks for your support!

danke, that is awesomesauce I will so go check eeet out.

Oh, and thanks for the condolences. It's definitely been a rollercoaster lately, but I'm hangin' in there.

Hey! Thanks for the message, my first one. I'm doin' okay, I'm really glad the weekend is finally here and there is sunshine. Have a great weekend!

HI debra, thanks for your message, sent you a group invite!

Wow your profile has changed a lot since I last visited last night! Yeah a journal sounds like a great idea; I strongly recommend doing that!

thanks! its our rival universitys mascot made into a hat that was shot in the head with a green arrow!(green archers-me) hahaha.

You are quite welcome; I'm happy to help if I can, and I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better!

Getting through the dark days... well, what I've found to help is instead of giving in to my emotions and allowing myself to feel bad, I try to take a step back and figure out exactly WHAT is making me feel bad. Did something happen? Did I not get enough sleep? Have I eaten enough recently? It also helps to try to figure out WHEN exactly I started feeling down to see if something happened around that time to trigger my feelings. Doing some self-reflection helps a great deal and I usually end up figuring not only where my feelings are coming from, but also I often am able to come up with a helpful insight. Plus, once I figure out what's going on, I usually don't feel as bad. We fear the unknown and build it up to be much bigger than what it really is much of the time.