Comments on: Not a bandaid http://www.bosssanders.com/2009/10/29/not-a-bandaid/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Teresha@ Marlie and Me http://www.bosssanders.com/2009/10/29/not-a-bandaid/comment-page-1/#comment-4701 Teresha@ Marlie and Me Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:40:58 +0000 http://www.bosssanders.com/?p=1486#comment-4701 I was following your blog when I was pregnant and started my own (Jamaican Bun in the Oven) then I lost touch after I had my baby in August and launched a new blog. I just joined Swap Mamas and saw your thumbnail pic in the members section and said, I know that icon! I was meant to re-connect with your blog so I could read this post. I thank you for your raw honesty. I've battled depression all my life and was terrified about postpartum depression so I started seeing a counselor when I was pregnant. I think it helped some. Most days, I feel fine, but then there are nights when I lay awake silently crying and there are days when I feel like I am in a dense fog. I don't feel like I can talk to anyone about it because everyone wants to see that happy, new mommy. So, I just put on a smiley face. I know I should go back to counseling, but I am a tired of "sharing my feelings" with someone who can't relate. You're right that we need the people around us to understand...to throw us a life preserver of hope....to help us float while we ride out the storm. BIG HUGS I was following your blog when I was pregnant and started my own (Jamaican Bun in the Oven) then I lost touch after I had my baby in August and launched a new blog. I just joined Swap Mamas and saw your thumbnail pic in the members section and said, I know that icon!

I was meant to re-connect with your blog so I could read this post. I thank you for your raw honesty. I’ve battled depression all my life and was terrified about postpartum depression so I started seeing a counselor when I was pregnant. I think it helped some. Most days, I feel fine, but then there are nights when I lay awake silently crying and there are days when I feel like I am in a dense fog. I don’t feel like I can talk to anyone about it because everyone wants to see that happy, new mommy. So, I just put on a smiley face. I know I should go back to counseling, but I am a tired of “sharing my feelings” with someone who can’t relate.

You’re right that we need the people around us to understand…to throw us a life preserver of hope….to help us float while we ride out the storm.

BIG HUGS

]]> By: Hockeyman http://www.bosssanders.com/2009/10/29/not-a-bandaid/comment-page-1/#comment-4694 Hockeyman Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:51:28 +0000 http://www.bosssanders.com/?p=1486#comment-4694 Depression is the hardest thing to live with. As a long time sufferer, I can totally relate to how you describe it. I suggest you keep a notebook for your writings you don't want to share. Writing is good for you as it provides a flush. I do it. I don't keep what I wrote to myself. I generally destroy it later as a symbol to myself of moving on. Seriously, if you ever need to chat about depression, you know where to find me. I will never judge you, think less of you, or belittle you for feeling how you feel. I will listen and I will understand. The offer is there if you should need or want. Hugs to you and your babies. Depression is the hardest thing to live with. As a long time sufferer, I can totally relate to how you describe it. I suggest you keep a notebook for your writings you don’t want to share. Writing is good for you as it provides a flush. I do it. I don’t keep what I wrote to myself. I generally destroy it later as a symbol to myself of moving on.

Seriously, if you ever need to chat about depression, you know where to find me. I will never judge you, think less of you, or belittle you for feeling how you feel. I will listen and I will understand. The offer is there if you should need or want.

Hugs to you and your babies.

]]> By: mom http://www.bosssanders.com/2009/10/29/not-a-bandaid/comment-page-1/#comment-4693 mom Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:19:59 +0000 http://www.bosssanders.com/?p=1486#comment-4693 "I love you now and I always will." HUGS!!!!!!! “I love you now and I always will.” HUGS!!!!!!!

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