The positive effects of stress through change

Moving, changing jobs, divorce, losing someone you love, can heighten your stress levels and leave you besides disconcerted, in a state of emotional shock.  I went through all these in a two-year period. Bang, one after the other, it seemed that life would never let up and kept punching me. But, in the end, all […]

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The problem with death is not dying

The problem with death is not dying. The problem is for the living, for those left behind who become orphaned and grieving for that chunk of self that has been ripped away. Dying is easy, staying behind and going on with life without your loved one is hard. Those whom we love, are part of us and when […]

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When I want to die

Maybe I shouldn’t say this, but sometimes when I’m down and life gets too hard, it helps me to say aloud, with no one around, that I want to die. How can this help? It does, and a lot. Saying and acknowledging this feeling, this wanting to die, is like choosing to live. I let it […]

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Keep breathing…

There are times when all you can do is keep breathing. When pain is so dull and deafening that all you can do is give in. You are so paralyzed by the overwhelming emotion that you are at a loss, stuck and unable to move on. You cannot change how you feel at will. If […]

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