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foo,

thanks for sharing your experience - alot of wisdom contained in your post that anyone could benefit from. :d

drawing from my own experiences, one thing that can help is to "tackle" each problem individually. its very difficult to get over a depression episode when you're trying to fix everything - just try to focus on one thing at a time. this goes back to the concept of "labeling" mentioned in my earlier post.

aj,

i know you want so dearly to feel better. it may be possible that this current experience is serving as a lesson for some sort of growth, or a catalyst for deeper understanding of your true self. you've been pretty active on this forum so you've probably heard of "a dark night of the soul"? in my opinion, these experiences do serve as spiritual lessons, possibly guided by your higher self. and, as difficult they may be, they need "to be completed". in other words, efforts to postpone or prevent these, in my opinion, will only result in "harsher" lessons...

having gone through my fair share of these, all i can say is that you will emerge stronger and more connected with your true self. much easier said on the other side...

again, hang in there. i know its very difficult, but there is alot of wisdom contained in this experience of yours. you've got alot of friends here on the forum that care about you and wish you the best.

art