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Mental Health Support

OldBaldy1701E

(5,144 posts) Wed Dec 14, 2022, 07:29 AM Dec 2022

The song goes: "My future's so bright... I gotta wear shades".

Well, my future is so dark I need a searchlight. That hit me while listening to that song on the radio the other day. It also got me thinking... was my future ever bright? From this perspective, I would say it never was and I was delusional to think it ever would be.

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The song goes: "My future's so bright... I gotta wear shades". (Original Post) OldBaldy1701E Dec 2022 OP

I'm with you here, staring into the abyss. Seems like it's dark 24 hours a day Walleye Dec 2022 #1

+1 Not Heidi Dec 2022 #3

If you are a good person and loved by your family nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #2

Well, I tried that. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2022 #4

Walleye

(31,034 posts)

1. I'm with you here, staring into the abyss. Seems like it's dark 24 hours a day

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2022, 07:33 AM

Dec 2022

Not Heidi

(1,290 posts)

3. +1

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 14, 2022, 02:10 PM

Dec 2022

nightwing1240

(1,996 posts)

2. If you are a good person and loved by your family

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2022, 07:34 AM

Dec 2022

That's what matters most. Not titles, being famous or being wealthy. Just loved. Even I struggle a lot with that feeling but keep on doing the best I can.

OldBaldy1701E

(5,144 posts)

4. Well, I tried that.

Reply to nightwing1240 (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 15, 2022, 09:05 AM

Dec 2022

I have always been told that I am 'too nice'. I always try to be a good person, even when being a good person does not mean being a legal person (which happens way more than you might want to believe).

Family? Yeah... we will just leave that alone. Suffice to say, my middle name is 'Persona non Grata'. Good on you for struggling on. Some of us are just too tired to keep on fighting against the inevitable.

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