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Originally Posted by infinite monkey
But for some, they make the difference between living and driving your car off a cliff.
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I know this is neither here nor there, but I just had to chime in to say how close to home this line hit for me.
I spent about 8 months on SSRIs last year after Life got to be too much -- the stress of being a teacher paired with my father-in-law battling cancer shut me down to the point where I couldn't function on a daily basis.
This summer, with the school year done and Dad on track to good health, I met with my doctor and made the decision to wean off the medication.
Then the school year started back up.
Earlier this week, I found myself wondering if wrapping my car around a tree on my way in to work would mean I could take a few weeks off.
I'm headed back to the doctor tomorrow morning.
Part of me feels like a failure, like
surely I could keep my self together without chemical help. The rest of me recognizes the honest fact that I can only do so much on my own, and I wouldn't be doing much of anything if I ended up in a ditch down a wooded road one morning.