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I have been struggling with periods of grief for over 10 years now. I have grief from the loss of family and pets. Grief associated with the loses through divorce (home, friends, dreams). I was homeless for awhile. I had a TBI which left me unable to work for several years. I live in what feels like sub human conditions to have a roof over my head. It seems like every time I get up and try to find my footing, I get knocked down again. I spent the winter stuck indoors with covid. Springtime means I can earn some income. Then in the last month I got shingles, lost a pet and then wrecked my old car. A wreck people are amazed I survived with just a few bruises. Here's old man grief again along with loss of income. Even though the vehicle was mechanically problematic. I could get out. Not anymore without being a burden. I have survived so much in my life and I lack gratitude for that. These events come with hardships (ahead). Not joy at being alive. For lack of better terminology I feel victimized, not super human at always surviving physically. The expression "God doesn't give someone more than they can handle" feels like it was a challenge God accepted for me. He's trying to see how much can I take? I don't want to mentally get up anymore. "They" will just kick my legs out from under me again! I'm exhausted, I just want to hide and be left alone. It's impossible to financially survive that way. It's emotionally unhealthy and mentally draining. I am in therapy. Have been for years. It enables me to cope but I want to use these superhuman survival skills to thrive. I'm internally angry all the time. Sometimes I think I want to die just so I can punch god in the face.

    • Heidi_M

      686d

      ❤️ OK folks we have a winner! I felt as if I was listening to myself when I was reading this. I am a 46-year-old woman who has had two shunt malfunctions, been brutally beaten, lost 85% of my vision, and now I am only left with the ability to reach out to others by phone. I can’t drive, and this makes me feel like the biggest deal in the world. I am not a gift from God, but a challenge to others. I wake up each day with two feelings; the first one is anger, because everybody can do things so much better than I can. The other is kilt. I know that the guilt is not mine, but I feel like other people would have a better life if I wasn’t in it to take up their time. From what I understand all of these feelings are very normal when going through major loss in life, But normal or not, I still feel like a chore sometimes. All I can do is wake up each morning and no that somebody has some thing for me to do today. Curiosity wakes me up, anger gets me out of bed, and my desire to love people is what takes me through the day. My day got better when I read your post. Now I know I’m never alone. ❤️😜

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