"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be" – Marcel Pagnol.
“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Fri 6 Jan, 2023 12:37 pm - Thank you. I will gratefully return your virtual hug.
I have some friends that I've talked to here and there... but the feedback isn't always great. I know they mean well but... (view)
Fri 6 Jan, 2023 12:33 pm - Thank you. I appreciate your words.
Sorry, I should clarify... he's watching all the shows and videos while they are at school, with their dad or asleep. I work at home so I see it all day... (view)
Fri 6 Jan, 2023 09:17 am - Hi Everyone,
I know I don't pop up often... and when I do it's because I need a safe place to write, to talk... just as I did when I came here as a teenager. I've always used this... (view)
Sun 7 Nov, 2021 04:28 pm - Just an update. It's been a long 3 months now. He was released from the second hospital, no better than when he arrived. He left to another state, in fear of being sent somewhere else.
He... (view)
Thu 14 Oct, 2021 06:00 am - Thank you. I will take that expression with me, going forward. It fits 100%.
I did end up seeing a therapist. I am focusing on myself more now and no longer trying to figure out what it could.... (view)
Tue 5 Oct, 2021 09:37 am - He is very angry and aggressive right now. They are trying to figure out what medication to give him and get his diagnosis. He drinks a lot and could have been self-medicating with that. His texts... (view)
Tue 5 Oct, 2021 09:34 am - I am going through all the things you listed and I am completely heartbroken. This is devastating.
Children are safe, I went to the court and filed a restraining order, in case he gets out of... (view)
