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From: Nadine.Thomas@p0.f10.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Nadine Thomas)
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Subject: Re: EMOTIONS:
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Date: 17 Jul 90 19:35:13 GMT
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Hi Marda.... saw your message to Frank and wanted to throw in my 2
cents worth.  Hope that is okay.  Lithium is nothing more than salt
that the brain needs.  Many people have a deficiency of that salt and
lithium merely balances that chemical in the brain.  I know you will be
alright cause you are alright right NOW.  Keep in mind that you are NOT
alone, people love and care about you AND have been through experiences
that may not be EXACTLY like yours but similar in many different ways.
I know it does not seem like you are alright right now but you are -
you are a human being with human emotions and feelings and acting and
reacting as a human does.  I do not know of many people who, at one
time or another, have not gone through a crisis of similar sorts.  My
childhood and background was pretty bad and I had absolutely NO memory
of it until about 2 years ago and then all hell broke loose and I had
to face and look at things I did not want to deal with but with the
help of wonderful people who are my family of CHOICE, and a couple of
great counselors [therapists] I am on the other side of much of it.  I
kept asking if there was another side and would I get there without
going off the deep end totally and they assured me that there was and I
would get there.  10 years ago I was in a psych unit for anxiety
attacks - It had been drug induced [anti-depressants] but the docs
didn't know it.  I spent one month in there and I learned a lot of
things about myself and that was the start of a journey that has gotten
me here - I am a person today who is still learning but has learned
sooooooo much about myself.  It has been quite painful at times and
there were times I wanted to kill myself so I would not feel the pain
anymore - but I hung on. I had people around me who cared and who told
me how sad they would be if I did end my life - I didn't believe them
but a part of me held on to it because the look in their eyes told me
they meant it and no matter how much I tried to push them away, they
never left - they understood - they had been there too.  
You have added so much to my life and I want to make this journey with
you, as a support, if you will let me.
 
Nadine

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