We're not the only ones!
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 5:55 pm
I was talking to my dear friend Al Alvarez (who knows a thing or two about depression: he is the author of The Savage God) about this new forum, and about how each day can seem a new drag on an already dragging spirit-- and he quoted a poem by A. E. Housman word for word, 'Yonder see the morning blink'-- which might resonate with you on the down days-- maybe each day a bit of this, and then the spirit rises, maybe not--just try and recognise this feeling as one of many, let it rise, let it break like a wave, let it dissipate...easy words to say and hard sometimes to see this through, but we can all support each other and TALKING is vital...find someone you can talk to...
Yonder see the morning blink:
The sun is up, and up must I,
To wash and dress and eat and drink
And look at things and talk and think
And work, and God knows why.
Oh often have I washed and dressed
And what's to show for all my pain?
Let me lie abed and rest:
Ten thousand times I've done my best
And all's to do again.
You and your family and friends may be particularly struck by dark feelings after you've had a cancer diagnosis...- while this hopefully will not be 'the new normal' it will always be around, and it's probably easier and more efficacious to accept this new feeling rather than try to 'rise above it'-- you might avoid fewer big crashes by so doing...
Yonder see the morning blink:
The sun is up, and up must I,
To wash and dress and eat and drink
And look at things and talk and think
And work, and God knows why.
Oh often have I washed and dressed
And what's to show for all my pain?
Let me lie abed and rest:
Ten thousand times I've done my best
And all's to do again.
You and your family and friends may be particularly struck by dark feelings after you've had a cancer diagnosis...- while this hopefully will not be 'the new normal' it will always be around, and it's probably easier and more efficacious to accept this new feeling rather than try to 'rise above it'-- you might avoid fewer big crashes by so doing...