Re: Re: Depression w/ PSC/Colleen

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Colleen,

Hi! Thanks for what you wrote. It made me feel a bit better on a not-so-great

day!

Sandi in VA

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> Subject: Re: Depression w/ PSC

> To:

> Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 2:56 AM

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> The days that I feel unwell, it can be hard. I have two

> general techniques to snap myself

> out of it:

>

> I have a fridge magnet that says, " If you're going

> through Hell, keep going... " Winston

> Churchill

>

> Another trick:

>

> I read a number of years ago that people who believe in

> reincarnation believe they choose

> to reincarnate in more difficult circumstances as they

> evolve on the path to Nirvana. If that

> is the case, then we all must be fairly old souls. That

> thought allows me to feel a little

> smug, despite my physically feeling lousy.

>

> All trying to be a bit flip aside, I have had nearly a

> quarter century to get my head around

> all of this -- I was Dxed with UC back in 1984. At this

> point in my life, I have been " ill "

> many more years than I was ever " well, " and it is

> as much a part of me as my green eyes,

> my sarcastic sense of humor and my pathetic head of hair. I

> don't know who I might have

> been if I hadn't gotten sick. Do I wish I were

> blissfully unaware? YES! But that isn't my

> reality, so I have no choice but to play the hand I have

> been dealt and try to make the most

> of it.

>

> Colleen