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Overwhelmed,Felt Lost,

yoda_retired — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:57:22 GMT

Hi this Snow, and until recently I was so overwhelmed with caring for my wife, Anxiety, short term memory loss& Depression, Sadness, her not wanting to move or engage in activities, she has case manager a great team of people behind her and these people I truly love n respect . In some of the articles Others shared, have enlightened me to a whole new level of care & understanding. I recently left work retired early and suffer servere arthritis, oesteo, rheumatoid, and now oesteoperosis, mild depression, feeling completely out of water, at 53 and no longer a manager and loss of identity, so to speak. I tried to do everything, mother hen, cook, clean, house unpack still after 5 months, then a lightning bolt ,,, beyondblue.org ,

I started reading, I stopped nagging, about weight loss for us both and I realised my best friend was less motivated when I was sad. Thanks to everyone for sharing your stories, today I did 1 n half hours in the garden, close to mother nature, cooked for wifey, my wonderful supporting mum inlaw, and went the ymca for water exercice for us both.

Sometimes you have to stop smell roses, and realise what you can do... Do slowly, and enjoy it, I call my arthritis, RUST, is what it is, we're away to go but it's nice to feel happy again. Finding inner peace,

Overwhelmed,Felt Lost,

HelenM — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 20:24:24 GMT

Hi Yoda

What a lovely uplifting post. It sounds as if things have turned around for you, or you've turned them around for yourself. That's great.

I really like your calling your arthritis rust. I've just got the beginnings of that!

Take care, Helen

Overwhelmed,Felt Lost,

AGrace — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 01:57:57 GMT

Hi Yoda,

What a wonderful post. It's encouraging to hear that you've found a "solution" to a problem, and it's working for you both.

We can all too often get caught up in all the things that we can't do, or all the things that are plaguing us that we stop noticing all the things that bring a bit of joy into our lives.

I know you mentioned reading some of the other posts on the forums. It would be great if you felt up to joining some of the discussions under the caring for family and friends section and sharing some of the ideas that you're finding helpful:)

Thanks again for such an inspiring post.

AGrace