One of our favorite local bloggers, and people, is Tammy Palazzo. Regular readers of her Life Stories blog know she can turn a phrase better than most.
We regularly link to her on our blog list at right. One of her best pieces was on the trials of depression and the need to seek help. It's worth a re-notice even today.
Tammy writes, in part:
Recently, I went through an extremely dark period. It felt like it came
out of nowhere but, upon reflection and analysis, there were many
triggers including work stress, holidays, and some challenging personal
relationships. I realized it was chasing me down and I was running from
it like an animal being hunted as prey. I just didn’t consciously
realize I was scurrying from capture until it caught me and pummeled me.
When I saw the face of my demon, I recognized instantly that it had
been sneaking up on me for a while. Unfortunately, once I thought I got
rid of the beast, I relaxed a bit and was shocked when it quickly
reappeared and lingered like a stalled-out hurricane. It blew in, did
some destruction and then seemed like it was moving out to sea. Much to
my surprise and severe disappointment, it changed direction and ended
up blowing back in, this time much stronger and hanging on for a much
longer period of time. I was absolutely certain I was having a nervous breakdown.
The darkness was so severe and so intense that I could not see my way
to clarity. I did not think the clouds would ever pass, that the winds
would ever let up or that the rain would stop pouring down. But, as is
always the case with storms, they do pass and the sun shines through the
clouds offering the hope for a brighter tomorrow.
Read it all HERE. Thanks Tammy
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