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How do you help a depressed spouse?

Ouch. It's no wonder he really doesn't want to let his guard down again for a while. Maybe try to coax him into things that don't require much socializing, like fishing or nature walks?


I'd guess that if you go with him, and take it slowly, once he's out and about more he will start putting the past behind him and find new things to look forward to.

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Last night at midnight

Clearly, your safety plan for him didn't work. You were in the hospital for a short time, and he was injured.

If were dead, you wouldn't even know he was injured, so you would have no way of making sure he received any kind of care or attention.

I'm not trying to be harsh here. I hope it's obvious, but I certainly don't want you to kill yourself, and if having these pets helps give you a reason to keep living, that's great.

But if you're just hell bent on dying, please find forever homes for your pets first. Otherwise, you have no idea what terrible fate may befall them.

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Last night at midnight

Why do you care your cat is injured? You tried to abandon it.


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Should I stay or should I go?

Maybe you just need a side gig to make extra money so you can stay where you are a while to see if things get better?

Is there something you could do for a few hours every week that would make a bit of cash without compromising the rest of your life?

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I didnt know how else to help myself so I'm writing here.

I'm gonna second the idea to start a journal. It doesn't have to be words, or make any sense to anyone but you; just a place to get your thoughts and feelings out into the world so you can stop carrying them 'round inside -think of it like external storage.

Your first sentence says a lot:
Admittedly, I take what people say VERY harshly.

Try not to do that. Other people will always be critical, but you can learn to take whatever they say with a grain of salt when they're being hurtful.

You be your own best friend. Your own favorite child. Your own baby that will never have to grow up because you will always take care of you.

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off shoot question here!

Pink Floyd

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Help me...find some new websites with interesting content to hang out on.

Lano wrote:
If you are into board games, there is boardgamearea.com.

It's for playing games, it's free, and no ads except to become a premium member.

I'll check that out, thanks. :)

Nix wrote:
mumsnet? pinterest, youtube, facebook groups,

Yeah; I do some of those...but just want something new. New ideas, new horizons, new vistas...otherwise, it's just more and more of the same fare, but often older or weirder.


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Help me...find some new websites with interesting content to hang out on.

Yeah...I haven't been able to get into Reddit much. I have a very low tolerance for BS and trolling.

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Help me...find some new websites with interesting content to hang out on.

I found "Atlas Obscura" and am enjoying it. I'd like to find more oddball type sites with short articles about lots of different subjects.

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The original help.com site was always busy, and I don't think for a moment there are fewer people needing help.

(nods) we just have to each start a topic as often as we can, and each answer each other's topics so we get spiders here often.

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