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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 688221" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Darkwing, in many ways my situation is not unlike your own. My elderly mother became ill. I decided to take care of her. She died. My life turned inside out. I became a person almost unrecognizable to myself. I have not worked for 3 and a half years. I am not sure if I will ever work again although I believe I will. </p><p></p><p>I had to ask myself what I wanted to live for...but still have not been able to pick up the pieces of who I am and go forward. My life is almost one hundred percent centered upon home. It never was before.I had thought this.</p><p>Is it you feel that things that happened to you during that period define you in a way that you cannot surmount, or is it something else?</p><p>In the sense that who you believe you now are, you do not know how to stuff that back into a persona that would pursue a goal such as psychology, or you do not want to? </p><p></p><p>Do you not want to go through the motions? I can understand that. I feel that way. Sometimes the motions are just to much for me. I feel barely able to sustain my life, without working. Perhaps this is a choice. Or maybe I just cannot do it anymore.</p><p></p><p>The difference is I am old. You are young. While we can argue that my life, whatever time I have left, matters, it is not the same.</p><p>I certainly understand this.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Take care, Darkwing and thank you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 688221, member: 18958"] Darkwing, in many ways my situation is not unlike your own. My elderly mother became ill. I decided to take care of her. She died. My life turned inside out. I became a person almost unrecognizable to myself. I have not worked for 3 and a half years. I am not sure if I will ever work again although I believe I will. I had to ask myself what I wanted to live for...but still have not been able to pick up the pieces of who I am and go forward. My life is almost one hundred percent centered upon home. It never was before.I had thought this. Is it you feel that things that happened to you during that period define you in a way that you cannot surmount, or is it something else? In the sense that who you believe you now are, you do not know how to stuff that back into a persona that would pursue a goal such as psychology, or you do not want to? Do you not want to go through the motions? I can understand that. I feel that way. Sometimes the motions are just to much for me. I feel barely able to sustain my life, without working. Perhaps this is a choice. Or maybe I just cannot do it anymore. The difference is I am old. You are young. While we can argue that my life, whatever time I have left, matters, it is not the same. I certainly understand this. Take care, Darkwing and thank you. [/QUOTE]
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