tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post5581116225279078098..comments2024-01-01T08:07:16.443+00:00Comments on Dreaming aloud: Blogging Carnival of Emotions: breaking taboosUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-22553476156879293692011-06-20T19:32:34.839+01:002011-06-20T19:32:34.839+01:00Thanks Zoe for jumping on board. yes, I relate to ...Thanks Zoe for jumping on board. yes, I relate to the sleep thang - this past couple of weeks have been hellish on that front here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664045557725853106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-44745796969624232312011-06-20T19:30:48.914+01:002011-06-20T19:30:48.914+01:00Therese I am SO with you there. I am feeling dark ...Therese I am SO with you there. I am feeling dark at the moment, despondent with humanity, with mothering, with the human condition and the seeming futility of it, of our destructiveness, our baseness, our inability to make more than pockets of glory, the drudgery of daily life - I am SO with you. And having kids makes it harder not easier. But I stay for them. <br /><br />No answers - just some moments I'm like - yes, it's great to be alive, this is why I hang on, and others, others I don't see any point...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664045557725853106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-38573916182940666532011-06-20T11:34:00.937+01:002011-06-20T11:34:00.937+01:00Ok, here's a taboo breaking comment for you. I...Ok, here's a taboo breaking comment for you. I've been suffering from depression on and off for the past 4 years. Well, that's what the doctor and anyone else thinks anyway. Truth is, I'm suffering from existential angst, and sometimes that results in depression. Poor doctor and friends don't know the difference. I ususally don't talk much about it, because I'm terrified of not being understood. The few times I HAVE talked about how meaningless I feel life is, I get this answer: "But you have the kids! They make it all worth it!". And here's the taboo: they don't. I love my children and would die for them, but when my brain is ruminating about how pointless everything is, the fact that I had kids into this world is NOT an uplifting thought, on the contrary. But I can't tell that to anyone (except to strangers on the internet), and I can't even tell them how much it hurts me to hear them say that. On top of my existential crisis, I have to deal with a bad, bad conscience for not thinking my kids makes everything all right.theresehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423669994232456611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-57026115484842074922011-06-20T11:25:18.534+01:002011-06-20T11:25:18.534+01:00My rather bleary tuppence'orth: http://giveane...My rather bleary tuppence'orth: http://giveanearthly.blogspot.com/2011/06/crying-game.html<br /><br />Can you identify the sleeplessness?earthlytreasureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15247034421266467240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-49640870814909702052011-06-18T18:00:10.209+01:002011-06-18T18:00:10.209+01:00GREAT IDEA! Have shared...worthwhile reading...GREAT IDEA! Have shared...worthwhile reading...Jessica | Cloth Diapering Mamahttp://www.clothdiaperingmama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-37696345623501410972011-06-18T14:15:18.942+01:002011-06-18T14:15:18.942+01:00Thank you for helping these voices be heard, Lucy....Thank you for helping these voices be heard, Lucy. I have not read most of these, so I will be taking a look at each one. I really appreciated your raw and honest posts on anger, however. Those I had seen!melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698231692999838673noreply@blogger.com