Category: 07 – One Thread – when you’re just barely hanging on

The loneliness is REALLY getting to me.

Emotionally, financially, spiritually … all three. Hit a fucking wall & hanging by a thread. Not threadbare but … hanging holding….

I’ve been barely hanging on financially for sure. Raising two kids alone during a pandemic and attempting to work from home and do school … I ended up filing for bankruptcy and that’s really hurt us financially. 💔 

Barely hanging on. Yes. But for me, it’s like I have told a million of our patients: it’s often after a crisis that another wave of trauma is experienced. Or like those people who lift cars up to save someone — they do what has to be done — but then are in the hospital… Continue reading anonymous

So many moments of barely hanging on. So much loss and sadness and change. But it’s all culminated in all the good stuff that is happening right now. I call it the “Learning Humility Through Heartbreak” chapter in my life.

When the news broke that we were in a pandemic, the ground beneath me slipped away and the no-man’s-land of “what ifs” clogged my mind. My music drifted away and survival kicked in. What do I do? Which way do I go? Where are my parents to make me feel okay, like kissing a bloody… Continue reading nancy n.

Suffering from depression, PTSD, panic attacks, major anxiety — oh, and Lupus and Fibromyalgia — on a normal basis is a lot to handle. Then came 2020. Stress is a major factor that affects Lupus — needless to say it’s been hell. I had my brain swabbed 7 times. 14-day quarantine with each of those… Continue reading michelle d.

I could sit here and talk about how bad things have been but I think I’m just going to say this: it’s good to be able to talk about this, but I am grateful to be alive and to be able to wake up every morning. Yes it’s been difficult; but my heart and soul… Continue reading helen a.

It’s been 4 1/2 months since I learned about one of the most devastating and heart wrenching events in my life.  The physical encounter. The day my husband of almost 4 years decided to hop on a train, cross state lines, and visit the woman, a colleague he had been carrying on an emotional affair… Continue reading anonymous

I have had several very difficult, even traumatic, events during the pandemic. I have had to pull myself together and stop myself from falling off a cliff more than once. To put it in context: I live in Canada and all of my family lives in Vermont. Our healthcare system is different and I became,… Continue reading jodi c.