Ok - if we know why this happens to us have you got either ideas or tips that you have used to get thru the first few months until we start to get back on our feet.
I found the endorphins released by a one hour walk helps with the blues . I became involved for a while with a local support group as well as did the YWCA’s Encore hydrotherapy course both of which put me in contact with others who had had a breast cancer diagnosis. I also became an active participant on this blog trying to help others.I joined a local gentle exercise class which as well as helping joint pain has introduced me to a lot of new people whom I may not have talked much to before as they are a bit older than me. Old age might turn the hair grey and the joints a bit stiff but I have found them interesting ,lively and on occasions very funny.
I firmly believe I needed to look outside myself and no it wasn’t easy to start this - meeting strangers alone when I was low was hard. I was lucky to find people who recognised this and accepted me as I was and am.But we need to try because no one else can do this for us.
