Strange how often this seems to happen! There's one death in the family then Bam! They all seem to come in packs! I'm lucky it hasn't happened to me, but one of my very good friends had a horrible year last year (stay with me, it ends well). First she was in a car accident, then her 2 dogs died within a few weeks of each other, then her mariage exploded, her father died, then her stepfather died, then she got this weird tumour-like thing, etc, etc! It was a neverending nightmare. On top of all this, she was already on Paxil for depression! She made it out, my dear! She dealt with each event as best she could one at a time and sought counseling. She got off the Paxil (withdrawal and all), continued the therapy and had to take some anxiolytics, and hung in there and eventually even got back with her husband (coincidentally, around the same time their divorce was finalized). All this to say, bad #$?$%@*!!! seems to happen all at once, but you are not alone. Don't be afraid to get professional help, because sometimes, we're so deep in it, we can't see a way out... but there IS a way out, right now it's just too much at the same time. Hang in there, and vent all you want, we're hear for that!
