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Before I started HRT my life had stagnated. I was a brooding mess of might have beens. Has anyone else been so appreciative of a mental breakdown? I know it's an odd question but I don't think I would be here today without it.

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Quote from: DawnOday on August 06, 2018, 05:49:26 PM
Before I started HRT my life had stagnated. I was a brooding mess of might have beens. Has anyone else been so appreciative of a mental breakdown? I know it's an odd question but I don't think I would be here today without it.

@DawnOday
Dear Dawn:  I am so very happy for your good news about the turn-around in your life situation. 
what might have been and what could have been are done and past...
....concentrating on present here and now... and our future goals can be very rewarding as you have insinuated in your comment above.

No mental breakdown here but I have had my share of medical issues and a full share of mental stress with my parents, family and old friends to this day not accepting me.   I did what I had to do by coming out to them and discussing issues with them in the past several time and I have hit a brick wall.   

I am not going to give up but I am no longer permitting myself to be obsessed by that situation.   In the here and now I am building my life anew with acquaintances, friends and my business... and even some suitors that I write about on my thread.....  and I am continuing to work hard on reaching all of my life goals. 
In the future I am trusting that I can find a way to rectify the situation with family and old friends, I haven't forgotten about it but I am not letting myself be consumed by it.... and I will be persistent in my efforts to find acceptance..... some day.

Thank you for your good report and on another thread I viewed your latest photos that you had posted.... you look absolutely wonderful.

You are correct with your thoughts about all of this....
      "Two years on HRT and I can't believe it."

Thanks for your posting and sharing your thoughts.
Hugs,
Danielle

Quote from: DawnOday on August 06, 2018, 05:49:26 PM
Before I started HRT my life had stagnated. I was a brooding mess of might have beens. Has anyone else been so appreciative of a mental breakdown? I know it's an odd question but I don't think I would be here today without it.

Totally. I've heard it said "The breakdown comes before the breakthrough". I've noticed this is true in a lot of areas, although what a breakdown looks like can vary.


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Enough water has gone over the dam that I too can say I am grateful for my breakdown. My DID enabled me to live a happy life for 48 years. The flashbacks and nightmares of the last 9 years are as real as the abuse I experienced as a child. But the consolation of truth is peace. And I am a better man in spite of and because of it all.

Quote from: Mikaela on August 06, 2018, 06:07:27 PM
Totally. I've heard it said "The breakdown comes before the breakthrough".

That's basically what happened with me.  Nothing major but it got bad enough for me to say enough is enough.

Quote from: DawnOday on August 06, 2018, 05:49:26 PM
Before I started HRT my life had stagnated. I was a brooding mess of might have beens. Has anyone else been so appreciative of a mental breakdown? I know it's an odd question but I don't think I would be here today without it.

Hello Dawn

Yes I can absolutely appreciate this. For various reasons at different times, I felt depressed and miserable all my life and at times embittered as I had taken the wrong road and annoyed that life had turned out that way. I had been off work for 6 months at one time with depression and really I knew last year that I would remain " just existing" and miserable right up to my dying day or I could take positive action.

So I chose the latter with therapy and then HRT and I know after 6 months how much better I feel mentally and physically. From close to breakdown with no motivation HRT is transforming me into a woman who has enthusiasm and energy and much less depression!

I wish you every happiness, Dawn. What a blessing HRT is!

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Pamela

I spent about 10 years trying to be patient and working towards being able to afford to transition, but it took a total breakdown and a half-hearted suicide attempt to finally force me to see a therapist, doctors, and start HRT. I've had a terrible time of my transition, but I can still honestly say I'm happier now than I was a year ago, and I still hope to be able to look back and be grateful for all the difficulties I survived.

Congrats to all who have survived and thrived. We have been blessed, let's use our blessings to make a better world.

Hello Dawn
First off thank you very much for your upbeat attitude, it's definitely inspirational and one to be emulated.
I'm very glad you brought this up I was kind of wondering if everyone had to reach a point of breakdown before seeking treatment.
As you, I also reached a point of mental breakdown about a decade ago and totally lost the ability to sleep.
If you can't sleep you can't function in today's world.
Plus I had much depression and pretty much lost the will to go on.
  When I discovered DES it was enough initiative which led me to Susan's and eventual treatment for the core issue thats been naughing away at me my entire life.
But now I reached a pivot point in my life where every day is getting better and I'm able to function and sleep much more normally.
But more importantly it seems like now that the blinders are off I see a whole new world with much hope and optimism for the future that I've never had before in my entire life.
I'm so very glad we can share it together, it really seems like we had a similar experience which lead us to treatment and turned our life around for the positive.
You are one lovely lady GF, inside and out. I'm so glad to have you as a friend.
All the health, happiness and love to you.
             Tatiana