What was the lowest point in your life???

[xiques_brown]

The beginning of 2009 was my lowest point. My piece of shit aunt i was staying with at the time got arrested with three different warrants. I had just given her $500 which was all the money I had at the time to help her with the rent. So that left me in Atlanta,Ga in a $1000 a month apartment while i'm a full time student and full time worker at a local Target(which i loved Hardlines fo life!). So in two weeks times I packed up my shit and headed back to my hometown of Dallas,Tx. I sent my stuff back home via post office and flew standby to Dallas. So i'm back here living with my mom for the first time but thats another sad story. Can't find any job the only money I have is the money from my tax refund but my mom had me pay $200 a month to live with her. My stuff arrived from the post office and come to find out they stole my wii, my army camo chuck taylors, wii games, and a couple of shirts they must of fancied. And to really fuck with me they put all the left over stuff in a NEW box then shipped it. The post office wouldn't do shit about it!! Now jobless barely any clothes and my mom treating me a shit son. To make long story short 6 months later I finally started to get back on my feet and doing everything right but in college but i'm working on it.

[hellbent]

Originally Posted by campy

OMG

How fucking tragic...how old is she???

she was 28...

[Rhian]

Originally Posted by hellbent

she was 28...

I am so sorry. That is tragic.

[1goodI]

the one thing that has always gotten me through the low points in my life is the ability and willingness to make a change and do something different.

I've had quite a few low points in my life; early 20's .. homeless college dropout with $0.05 in the bank. That was fun. Late 20's; miserable relationship ... happens to the best of us... early 30's ... career ... mid 30's .. ... career again.

I have confidence in myself I'm willing to do whatever it takes for me to get wherever it is I want to go. There comes a time when you must stop licking your wounds; get off the pity pot and make something happen.

I'm not accusing any other poster of over indulgence of self pity. I have recognized the necessity of taking action and generally being willing to jump.

good luck to all

[campy]

Originally Posted by hellbent

she was 28...

Ahhe, 28 is old enough to get over it no?? Jeezus...my heart breaks when I hear these stories because I can't understand why people give up on themselves so easily. Did she think that no other guy w/could love her or her love him back?
So pointless.

I get how horrible life can turn out for people. The thought of my son dying or my relationship going tits up makes me sick to my stomach...it's what keeps me up at night. I wonder if something truly tragic, that I knew I could never ever get over, happened to me how would I handle it? I'm normally a pretty half full kind of thinker but partly because I've had an easy/happy life (knock on woooood).

The lowest point was my second miscarriage because it was my second pregnancy and I thought I might not be able to have children. That forced me to reevaluate what I thought my life was suppose to be. What would I be now if I wasn't going to be a mother?

It all worked but in the end but I was very hard on myself during that point....very :-(

[Huggie]

...the past two years

until this morning

[campy]

Originally Posted by Huggie

...the past two years.

:-( What happa?

[Huggie]

Originally Posted by campy

:-( What happa?

stress from college. but I'm graduating in a few weeks and I realized that I don't need to worry about a lot of things anymore.

[missmilf25]

too many to name, but there's a three way tie for the LOWEST:

~2005 - beaten up and raped during a home invasion while my kids were in the house
~2007 - my 6 1/2 week old daughter died in intensive care
~2010 - my husband walked out on me & three kids which was bad enough but then he stuck me with 2 months worth of unpaid mortgage payments and every utility bill on disconnect without telling me, resulting in my currently having 3 jobs while playing mommy and daddy to three kids

friends, select family members, therapy, getting out of the house as much as possible and time have been my cure. and thank GOODNESS for the back catalog of katg 'cause this show has pulled me through some REALLY low days.

also, try to visualize how things will look/be when you get past this hump 'cause in the grand scheme of life this is only temporary. too often we get caught up in the 'right now' and turn a blind eye to the fact that there will be life again once we get past these hurdles.

[Sparrow]

The past 6 months; this last one especially. I've been grieving heavily over the loss of my entire life only to have it snaked out from underneath me behind my back by someone I loved like family. I've never felt more broken and betrayed or been treated so much like trash. Add to that my relationship tanking and my still being very much in love with a man I'm only hurting with it. On top of that, serious family sickness/tragedy: my granny's heart giving out and subsequent nearly fatal stroke leaving her needing constant round the clock care (my mother is a saint, btw) and my uncle recently being set on fire.

It's a daily struggle, but I refuse refuse refuse to give in or give up. There are days I can barely stand/breathe and others not so bad, but I get up every single day and I try; keeping my eyes forward, my head up as best I can, I goddamn try. That I've retained my ability to love and trust with abandon is a miracle and a Victory. I have great hope in the future and take comfort in change. I will overcome; by being of service to others and believing ceaselessly in the coming Morning, I will overcome. I will get up every day and I will try.