You Can Open Your Eyes Now-You Are NOT Dying!!
by Barbara Yeates
The day starts off sunny and then grows a little dimmer. I become scared and cannot breathe properly. I feel heavy and tired. I curl upon the couch and cry, fearing I am going to die, but not wanting to. I am alone and frightened. Hours pass and it starts to rain. I feel a little better, now. I don't feel great, but I can at least get up and eat something. I may even do some housework. As I pass the barometer, I check it out. Yes! Others don't believe me, but I KNOW it's true. The cause of my despair is the damn weather. I've seen it too often to be mistaken. I am alive! I merely have a passing encounter with anxiety and depression! Not some dread disease. My death is NOT imminent. Even though my doctor, and my adult children do not believe me, the change in barometric pressure with passing weather fronts is affecting the way I feel. I did NOT need to take a pill. I made it through. I endured. I am strong. I know I will make it through many times again. Unless I am struck by lightning, or swept up by a tornado, the weather will not kill me.
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