[Old School Hound]

Thoughts and Prayers OSH

JP said it best when he posted above.  That was some awesome advice he gave, the absolute best.  That's some stuff that we all needed to hear, that we all can use.

I don't know where to start either but your post really hits home to me and OSH your definitely not alone.  I suffer from anxiety, ocd, and depression.  I'm doing alot better now than I was but I still deal with these things everyday.  At one point in my life I was in so bad of shape with these things, I got put on disability. 

My doctor's, which I was seeing alot at the time, they all told me it could take a year or longer, to get my disability approved.  They said be prepared to get turned down several times and I'd likely have my disability case appear before a judge.  I was in so bad of shape with anxiety, ocd, and depression, I never got turned down the first time.  It took two months, is all it took for me to get my first check.  That's how bad off I was.

I couldn't leave the house or drive because I was so bad off. Even quit fishing and hunting, now that's bad for me, a definite sign I wasn't right lol!  Shoot going from one room to another was a challenge. 

Idk what really caused this.  I was the happiest person someone could meet up until that point.  Just a big goofball about like I am know, again lol

I got better and pulled through.  I'll tell ya more about my journey OSH. Either by posting on here later or I'll have my wife set my messenger up on this site, and I'll talk to you through that. Just as long as she doesn't see where I've been calling her Miss Kong on here, I'll be ok 

I will say when it first started, I didn't want to be here anymore.  I had thoughts that I normally wouldn't have.  I'll tell ya more about it later if you want. 

I was as low as one could get with these types of mental illnesses.  I pulled through and I know you can and will to OSH

I don’t mind one bit talking about it.  One of the good things that happened to me once I started getting better.  I actually went back to college.  Got both my associates and bachelor's degrees. In my classes I often wrote about my experiences with anxiety, ocd, and depression, even in open discussion boards for everyone to see. Many of the replies I received was others who had past similar experiences and others saying they were currently dealing with these things. So we're definitely not alone.  It's more common than one might think.

Like me going back to college and getting my degrees, I had way more to offer than what I thought, and OSH so do you

I'll be in touch again shortly

Thank you, Kong. You know what I've said about you many times. You are one of the nicest , most fun, guys out there. For me to think so highly of a Johnson Central guy speaks volumes.