hi all
i chanced upon this post and found it so inspiring - i had a similar sinking into anxiety with some major depression thrown in - and while on a career break as well!! getting back to work took a level of effort that i can hardly believe i managed - i felt so ill every day for 6 months but managed to get my work done with only a few days off sick for a cold. I was close to hospitalisation at the early stages as well - and did all the 'is this schizophrenia or bipolar?' stuff as well after clearing the medical stuff such as a stroke/tumour etc

this post made me smile and helped stop the memories of these experiences from causing further trauma so i thought i would bring this to the top again - i have a copy on my laptop and read it now and then

slowly slowly - i found we can cope with so much that we don't realise but we have to act better way before we feel better to get that recovery

cheers jos