[WANDERER]

Sometimes things get better in that: you learn to live with them (more or less: you only have so much stress to give to any problem) and you get better coping skills for managing things. People can and do cope with things, unbelievable things (ugh, that doesn't help though). In the end: the amount of time you spend on worry and feeling bad doesn't go one iota towards fixing situations. You can come up with a plan or way of handling things..which will work or won't work and that's about it. It usually amounts to endure and hope for better. We just leave the endure bit out and focus on telling people it will be okay one day. You don't want to hear the endure bit do you ? LOL.

Actually I've found that it's better when people give me destressing skills: there's nothing better than time out with friends or a fun-filled day or vacation for putting the emphasis back on the things that you aren't giving time when problems fill it. Sometimes you need a little bit of help..sometimes you have to be literally forced to do fun things...do them whether you feel like it or not. They will be fun again...if not now, then over time. Never stop doing the things that you love...even when flatlining on energy. Things can slide a little downwards: Where focus goes energy flows.

Chocolate is good too.

Stay in there. I'm also a fan of the king and ring story; he asked his counsellors to give him a gift that would make him sad when he was happy and happy when he was sad:so they gave him a ring inscribed with "this too shall pass". Our collection of the bitter and sweet just increases as time goes by and the decades add on...no point in being bland ; )