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You're a decent writer.I ended 2012 losing my job and watching my relationship of many years grow so distant that even a fully equipped expedition would struggle to find it. Still as I stared down the twin barrels of financial ruin and romantic isolation I still had some misguided notion of hope. A few weeks later the small number of friends I had have gone with my employment and there's only so many long lonely days at home I can take while looking for a new life without losing some of the shreds of sanity I have left.
I tried reaching out to a few people here but apart from this creative exercise in self destruction I can't think of anything else to contribute to the forums right now. The few people I've connected with through this site have been really nice but I've even managed to successfully alienate them in ever more spectacular fashion. Yay me.
So I started this week in a pretty dark place and somehow I found a way of making it worse. On Monday morning I ended up being rushed into hospital with severe chest pain in what had the hallmarks of a pretty impressive heart attack. After several hours of investigation including a comedic moment where my phobia of needles led to me being pinned to a gurney as they took a blood sample I was told it wasn't a heart attack. Those 10 or so seconds of relief were good until they said my blood test result was worrying and I may have a nasty chest infection or one of several other bleak possibilities that may at least help to solve my concerns about employment. I'd laugh but as I presently feel like a large gorilla is sat on my chest the best I can muster is a crackle filled wheeze that makes me sound like Muttley.
I've had about 4hours sleep in the last 72 hours or so and it is possible that it helps explain this ill advised posting. The last few rays of light are getting dimmer but I still have some hope left in me.
I'm not looking for sympathy or pity but for anyone who wishes to share their tales of woe, laugh at my good fortune or poor judgement grab a shovel and join me, a barely functional social misfit, as I figure out what there is after rock bottom.
the only place to go now is up.
one moment at a time, my friend.
You're a decent writer.
Everyone falls down. Getting back up is what life is all about.