I want to echo what @mom2four0418 and others said.
@CrazyKittyLvr2, There is strength in asking for, receiving, and accepting help. You're doing so when you post here on the forums, opening up to us and listening to our comments, and that's your strength talking. When we break a leg, it cannot stand alone without healing care and the temporary strength of a cast, a crutch, a cane, a brace, or temporary rest offered by a soft place to fall. When the tornado rages through the land, we need the protection of a braced and strong shelter.
When our body needs nutrition, we use the help of food and supplements. When we teach children the power and magnitude generated by a team or a community we give them the gift of strength in inevitable "breaks" along the life path.
When our heart breaks, it cries out for help from others who care, who know, who understand, who offer that bridge we need until we walk again without that temporary cast, crutch, cane, or soft place to fall.
You have the help of your physician, already... and medication, meditation, exercise (doesn't have to be strenuous... yoga is wonderful), prayer, and other support systems are there to shore you up, to brace you and walk by your side during this difficult time.
Also, please write things down. When your mind is racing or muddled, write how you feel, or write lists of things to do, put thoughts to paper.
It doesn't even have to be organized or make much sense when you do it... it flows from the mind and the heart to the words and text and sometimes that helps us move worries or concerns off to the side for the time being, and it also gives us insight we can use at the time and later when we look back.
In addition, my hope is that you will ask your physician to recommend a therapist, a counselor, a support group, if you don't already have one. Please consider this, even if only temporarily, so they can be the experienced listening and knowledgeable ear, compassionate and objective wisdom, while you regain your footing and gently mend your broken heart.
Not only can they hear you and advise you, they can give you tools such as meditation, biofeedback, positive imagery, calming breathing techniques, self-hypnosis, positive affirmations, etc.
As have many others here, I've slogged through fog and desperation, the painful and devastating deaths of people who were so beloved it was like losing my vital organs, being robbed of my heart and my lungs. Without exaggeration, I am alive today because I asked for and received the help of gifted therapists and medical professionals and loved ones.
(((@CrazyKittyLvr2))), I continue to pray for you and I hold you close to my heart. Please, take good and gentle care of yourself.❤️
Few things reveal your intellect and your generosity of spirit—the parallel powers of your heart and mind—better than how you give feedback.~Maria Popova
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