Hi Linda - I am 60, so maybe am the senior citizen here. I am still working and probably will be until I'm 70 or better if I can. I can't afford to retire! So, to me retirement sounds grand, but I know I am seeing it thru rose colored lenses. I think I would do well for the first couple of months, and then probably be bored to tears. I had been on meds for over 10 years and in therapy for almost 4 years, and quit everything in Feb. Winter is awful for me, but I think I am doing better without all the introspection. As soon as I quit the meds, I started having really bad pain and some arthritis / torn meniscus / herniated disc problems have surfaced, and I am so consumed trying to deal with the physical pain that the depression is kind of in the back seat. Which is fine with me, but I'd rather not have all this physical pain. It is depressing in itself, but it's a different kind of depression. I had gotten to some uncomfortable places in therapy - things coming to the surface that I can't deal with - I think. For now I'm better off stuffing things back down. I know the theory is that you deal with things in one way or another, but I just couldn't deal with therapy and all the digging around. I may go back to it - and I may not.
I wish you all the best - I am working my way thru this program and I think it has a great deal to offer. I get stuck with trying to get rid of some of my core beliefs that are holding me back. But they've been with me for so long that they just seem a part of me that I can't unload.
Best wishes to you and keep writing!
