Okay, this is the fourth time I've tried to answer that question. I'm somewhat embarrassed by what I wrote, but I needed to vent and it's true that I feel that way. Every time I hear that I'm healthy, I feel that I must be doing something wrong to be keeping myself from feeling/getting better. Every time I miss work, and I only work part-time, I worry that I'll have to quit my job and become totally dependent on my partner or family. On those days where I do nothing but sleep or lie down, I feel like a slug that has nothing to offer the people around me, the community, the world.
I was taught that it's important to help those who are less fortunate, to give back to the community, to volunteer - and the last couple of years has been the first time in my life that I'm not volunteering. I'm afraid that not being active will make me lose perspective and I feel like there are so many people who are suffering and need help that I need to do something, but I can't. It's hard to explain, and the more I write the more embarrassed I feel. Plus, I'm afraid I may go into pity-party mode and I'm trying to shake myself out of this funk.
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Re: Maria, I have a question
