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The most significant change in my life in the last ten years.
The most significant change over the last ten years is quite personal but I´ll share it with you guys anyway!. I´ve always been a strong, tough person. I´ve always been a doer and not a whiner but I´ve been through rough times. I grew up quickly, let´s say. I was too serious when I should have been immature and silly. Ten years ago after losing my dad, who was my rock, I tried to face the music, put on a happy face and went on but… there´s always a but. I started feeling sad, anxious. I wasn´t happy, I didn´t smile, I didn´t sing and, as I define it, although it was sunny for me it was cloudy and gloomy. I´ve always been a detractor and thought therapy was good for nothing. I used to mock people who went to therapy. But one day, I lost steam, wasn´t that tough anymore . I broke down , cried, and reluctantly amitted that there was a part of me that was weak. So, much to my chagrin, I went to therapy. I met a wonderful woman, who helped me understand that it was ok to feel sad every now and then. Well, to make a long story short, that would be the most significant change for me. Now, I smile again, see the sun but I also enjoy a cloudy day. I´ve learnt that I can ask for help, and have finally come to terms with counselling. In fact, I now recommend it to people and friends who might need it. A heavy burden ,if shared , I´ve learnt that it´s not that heavy anymore.
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@Carly, thank you for being so candid. It’s not easy to share these things. It’s very brave that you bit the bullet and went to counselling. I understand your reluctance about getting help. Growing up in the north-east of Scotland, it was built into me that we ‘deal with our own problems’, a ‘grin-and-bear-it’ type attitude, but I know so many people who got the right help through therapy and perhaps without it, their story may have been so different….. I’m so glad it helped you….
ps. In this period I’m trying to allow myself to feel sad without feeling guilty! So I loved what you wrote: “…but I also enjoy a cloudy day.”
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I lost steam is correct. You can also say: I ran out of steam – which would be more common in BrE
Admit (probably a typo) 🌸
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Glad you like it, I just felt that was a great change in my life.
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