Farewell Innocence?
@cindiowens (5118)
North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
January 29, 2016 5:42pm CST
My senses are failing me.
I have become accustomed to the beauty that surrounds me, and barely even notice it any more.
The excitement of youth is gone.
Nothing surprises me any more.
Fear and anxiety are my closest companions.
How do I get the innocence back?
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@Missmwngi (12892)
• Nairobi, Kenya
30 Jan 16
Just let go and live
Enjoy all in this life
Problems and stress should take a leave
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@Missmwngi (12892)
• Nairobi, Kenya
30 Jan 16
@cindiowens Oooh yeah,always easier said than done right?
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@cindiowens (5118)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
30 Jan 16
@Missmwngi absolutely! 
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@cindiowens (5118)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
30 Jan 16
Sounds easy, huh?
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@jaboUK (64228)
• United Kingdom
30 Jan 16
@cindiowens I'm sorry to be right Cynthia.
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@cindiowens (5118)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
30 Jan 16
@jaboUK good call nonetheless.
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@cindiowens (5118)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
30 Jan 16
I have been diagnosed with depression and generalized anxiety disorder for many years. Good call doctor,
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@celticeagle (195704)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Jan 16
You sound like me! I think you are depressed. You need to take some special time to do something you like. Be around some one you enjoy. It's about you and you need to be good to yourself. Try not to stay inside your head thinking on all this fear and anxiety and not appreciating the beauty about you. Get stimulus outside yourself. Movie, library or park might be good. Go for a drive. Somewhere a little different maybe. Get yourself a treat. You deserve it.
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@celticeagle (195704)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Jan 16
@cindiowens ...That is how I am. Always feel better in the spring. I hate to take meds too but when I find one that actually works I stay with it.
@cindiowens (5118)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
30 Jan 16
Yes, you are right. I need to take my antidepressants, but I hate taking meds. All this cold weather has not helped. I will bounce back in the Spring.
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@allknowing (153132)
• India
30 Jan 16
You can still be innocent with all the knowledge you have gained over the years. What you are going through has nothing to do with your having lost your innocence unless you have done something wrong that caused you to lose it.
Cheer up and move on.
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@allknowing (153132)
• India
30 Jan 16
@cindiowens You must use that knowledge to your advantage rather than feel the way you do.
@cindiowens (5118)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
30 Jan 16
No, nothing I have done, Just the things I have learned that have made all of the wonder in life disappear it seems.
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@cindiowens (5118)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
29 Jan 16
Possibly some kind of spiritual guidance would help. Or perhaps an antidepressant.
@cindiowens (5118)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
30 Jan 16
@AbbyGreenhill Yeah, that actually does lift the spirit, lol.
@grandbrix (76)
• Philippines
30 Jan 16
Be brave, be bold, be courageous. Be active, interact with others, join a community, mingle with the poor, reach with the outcasts and you will find meaning in your life. And once more, feel the beauty of life. Love life. Love others.
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@cindiowens (5118)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
30 Jan 16
Sounds great, but social situations terrify me.
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@grandbrix (76)
• Philippines
31 Jan 16
@cindiowens you may need a change of environment and change of companions too, retire the duo - fear and anxiety, and embrace trust and confidence - it could make you happier.
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@BelleStarr (61645)
• United States
31 Jan 16
Hang on, as you get older you will probably get your innocence or maybe it is just losing your senses, I forget!!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45359)
• United States
30 Jan 16
You don't want it back, with it comes zits and broken hearts and all that horrible stuff.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45359)
• United States
30 Jan 16
@cindiowens Believe it or not I never went thru menopause.
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@cindiowens (5118)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
30 Jan 16
Trouble is, I have the zits again. Maybe it is puberty again??? Lol, maybe menopause.
@Tampa_girl7 (54689)
• United States
30 Jan 16
Just keep saying that you feel joy until you really do.
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@cindiowens (5118)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
30 Jan 16
I think I need a "joy" mantra or ritual or something.
@Morleyhunt (21729)
• Canada
30 Jan 16
Looking at things through a child's eyes is about as close a you might get. The things I notice when I'm with my three year old granddaughter.
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@cindiowens (5118)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
30 Jan 16
My children often make me feel good, and they bring back those feelings of wonderment sometimes.
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@LindaCPearson (2212)
• United States
5 Feb 16
I'm feeling the same way. If you ever figure out how to regain our innocence, please write and let us all know. What's that saying "youth is wasted on the young"? How true is that?
