Have you very nearly failed, but squeaked through by the skin of your teeth?

Many times. I just made it producing a directory for a company by living on site three weeks 24/7, sleeping on the floor.

I learned what not to do.

I learned to make schedules that were doable.

Yes, every day.

Arghhh…so many questions!!!

Seriously though, I don’t usually squeak through by the skin of my teeth. I’m an unlucky person. So I’m more likely to fail.

Tests.

I barely scrape through.

I only just made catching a plane once.

How did I learn from it? I made sure I was never late again!!!

nope… I’m a kinda of pass with flying colours or fail miserably kinda gal. I wish I could be more grey

Life itself for the last three months. I’m only squeaking by through antidepressants. I don’t know what to learn from this. Is life worth living if you have to take pills to avoid wanting to kill yourself? The whole thing is so artificial. If this is the way I’ll have to live, I might as well throw away the meds and eat a bullet. I really dislike the idea of my mind being hostage to a pharmceutical manufacturer.

Squeaking by, is the story of my life…sigh

@stranger_in_a_strange_land Understand where you are coming from, but this stage is only temporary, and the meds will get you through that dark tunnel, until you see the light at the end of it.
I just know you will see that light, it might take some time but you will get there. Hugs

@partyparty What I thought was the light at the end of the tunnel is just the headlight of an oncoming locomotive. Tried to come off the meds (Valium) and the withdrawal reaction almost killed me. They never told me that once you go on this stuff, you’re stuck. Ultimate corporate fascism, a pharmaceutical company now owns my sanity.Better dead than a slave to those bastards.

I honestly don’t know how we manage to pay the bills every month.

@HTDC You don’t have to answer them all!!

Yep, all of high school. I really was trying, it just didn’t hit me then.

Every time I catch the train in the morning.

At 10 years old I almost failed to quit living…3 Dr.s, 3 nurses and 8+ pints of blood kept me from failing then. That and at least one other near death experience I feel made me look at life much differently from that day on. Nothing ever seemed certain to me, life was always fragile to me and I feel things I don’t think a normal person should feel. It’s really hard to explain but I never seem to take things a seriously as I should probably because I know how quickly it all could be over.

Sure.I call that crossing the street to cook dinner ;)

@Cruiser What happened??

@Val123 complications from a tonsillectomy where I didn’t know I was slowly bleeding to death and finally vomited 2 quarts of blood later that night right before bed. Had I fallen asleep I would have never woke up.

@Cruiser Oh my….oh wow…..so glad it all worked out. How scary.