Exactly, Ctflor--nothing we do will help move them through the tunnel, and it's controlling to think we can. The MLCer is, after all, dealing with a serious depression which must run its course.

But in retrospect, doesn't it seem a gift to have been given time to rewrite your own history by becoming a person who is no longer ruled by past traumas, losses, fears, etc, but is truly living? My favourite thing about this site are the insights of people who have become wise, compassionate and "real" through their time here....