Black Dog of Depression - can we help each other?

crazy_girl

hubby says he posted on my behalf to help calm me down and it did to some extent, but its still going round in my head and i think it will for days

i can assure you that it wasnt me who posted it, why would i bother doing that? hubby cares A LOT about me and thats why he did what he did

ab has been winding me up on purpose for weeks i guess i will put him/ her on ignore now as if i keep talking to them im just feeding a troll

absolutebounder

crazy_girl wrote: »

ab- i notice you ignored my husband's post, are you afraid to stand up to non-mentally ill people?...yes

Are you insinuating all the people I stand up to on Dt are mentally ill?

pipkin71

crazy_girl wrote: »

hubby says he posted on my behalf to help calm me down and it did to some extent, but its still going round in my head and i think it will for days

i can assure you that it wasnt me who posted it, why would i bother doing that? hubby cares A LOT about me and thats why he did what he did

ab has been winding me up on purpose for weeks i guess i will put him/ her on ignore now as if i keep talking to them im just feeding a troll

I think you should put ab on ignore because obviously it wont do you any good to draw him in, as you will just get upset.

You - or your hubby - were online for a while after that post was made, and I think the priority should have been in dealing with what was going on at home irl, not what was going on online, but that's only my view of it, from the outside.

I don't know about your past history with ab. I don't always agree with him, when we're in DT and we both have extremely different views when it comes to benefits, however, it isn't fair to label him a troll or a bully, purely because he has a different point of view.

By all means, do put him on ignore and don't engage with him, but do it because it's the best thing for you. Negativity can only reinforce the bad feelings you have, and you need to step away from creating further bad feeling where you can

You're making positive changes with the things you have planned. Focus on that cg and hopefully, you will soon be feeling a bit better

absolutebounder

feelinggood wrote: »

One thing I try hard to do is to show people that I'm a person, not a disorder.

Verry good point. I think there are many health professionals who spend so much time in their DSM trying to give you and accurate label to take home they forget there is a person to treat.

Ken68

Having a physical reminder of what is 'average' behavoir helps in my case.
Diary up to date , a notice on top of the TV reading THINK GOOD and don't all rush.... housekeeping.
Still get highs and lows, but you gotta have an anchor.

crazy_girl

i will show up as online most of the time as my lappy is really old and if i shut it down properly it has a fit and refuses to come back on for hours so i just leave it open or shut it to so im not always here when i show to be here if that makes sense

the bpd/ ocd makes me react in a very different way to small things than most people would, you dont really understand how things go round and round in my head and a few small things can build up and send me over the edge, it is my understanding that the psychotherapy will help me to deal with things in a more normal way

sandy71

pipkin71 wrote: »

Hope you're ok sandy.

Highs and lows are common, but after a high, the low can hit you hard. I get similar with physical stuff. I can do so much one day, then nothing for a couple, so I have to learn to pace myself.

It's not easy

I have never had anything like that before, I'm either ok(ish!) or down but yesterday I was so hyper then just crashed, like you say I suppose I felt worse because I had been so high before.
Before I have a seizure I feel very low and I am so sensitive to things people say. After one I am in loads of pain and more depressed than normal.
Hope you are ok.

sandy71

CG Not trying to sound awful, I dwell on stuff far too much as well but just put AB on ignore and move on from it then he can't upset you.;)

crazy_girl

sandy- ive done that, the reply above was to pipkin

sandy71

crazy_girl wrote: »

sandy- ive done that, the reply above was to pipkin

Good I know your reply was to pipkin I was just agreeing with her. We sometimes say we will put people on ignore then don't or forget. I am the queen of forgetting everything.:o