Depression Support Thread

Sazbo

Tiff wrote: »

I wish you everything wonderful for your new birthday year sweetheart. Good luck, good health and much happiness gilly.

Much Love,

Tiff xxx

Happy Birthday to my lovely gilly! :kisses3:

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Sazzy xxxxxxx

RacyRed

Sssssss wrote: »

Hey AB nice to see you posting again, hope all is well with you.

One good thing about life after depression is it does help you focus your energy on things that really matter. I remember at the peak of my depression my doctor told me you will get / feel better and when you do it will be even better then before the depression, I just looked at him thinking yeah right.

But he was right on the good days I do feel a lot more calmer and have learned to appreciate the good things, health, family / friends and now work.

That is so very true. I'm amazed at the number of small things that give me real pleasure these days. Long may it last.

That said, I've just been to sign-on for Jobseekers for the first time in my life. The moment I walked through the job centre door all the joy just drained out of my life. It was awful! The staff were helpful and nice but the whole atmosphere of the place just hit me so hard. Oh yeah, and the jobs they want me to apply for are at about 1/4 of the rate I'm used to earning . Loads of exams and 20+ years experience and it all just goes out of the window because I'm not going to be able to afford to last out until my job sector picks up again

I'm off for a read and a cuddle with my cats.

PS, thank you for the warm welcome to the thread. I didn't know about it until I found myself here. Happy accidents eh!

Happy Birthday Gilly :bdaycake:

shazrobo

happy birthday gilly
hugs
shaz xxx

npsmama

Thank you Tiff. It must have taken you ages to write that post.

Tulip

:hello: Everyone,

Food shop is now done,came home to my win of my £20 HMV Voucher from Metro.co.uk for a survey I did for them I am going to relax tonight now and not do anything.

Happy Birthday Gilly.

love and light,

Katie xxx

beachbeth

RacyRed wrote: »

That said, I've just been to sign-on for Jobseekers for the first time in my life. The moment I walked through the job centre door all the joy just drained out of my life. It was awful! The staff were helpful and nice but the whole atmosphere of the place just hit me so hard. Oh yeah, and the jobs they want me to apply for are at about 1/4 of the rate I'm used to earning . Loads of exams and 20+ years experience and it all just goes out of the window because I'm not going to be able to afford to last out until my job sector picks up again

I know exactly how you feel. Ive just had my Incapacity Benefit stopped. I know I can't work but its been decided by the Department of Work and Pensions that I can. Its under appeal at the moment and will go to a tribunal. Hopefully they will then see how bad I am and will reinstate it but who knows? In the meantime they have told me to claim Jobseekers. I felt just the same as you when I went in the Jobcentre - its very depressing, even though the staff are nice.

They told me very strongly that I have to be looking for a job to get the benefit and I told them that I didn't think I could because I suffer from depression (I don't want to claim benefits Im not entitled to). So she said she would put me down for office work at 2 hours per day. They just contradict themselves because on the one hand Im told to claim whilst I wait for my case to be heard and on the other Im told you have to be looking for work, which Im not. Its all adding to the stress of everything and Im so fed up.

I know what you mean about your qualifications too. I started work at HSBC in 1990 with quite good secretarial and office skills. Ten years later I left because of ill health (depression) and have had 8 years on Incapacity Benefit. I now look at my qualifications and they are just out of date and no good. I worked hard for my qualifications at school and college and yet now they are almost irrelevent. Even if I wasn't ill with depression, who would want to employ me? Its as though it all counts for nothing.

Then when you hear of the millions certain people get in bonuses and it makes you really mad!:mad:

absolutebounder

beachbeth wrote: »

IThen when you hear of the millions certain people get in bonuses and it makes you really mad!:mad:

Why get stressed over someone else. Your stress only hurts you further and puts you in a downward spiral.
Dont fret about what you cant change. look after No1 because that is one thing you can change.

mezer3000

So, after spending most of the day dying in bed from a hangover :rolleyes2 :doh:hehe, i then managed to surface, throw some clothes on and get me a cuppa tea and some toast.

Having eased the queasy stomach, and ignoring the headache, i managed to put some washing on, and then decided to get on with what I had been planning to do all week....baking.

So i decided to make fairy cakes, red heart shaped ones - well they were my first attempt at making fairy cakes, and turned out a bit of a disaster because I couldn't get them out of the tin, but having soaked them in icing and sprinkles, they look much better haha
so now on to batch no. 2, which are currently baking, decided to stray away from the colouring, and heart shapes, and just stuck with normal cakes in cases hehe....so 10 mins till I find out how they turned out :huh:

so the hangover headache has passed now :T
and aforementioned ex came in today and said that he hadn't cancelled our valentines meal booking, did i still want to go with him, even if it was just as his friend - which was really nice and has made me feel a lot better about the situation, but am still very confused.

Had a bit of a weird night last night, and really havn't got a clue what to do with myself anymore......feel like i'm completely lost




anyway....happy birthday gilly - i'll eat one of my cakes for you hehe :rotfl:

Tulip

I am off now,

chat tomorrow

Night! Night!

love and light,

Katie xxx

meyore

Happy Birthday me Badgie

Had a good day today, the manager is off so we've been allowed to smile I got told off for helping a customer too much recently-ad they wonder why theres no customers LOL!