Support for people with Depression

Miroslav

Happy New Year everyone.

Sorry to hear of your cat Amber and all those with relationship and family troubles, I hope they improve soon.

My cat has seen through Christmas and New Year, but it won't be long now. It's knowing when to do the right thing. At the moment, she is lethargic, but she is still eating little bits and drinking plenty and purrs alot. I'm surprised she has got this far. Every day is a bonus now.

Speak soon.

System

Miroslav wrote: »

Happy New Year everyone.

Sorry to hear of your cat Amber and all those with relationship and family troubles, I hope they improve soon.

My cat has seen through Christmas and New Year, but it won't be long now. It's knowing when to do the right thing. At the moment, she is lethargic, but she is still eating little bits and drinking plenty and purrs alot. I'm surprised she has got this far. Every day is a bonus now.

Speak soon.

Thinking of you and lil kitty *hugs*

beachbeth

Im so glad your cat made it through Christmas, Miro. Give her a hug from me. I hope she isn't feeling too bad. Its difficult when you know they haven't got long but as long as you give them all the love you can thats the main thing.

Horasio

Miroslav wrote: »

Happy New Year everyone.

Sorry to hear of your cat Amber and all those with relationship and family troubles, I hope they improve soon.

My cat has seen through Christmas and New Year, but it won't be long now. It's knowing when to do the right thing. At the moment, she is lethargic, but she is still eating little bits and drinking plenty and purrs alot. I'm surprised she has got this far. Every day is a bonus now.

Speak soon.

Happy new year

I'm glad your cat made it through Christmas.

Sending you both big hugs

trumpton

Thanks for the replies about my book-recommending query. Here's a quick summary of what was my situation:

About 5 years ago I had a major op. I was pretty ill afterwards and it has left me with an irregular heart-beat (lots of missed beats, basically). I was told they are harmless, but the incident seemed to trigger a massive health obsession in me, and I became very anxious about my heart, having huge panic attacks, almost agoraphobic at times. I was convinced I was about to drop dead. All logic went out the window.

I read loads on the internet which led me to the following books. The first is a bit dated, but really comforting. The others are basically cognitive therapy, but I found the exercises in them useful for helping me get things in perspective:

Self Help for Your Nerves - Dr Claire Weekes. Lots of aniexty sufferers swear by this book. It was my bible for about a year. I took it everywhere.

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy - Dr David Burns

The Worry Cure: Stop worrying and Start Living - Robert L. Leahy

I did read quite a few books but these were the most helpful. They are aimed at the symptoms of depression as well as anxiety.

I found some good web sites with exercises to print out too. I will post these when I get chance. This was quite a good one:

http://www.anxietynetwork.com/helphome.html

I printed out the statements from it about Automatic Negative Thoughts and used to read through them when I felt bad:

http://www.anxietynetwork.com/hstop.html#hstop1


I hope people find these ideas useful.

Horasio

I have something nice to share

One of my Flickr photos was selected to represent a hotel in an online guide:)

Sazbo

Wow well done CC! I hope they're gonna be paying you commission

Was a bit frightening trying to get home tonight in that blizzard - I hope everyone's home safe and ok xxx The really bad news is I'm probably gonna have to work from tomorrow.................. :j

Much love and warm hugs to all,
Sazzy xxxx

Amber_Sunshine

Congratulations CC - do you have a talent for photography?

Bubbles - I doubt your brothers hate you, and if they do have any issues with you, it's their problem. Besides, we all know men never remember birthdays!

Miro - I hope your cat's final days are peaceful. Talking of cats, my foster kitty Lulu lived up to her name by falling into the loo today when she jumped up on the seat :rotfl:

Tulip

:hello: Everyone,

I am fine and keeping well,Not at Mums for lunch today because of the snow and didnt want to go up there and fall on the way in the snow and sludge so stayed home,Parents understood this anyway.

I am having Chicken Curry and Rice for main meal today so that will be lovely,finally done thank you letters for family and will post them soon as I Can.

Glad your cat survived Christmas and New Year Miro.

well done CC

Have a lovely day everyone!

love and light,

Katie xxx

beachbeth

Me and DD2 are having chicken curry too! Its a recipe I make and I always put some in the freezer for another time. The one we're having is one Ive already made and defrosted so I haven't got to cook apart from doing the rice and some chips!

Its OH's birthday today (old fart - he's 49! Lol) and he has been fancying what he calls cheese and potato pie. Its basically mashed potato with cheese mushed in. He has it with a couple of sausages, so Im going to do it for him for his birthday.

Im not very well myself though. Had diarrhoea since Monday 28th Dec. Been trying the usual things to get rid of it - eating a bland diet and taking the chemist remedies etc. Nothing is working so Im at the docs tomorrow. I rang up Monday and, because I wanted a particular doctor, couldn't get an appointment until tomorrow. The other doctor in the practice makes me feel uncomfortable and I always feel as though he's laughing at me or thinks Im a hypochondriac or something. Ive either got a food intolerance or my anti-d's are upsetting my system.