depression

Tiff_2

Sazbo wrote:

I admire you so much Tiff. You're an amazing person - don't let anyone tell you otherwise - and yes I'm including you in that. You have not embarrassed yourself at all. It is humbling that you give time to worry about my trivial problems when I think of what you've been through in your life and still came out fighting. Bless your heart Tiff. Much love, Sazx

Hi Saz,
Thank you so much for your kind words. You give me too much credit angel.
Your problems are not trivial in any way hun - I just wish I could make it all go away for you and everyone else. This thread has helped me and your kindness has been invaluable to me and to our other friends. You're a precious asset here Sazzy - don't ever doubt it!
Much Love
Tiff xxx
P.S..... Milk?;)

Tiff_2

Good Morning Guys,
First - I apologise for my post yesterday - I'm sorry if I upset anyone.:o
Ok everyone - as you can see, the old Tiff has been on here since very early so I'm off for a catnap.
Talk to you all later.:grouphug:
Much Love
Tiff xxx

sleepy

Thank you everyone for being so welcoming. I was feeling much better when I woke up this morning, but since then I've been trying to prepare some work for next week and have gone really sad and weepy. I think that changing jobs to one where I could just switch off when I leave the office and not have to bring work home with me would help. Or am I jut fooling myself??????

Part of my problem is that I am really upset about work at the moment, but can't think of any other job I could do. So it feel really hopeless and like there is no solution.

Sazbo

Tiff wrote:

Good Morning Guys,
First - I apologise for my post yesterday - I'm sorry if I upset anyone.:o
Ok everyone - as you can see, the old Tiff has been on here since very early so I'm off for a catnap.
Talk to you all later.:grouphug:
Much Love
Tiff xxx

Morning Tiffy love. Not surprised you need a catnap after that marathon posting session! :D And since today's gonna be a toughie for ya, I've left a little extra milk in the saucer for when you wake-up, ok? Will be thinking of you today, and sending XXL hugs. Check in with us later if you can, so we know how you're doing, ok? Take care, much love, Saz xxx

Sazbo

Morning everyone. Shall I let you into a little Sazzy secret? I'm still in bed!! :shocked: :shhh: Isn't wireless internet a wonderful thing?! :rotfl: Ahem, but I am getting up in a minute, honest guv. Besides, Saz is gasping for a cuppa Think the accumlated stress and pressure of the past few days finally caught up with me. Can you believe it though - I slept like a log last night! Didn't wake up once. Wow, sleep's great, innit?

Hope this finds you all well. Have a good weekend peeps! :hello:

Much love,
Saz x

Sazbo

sleepy wrote:

I think that changing jobs to one where I could just switch off when I leave the office and not have to bring work home with me would help. Or am I jut fooling myself??????

Part of my problem is that I am really upset about work at the moment, but can't think of any other job I could do. So it feel really hopeless and like there is no solution.

Sleepy - you are not fooling yourself at all. Not being able to maintain a boundary between work life and home life can be a major factor in depression. So understandable it feels a bit hopeless at the moment, but there are bound to be solutions out there. Have a bit of a think about your skills and other equivalent jobs where you could utilise them, or else if they are transferable to a different sector. There a a number of good career advice websites, if you do a bit of Googling, where you can do online questionnaires to assess what you might be suitable for career-wise, or to help guide you through making a career change. That might give you a few ideas, or at least start you off thinking around the subject. Best of luck, Saz x

Sazbo

CCStar wrote:

Big hugs to everyone

I had a good evening tonight;)

It makes it even more confusing ........?

Going with the nice feeling while it lasts but making sure I don't get hurt

And big hugs back to you, CCStar. Really happy to hear you had a good evening, do understand you being on guard about getting hurt - but let's hope the nice feeling continues. Sxx

sleepy

Sazbo wrote:

Sleepy - you are not fooling yourself at all. Not being able to maintain a boundary between work life and home life can be a major factor in depression. So understandable it feels a bit hopeless at the moment, but there are bound to be solutions out there. Have a bit of a think about your skills and other equivalent jobs where you could utilise them, or else if they are transferable to a different sector. There a a number of good career advice websites, if you do a bit of Googling, where you can do online questionnaires to assess what you might be suitable for career-wise, or to help guide you through making a career change. That might give you a few ideas, or at least start you off thinking around the subject. Best of luck, Saz x

Thanks. I think the problem is that my career may be the best one for me. It's my workplace that is a problem. Hopefully if I can manage my time better so I don't have to bring so much work home, and change who I'm working with it will all get a bit better. I've tried other jobs before, where you leave work at the office, but it felt so montonous and pointless that I deliberately swapped to my current career for some creativity! Talk about the grass always being greener

sleepy

If I go to the doctors for help, and get diagnosed with depression or any other "mental illness" (I really hate that phrase for some reason), would I have to tell employers when I went for a job interview?

I really don't want to end up with people thinking of me as the crazy one, or the one that can't cope.

sleepy

Also, sorry to be unburdening myself so much on here, how do I stop it effecting my fiance? I don't want to be a pain and cause him any trouble. We live together and he had to spend hours last night calming me down.

I don't want him to get fed up with me because I'm more work than a "normal" girlfriend.