A Little Advice please... Long sorry!

mackemdave

Dont be terrified about going along...just remember the people you will meet are allin the same position as yourself....they will help you and after time you will be able to help them no doubt.....There is life after depression....it just takes timeand talking about it also helps

yoni_one

It can be so difficult to break out of your comfort zone so well done for doing just that and starting this thread.

Have you had a nosey around the netmums website? It offers the chance to make contact with other parents looking to make friends http://www.netmums.com/home/home/

It sounds like you are ready to take some positive steps, I wish you happier times ahead.

Counting_Pennies_2

Fantastic that is a great start, do go to the meeting and get support to start with from them.

Then as the weeks go by start going to other things too.

A support group is great to get you back on your feet, but you don't want to rely on them in the long term, otherwise you will just be going round and round in circles with one anothers depression and while it is good to share, it isn't good to just circulate with people with the same low mind set.

You will need to take the courage to get out there and do other things.

National Trust do occasionally do courses, one day things. I went at Christmas time and made a wreath for the front door. It was great fun, and it allowed me to try something out without making a fool of myself in front of others if it went wrong. I could choose to talk to people if I wanted to, I could be selective.

Voluntary work is definitely something i would suggest you look into, it doesn't mean sitting in a charity shop there is so much out there.

good luck, take it one step at a time.

Do consider counselling too, it really can be a help.

One thing my counsellor told me was getting out of depression is a bit like hill climbing. There will be times when you are up, and times when you dip down a little before going back up the hill again. It does get better, it will take time. I spent a good six months kidding myself everything would be ok next week. Now I have allowed myself the time to get back on my feet when I am good and ready. So take it easy on yourself, and one day you will look in surprise that suddenly things are starting to feel better.

BitterAndTwisted

OneWingedAngel wrote: »

I have found a social group here in Nottingham for people suffering with depression that holds group meetings once a week and group outings too. As much as the idea terrifies me I will be attending the next meeting.

GOOD FOR YOU! I do hope you decide to go, I think it's very brave of you and sometimes taking just one positive step can make so much difference to how we feel and feeds the incentive to take another one. Taking control can be so life-affirming. Who knows, before you know it you'll have taken up skydiving or something.