Depression Support Thread

queensway_boy

Hi everyone


Sandy & rbk


Have you been for a workout today?

Tulip

:hello: Everyone,

I am so tired tonight,enjoyed my karioke at the pub and my meal After Karioke I went to a hospital to visit a friend and they were pleased to see me,only stayed an hour as its rather warm on the ward and I had to get home by bus as well

relaxing now for the rest of the evening

love and light,

Katie xxx

queensway_boy

Tulip wrote: »

:hello: Everyone,

I am so tired tonight,enjoyed my karioke at the pub and my meal After Karioke I went to a hospital to visit a friend and they were pleased to see me,only stayed an hour as its rather warm on the ward and I had to get home by bus as well

relaxing now for the rest of the evening

love and light,

Katie xxx

Hi Katie

Did you sing a song at karioke? :T

Tulip

queensway_boy wrote: »

Hi Katie

Did you sing a song at karioke? :T

Yes thanks Queensway_boy,I sang a few


love and light,


Katie xxx

Tulip

Night Night,

chat tomorrow everyone,

love and light,

Katie xxx

*zippy*

Evening all :hello:

I'm a girl btw

I was due blood tests today for my thyroid too tulip, I did a stupid thing though, I got up and automatically put the kettle on and had a cuppa :doh: i'm useless in the mornings. I've got to go back next monday now

Glad you had a good first day juno.

Thanks for the hug and welcome tiff :grouphug: everyones been lovely.

Love to all
zippy x

Tiff_2

quote=santashelpersometimes when i get a down day i feel like this

and sometimes when i get a good day i feel like this :j

but most days i feel like this

why is depression so complicated

when every day i just want to feel like this :rotfl:

and when people say just pull yourself together don t you find it makes you feel like this :mad:

then you want to eat :EasterBun

which makes you feel happy :j for a while

and then again

Hi santashelper!:hello:
I think you've summed up very well not just mental ill health, but life in general.
I think it's important to remember that. We can blame our health for a lot of things but we should remember that people don't bounce around with happiness continuously and that sometimes it's Life that sucks!;)

:hello: to everyone who suffers with depression like me if only everyone could understand its not something you want its something that you dont want it just choses its victims and creeps up on you when you least expect it
I know hun. Mental ill health is a cruel illness and there is no rule of thumb for it either. Eg. broken limb=6 weeks etc.
What you're doing is very good angel - it shows you have good insight into the situation. That's an important step.

i have suffered for 4 years after having a nervous breakdown and am still struggling with energy levels and anxiety i know i am better than i was
This is where you should have put the full stop hun. We talk to ourselves so harshly. Keeping positive statements separate from negative ones reinforces them and makes them stonger.

but frustrated that this thing is like having an invisible disability which is so frustrating to have when people who have not had it think you can just snap your fingers and be better again cos that sought of attitude just makes me feel
again/quote

Any long term illness is hard angel. You have done so well and are obviously a survivor. Surviving is hard work, I know hun.
Try and remind yourself that you've come so far in four years and that you can progress further. Feel proud of your achievements sweetheart!:T


And rightly so hun - you should feel upset with people who are so dismissive of your health!:o Sit them down and tell them everything you have to go through in a week. Remind them that it unbalances the chemicals in your brain and that's why you're not skipping along like bloody Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz! Sometimes we have to explain just what it's like for us. (ooops - sorry for the swearing!)

The only way people will feel any different about mental ill health is when they experience it or they no someone that has. Sadly, this is becoming more and more common so people are starting to learn through experience.

I really do think that the attitude to mental ill health should be the same as it is to any other illness, like diabetes for example. We are just as guilty of putting ourselves down for having mental ill health - we're so hard on ourselves, which only makes things worse.:o Our self-esteem just vanishes.

We do get frustrated with our mental health problems, especially if they're long term ones. We don't want to feel the way we do, didn't ask for this, can't understand why we can't just think ourselves instantly better. It's scary to think that you can't necessarily control your thoughts and mood.

But, we are a very adaptable animal hun.;)
I'm willing to bet that 4 years ago, you would not have been able to see yourself as you are today, that some goals seemed impossible to reach. That's certainly true of me. Yet somehow we do get there in the end, no matter how long it takes.:T

If we could take away the worrying of what other people are thinking, the trying to understand all the why's, the harsh way we talk to ourselves, that would make dealing with our illnesses easier.
And yes, it's easier said than done I know.;)

I'm just thankful that we're not living in the 19th century or earlier - can you imagine how we'd have been treated then?!:eek:
And of course, there wasn't a Tiff around then either!:D
(No sazzy - I am not that old! :rotfl: )

Yet guys, there are some wonderful people out there who won't judge you - and we don't talk about them enough. When Tiffy was but a kitten.....oops, time to shut up!:D :rolleyes:

I hope you'll hang in there hun. Never give up on yourself angel - you're precious, as is everyone else.
Much Love,
Tiff xxx

Tiff_2

Hi guys!:hello:
Well, it's sunny here in Warwickshire this morning and I hope it's the same wherever you all are.;)
Yes, yes, I know I'm late - not really though 'cos I was answering some pm's.;)

Special hugs out to goldie this morning who's having a tough time. We're thinking of you hun.

Also a note for sazzy - put Roger Federer down and get back on smartie duty!:D

Huge Tiffy hugs to all and wishing you a good day.
Much Love,
Tiff xxx

*zippy*

Morning all

Day off today :dance: so hoping to have a good one and get some jobs done.

Feeling a bit up and down this week, one minute i'm fine, next minute i'm sad, its better than feeling constantly down though.

Hope everyone has a good day
best wishes
zippy x

Tulip

:hello: everyone,

Hope all is well,I am fine,off to a club this afternoon and then tonight I have a certificate presentation from my craft course and I can take home all the work I have done

I got up late today 10.45am :eek: I just dont want to get up in the mornings and find it hard to


Anyway have a nice day everyone


love and light,

Katie xxx