Depression Support Thread

BigMummaF

Sorry to hear your news QWB, & I hope MIL is now on the road to recovery.

Healing thoughts & wishes to all of you & yours my cyber-mates.
Try not to let the barth terds grind you down.......we ARE stronger than they would have us believe.

Much Love, BMFx

Tiff_2

Hi guys!:hello:
Purrsday's here!

How is everyone?
Hugest hugs to ethel - thinking of you hun!
And to judders - I'm sorry to hear about your dad angel - what a blessing you must be to him.
And to qb - I'm sorry to hear about m-i-l hun - best wishes to you & your family.
To everyone who is struggling atm - hang in there guys! You know where to come for some wonderful support and understanding from the amazing people here - and failing that, there's always me!

I'm still being a busy Tiff and with the holidays approaching, methinks I'm going to be even busier. Still, you know Tiff always likes to be prepared. I went out late yesterday afternoon to make a start on holiday preparations and I got the most important item on the list.
So, that's me sorted for the next week!:dance:

Well, a girl can dream, can't she?

Thinking of you all guys and wishing you all the best Thursday you can have.
Much Love,
Tiff xxx

Tulip

:hello: Everyone,


Hope you are all ok I am fine today I am off to my parents for lunch today and I am going to have a nice day

Have a lovely day everyone


*hugs* to those that need one



love and light,


Katie xxx

santashelper_2

hope your son recovers soon ethel

queensway boy - hope your mil is ok

lisa - elegantly wasted - thanks for your replys i know what you mean about your mum not being supportive with my parents they cant understand why i cant pull myself together but they were the main cause of my issues and i think thats why they cant accept it. your doing the right thing dealing with your depression i always thought i could cope without asking for help but the day i recognised i need to get help was the best thing i could have done i think i just had that stiff upper lip attitude and didnt want to admit i was not coping and after having a breakdown and hitting rock bottom my mantra now is "the only way is up" my councellor was brilliant in giving me the tools to build my confidence and advised me to have some positive mantras when im in a negative situation, which does help.

Take care

hayley11

Hey everyone, hope everybody is feeling okay today

I'm having such a bad week and I don't know why I don't know whether it's worrying about work or not but I have no motivation at all, I've only just dragged myself out of bed :eek: feel like i'm wasting my life moping around in this apartment. I've scratched myself everyday, they fade after a day or so but that just makes me feel worse, because I can't even do that properly. I know that sounds really stupid.

Hopefully after seeing my counsellor tonight and doctor tomorrow I'll start to feel a little bit better. I've got to get to my counsellor tonight on my own which i'm dreading, I hate going out on my own in the day let alone in the dark. Taxi's cost about £20 there and back and I can't afford it Now it looks like i'm not going to be back in work anytime soon, I might see if I can change to a day time appointment.

Well i'm going to try and list all my junk on ebay while it's a 10p listing today, lets see how many I get done before I get fed up of it :rolleyes:

Lots of love and hugs to Ethel and QWB.

Big hugs to everybody else

Hayley x

ElegantlyWasted

santashelper wrote: »

lisa - elegantly wasted - thanks for your replys i know what you mean about your mum not being supportive with my parents they cant understand why i cant pull myself together but they were the main cause of my issues and i think thats why they cant accept it. your doing the right thing dealing with your depression i always thought i could cope without asking for help but the day i recognised i need to get help was the best thing i could have done i think i just had that stiff upper lip attitude and didnt want to admit i was not coping and after having a breakdown and hitting rock bottom my mantra now is "the only way is up" my councellor was brilliant in giving me the tools to build my confidence and advised me to have some positive mantras when im in a negative situation, which does help.

Take care

Thank you Deep down, I know I'm doing the right thing by taking the meds, and working on getting better, but it is hard when I'm just met with disapproval and disdain. Admitting I need help for anything has never been my strong point, so it's now something I'm working on

Have a good day all x

ElegantlyWasted

I'm feeling really horrible at the minute.

I've just self-harmed, over the behaviour of someone that I swore I wasn't going to let upset me again. I feel so disappointed in myself, angry and frustrated. I know that this is going to precipitate a downward spiral.

I've been on edge all day, and I can't shake the feeling of panic. I had an attack this morning, and still feel bad from it. Normally cutting helps me to calm down, but I still feel shaky and anxious.

I'm sorry to be such a misery, *hugs* to all that need one.

Lisa x

hayley11

ElegantlyWasted wrote: »

I'm feeling really horrible at the minute.

I've just self-harmed, over the behaviour of someone that I swore I wasn't going to let upset me again. I feel so disappointed in myself, angry and frustrated. I know that this is going to precipitate a downward spiral.

I've been on edge all day, and I can't shake the feeling of panic. I had an attack this morning, and still feel bad from it. Normally cutting helps me to calm down, but I still feel shaky and anxious.

I'm sorry to be such a misery, *hugs* to all that need one.

Lisa x

Hi Lisa

Big hugs hun, sounds like you need some. I wont say don't let this person upset you because I know it's easier said than done, perhaps try and find something to distract yourself, again I know it's so hard, I can never distract myself, I have to depend on other people calming me down.

I've just had a bit of row with my mum and scratched all my arms up, she makes everything sound so easy and I wish she could understand how hard everything is for me at the moment. I don't self harm with a blade or anything, I just scratch and pinch myself til my arms are red raw, they are getting worse though and it scares me so much.

I'm off to see my counsellor now, I'll be back on later.

Take care hun xx

shazrobo

ElegantlyWasted wrote: »

I'm feeling really horrible at the minute.

I've just self-harmed, over the behaviour of someone that I swore I wasn't going to let upset me again. I feel so disappointed in myself, angry and frustrated. I know that this is going to precipitate a downward spiral.

I've been on edge all day, and I can't shake the feeling of panic. I had an attack this morning, and still feel bad from it. Normally cutting helps me to calm down, but I still feel shaky and anxious.

I'm sorry to be such a misery, *hugs* to all that need one.

Lisa x

hi lisa, (((((big hugs))))), i know exactly how your feeling right now, somebody made me feel the same way last night, and i ended up cutting my arms, and i feel terrible and really down today. just been to see my gp, and he has said he is so worried about me, that he is refering me back to the crisis team.
do you need to keep in touch with the person who has made you feel bad.
in my case its my bf, he is so loving sometimes, then at other times he makes me feel so cr*p. i am thinking about ending the relationship, but that itself is so scary, the thought of having no one to turn to, the long lonely nights etc
big hugs
shaz x

ElegantlyWasted

hayley11 wrote: »

Hi Lisa

Big hugs hun, sounds like you need some. I wont say don't let this person upset you because I know it's easier said than done, perhaps try and find something to distract yourself, again I know it's so hard, I can never distract myself, I have to depend on other people calming me down.

I've just had a bit of row with my mum and scratched all my arms up, she makes everything sound so easy and I wish she could understand how hard everything is for me at the moment. I don't self harm with a blade or anything, I just scratch and pinch myself til my arms are red raw, they are getting worse though and it scares me so much.

I'm off to see my counsellor now, I'll be back on later.

Take care hun xx

Thanks Hayley. I've been painting this afternoon, which is great for helping me to unwind. I have to concentrate on what I'm doing, so can't really think about much else.

I understand about your mum, a very small amount of people know I have depression (mum found out about self harm when I was 15, but thinks I've stopped). Sometimes it's so hard when people don't understand.

Hope it went ok with your counsellor, and take care of yourself.

Lisa x