Depression Support Thread

Miroslav

geminilady wrote: »

Merry christmas Miro might pop on tomorrow myself it will be just me and the boys and we eat about three with the queens speach,family tradition passed on from my mum.She will be in my thoughts to but i know she would want me to enjoy the day.

Not watched the queen's speech for years :eek:

Hope your day has been a good one :T

Miroslav

Sazbo wrote: »

I will definitely be around here more after the new year - so you have been warned!

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Better hide the smarties.

Hope your day has been a good one :T

Miroslav

Okay, so Happy Birthday to all who are celebrating a Birthday today, or who has had a Birthday in the last 2 or 3 days :j

Hope everyone's day has gone well - I am stuffed after my Christmas dinner

Still got some presents to open as didn't open them all this morning.

The only Britney gift I have received (so far) is a new Britney mousemat. I've been rubbing over her ever since :rotfl: (With my mouse!) :rotfl:

The excuse - No-one can think of anything Britney that I haven't got already :rolleyes:

I don't mind duplicates! :rotfl:

Anyway, I also watched Sky Sports Xmas special - not as good this year, but funny in places.

After that a Britney program was on for 30 minutes and the rest of the day we have been flicking the music channels for Xmas music and Britney songs :j

Flatmate now watching Dr Who and later Come Dancing.

Enjoy the rest of your evening all :wave:

clipboard2

Hi Everyone!

My mum is in a Residential Care Home in Kent. Today being Christmas Day, DH and I went to spend the day with her. The Home has 34 elderly residents.

We were the only visitors all day......I checked the sign-in visitors book...

Those of you who spend Christmas Day alone -
You are not alone.....sadly....

CB2X

santashelper_2

merry christmas to everyone on here hope you are all having a good day.

I know its hard sometimes to feel happy even on days like today as depression controls you rather than you control it so for those who are suffering today i hope tomorrow will bring you a better one.

Thanks for your support this year and hopefully we will all be able to support each other next year.

Tulip

I am off now everyone as I am not feeling too well,got a bit of a cold and a sore throat so I am off to bed in a minute to sleep after a hot drink of Ribena

Night! Night!

love and light,

Katie xxx

katyk_2

This may sound an odd question but can anyone help me decide the difference between being generally blue and genuinely depressed (ie where help should be sought).
I am 42, 5 stone overweight, married with 2 children but am just so down over the last few months and cannot seem to shake it. Currently much worse due to pressure at work and feeling like I am not very good at it and being well and truly shown up by 23year old new boss. Would love to !!!!! about her but cannot in honesty - she is just very very efficient, focused and determined to turn round a very poorly run office in a hotel that seems to go through staff like water. would love to be as efficient as her but am disorganised and sloppy as a result. Work keeps getting on top of me when it shouldn't as what I am being asked to do is not actually very hard. Only work 30 hours a week where she thinks nothnig of averaging 12-14 hours a day so feel I cannot say I am sinking and things are falling further behind.
Added to this is a marraige which is happy enough on the surface but most of the time we seem to tolerate each other more than anything else. He hates the fact that I am untidy and I hate the amount of time he spends in the pub. Also I feel he is to quick to shout at the kids and he feels I am too soft. We seem more to just snip at each other rather than really row, and the physical side of the relationship has been totally dead for over 6 years now since I was diagnosed with LS. Having said that it was infrequent even before that. Realise I cannot have sex but I put up barriers to even a touch many years ago and now we don't hug, kiss or anything.
Mum has senile dimentia and is going downhill quite fast now and I worry that I cannot get over there often enough to be of any support to dad. Big sis is over to see them most days and is much more practical help to them. He is remarkable for his age but is 83 and she can be very hard work sometimes.
Just seems to be lots of bits of things closing in on me sometimes and just lately I have lain awake with my heart just pounding for no apparent reason. Mainly it is thinking what all I still need to do at work but then I think I end up just panicking about the fact that I am panicking.
Other days I feel OK and everything shrinks back down into perspective.
Not sure if I really need to go seek help or just ride it out. Hoping some others here may recognise a little more than me.
Thanks
Katyk

Sazbo

Miroslav wrote: »

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Better hide the smarties.

Hope your day has been a good one :T

Hide the smarties?? _pale_ Awww, Miro hun, why go spoil all my fun?!;):D

Hi sweetheart :hello: I've had an ok day, thanks for asking. Pretty quiet - no bad thing for that... Hope you've had a good day angel, and to everyone here caring for loved ones who aren't spending christmas day at home - I send you all my love.

Tulip hunnie get some rest and get rid of that cold ok?

Goodnight my lovlies, enjoy the rest of christmas evening; tomorrow's another today.

Much love to you all,
Sazzaroona xxxxxxxxxxx

Sazbo

katyk wrote: »

This may sound an odd question but can anyone help me decide the difference between being generally blue and genuinely depressed (ie where help should be sought).
I am 42, 5 stone overweight, married with 2 children but am just so down over the last few months and cannot seem to shake it. Currently much worse due to pressure at work and feeling like I am not very good at it and being well and truly shown up by 23year old new boss. Would love to !!!!! about her but cannot in honesty - she is just very very efficient, focused and determined to turn round a very poorly run office in a hotel that seems to go through staff like water. would love to be as efficient as her but am disorganised and sloppy as a result. Work keeps getting on top of me when it shouldn't as what I am being asked to do is not actually very hard. Only work 30 hours a week where she thinks nothnig of averaging 12-14 hours a day so feel I cannot say I am sinking and things are falling further behind.
Added to this is a marraige which is happy enough on the surface but most of the time we seem to tolerate each other more than anything else. He hates the fact that I am untidy and I hate the amount of time he spends in the pub. Also I feel he is to quick to shout at the kids and he feels I am too soft. We seem more to just snip at each other rather than really row, and the physical side of the relationship has been totally dead for over 6 years now since I was diagnosed with LS. Having said that it was infrequent even before that. Realise I cannot have sex but I put up barriers to even a touch many years ago and now we don't hug, kiss or anything.
Mum has senile dimentia and is going downhill quite fast now and I worry that I cannot get over there often enough to be of any support to dad. Big sis is over to see them most days and is much more practical help to them. He is remarkable for his age but is 83 and she can be very hard work sometimes.
Just seems to be lots of bits of things closing in on me sometimes and just lately I have lain awake with my heart just pounding for no apparent reason. Mainly it is thinking what all I still need to do at work but then I think I end up just panicking about the fact that I am panicking.
Other days I feel OK and everything shrinks back down into perspective.
Not sure if I really need to go seek help or just ride it out. Hoping some others here may recognise a little more than me.
Thanks
Katyk

Hi Katyk, welcome and thanks for posting hun x Hope you don't mind me saying this, but it seems to me that you judge yourself rather harshly compared to other people in your life - your hubby, your boss, your big sis? In my opinion you should cut yourself some slack Katy hun - you've got a lot on your plate - work, family, mum who's poorly...

Whether or not you are 'depressed' or 'blue' is probably a question for your doctor, whether this is how you've felt over a sustained period or not.

I'd say have a think about how you might need a bit more support in your life, be that from your family, or from your doctor, or counselling perhaps? But in the meantime, please feel free to post here as much as you wish, we are all here to listen hun ok?

Take good care of yourself,

Love,
Saz xxxx

Miroslav

katyk wrote: »

This may sound an odd question but can anyone help me decide the difference between being generally blue and genuinely depressed (ie where help should be sought).
I am 42, 5 stone overweight, married with 2 children but am just so down over the last few months and cannot seem to shake it. Currently much worse due to pressure at work and feeling like I am not very good at it and being well and truly shown up by 23year old new boss. Would love to !!!!! about her but cannot in honesty - she is just very very efficient, focused and determined to turn round a very poorly run office in a hotel that seems to go through staff like water. would love to be as efficient as her but am disorganised and sloppy as a result. Work keeps getting on top of me when it shouldn't as what I am being asked to do is not actually very hard. Only work 30 hours a week where she thinks nothnig of averaging 12-14 hours a day so feel I cannot say I am sinking and things are falling further behind.
Added to this is a marraige which is happy enough on the surface but most of the time we seem to tolerate each other more than anything else. He hates the fact that I am untidy and I hate the amount of time he spends in the pub. Also I feel he is to quick to shout at the kids and he feels I am too soft. We seem more to just snip at each other rather than really row, and the physical side of the relationship has been totally dead for over 6 years now since I was diagnosed with LS. Having said that it was infrequent even before that. Realise I cannot have sex but I put up barriers to even a touch many years ago and now we don't hug, kiss or anything.
Mum has senile dimentia and is going downhill quite fast now and I worry that I cannot get over there often enough to be of any support to dad. Big sis is over to see them most days and is much more practical help to them. He is remarkable for his age but is 83 and she can be very hard work sometimes.
Just seems to be lots of bits of things closing in on me sometimes and just lately I have lain awake with my heart just pounding for no apparent reason. Mainly it is thinking what all I still need to do at work but then I think I end up just panicking about the fact that I am panicking.
Other days I feel OK and everything shrinks back down into perspective.
Not sure if I really need to go seek help or just ride it out. Hoping some others here may recognise a little more than me.
Thanks
Katyk

I'm not one for good replies really due to being a poor communciator, but whether you are depressed or blue, you certainly have alot on your plate and you are welcome to post here as little or often as you feel.

As Sazbo says, you need to appreciate yourself more - we all have this nack of putting ourselves down when we don't feel too great.

If it's possible to visit your GP, then have a chat with him/her. In the meantime, keep posting here as i'm sure there are many who can give much better replies than me.