Depression Support Thread

meyore

You do sound like you need some you time, children are hard work by the sounds of it! Hope you have a better day tomorrow, take care of yourself

Xx

Grace_

Hey guys, thank you for being so open and inviting :-)

One thing that I find with most people that I know who have depression is that they are all very warm and caring people. However on bad days, for some it can be really bad, almost like a disability to their characters.

Its nice to know that when someone needs a chat, they can come here and know they are not alone.

On another note, why are you guys up late? I want to sleep...but am having trouble nodding off!

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Hi Everybody:hello:

I am sorry to hear many of you are finding it hard to find the strength to carry on right now. Perhaps you feel there is not much the medical profession can do for you, and that you feel like giving up.

May I share with you something I hope will help? It's entitled:
"Suicide - an occupational hazard"
It is written by a current practising UK psychiatrist who also suffers from suicidal depresion himself.

Dr Mike Shooter is a man who has ongoing experience of "being on both sides of the fence". His story, especially of what 'pulled him back from the edge' is an inspiration, and highly relevant to what this thread is all about.

www.rcpsych.ac.uk/PDF/MikeShooter1.11.04.pdf

CB2X

cat9586

Hello to new faces and familiar faces. This thread is always so busy I find it hard to catch up.
Tonight Im not feeling so good, I have to go to my new psychiatrist on Tuesday which is in the same building as the last one. Im so scared that history is going to repeat itself or Im going to bump into the last one. Tonight I feel physically sick, my head hurts, my breathing is faster than usually and I feel shakey and want to cry. I dont want to go, I really dont. I slept most of Sunday, its the way I block things out and I want to be somewhere else. As weird as it sounds I want to be in some sort of accident so I dont have to go. My OH must be worried as earlier he took away my sissors
I just needed to talk.
Sorry

geminilady

cat9586 wrote: »

Hello to new faces and familiar faces. This thread is always so busy I find it hard to catch up.
Tonight Im not feeling so good, I have to go to my new psychiatrist on Tuesday which is in the same building as the last one. Im so scared that history is going to repeat itself or Im going to bump into the last one. Tonight I feel physically sick, my head hurts, my breathing is faster than usually and I feel shakey and want to cry. I dont want to go, I really dont. I slept most of Sunday, its the way I block things out and I want to be somewhere else. As weird as it sounds I want to be in some sort of accident so I dont have to go. My OH must be worried as earlier he took away my sissors
I just needed to talk.
Sorry

Hi Cat,Try not to worry about Tuesday,easier said than done i know but why would history repeat itself? your new psychiatrist may be very different from the last one.Also the chances of you bumping into the last one are pretty slim and even if you did he would not speak to you as you are no longer his patient.It is normal to be anxious especialy as your visit last time went wrong but remember the psychiatrist is there to help you get better.

shazrobo

morning all, just seen josh off into his taxi for school :j now just waiting for daniel's taxi to turn up, then the day is mine am i the only one who looks forward to monday mornings??
seeing my counsillor this afternoon, when i saw her last week, she was trying to contact social services to get me some help with the boys, as they both have severe behaviour and learning disabilities, i also like going to se her as she has been through similar situation to me in past and i can talk openly to her.
:j daniel's taxi just turned up while writing this, so now its time to get showered and dresssed and ready for my guitar lessson, even if i never learn to play really well, its helping my depression, by having something to look forward to that i enjoy. wish i could find same motivation for rest of my life including house work lol.
hope everyone is ok
big hugs
shaz x

dawnylou

meyore wrote: »

Dawnylou, I'm so glad to hear that you're feeling even a little bit better. Was a bit worried about you before, but you do seem to have turned a corner. And don't worry about ranting, we all do it from time to time

With the whole friends thing, its like RBK says. If they were true friends they'd stick around and not be put off by my ways when I'm down. I do have 2 friends who I can call real friends as I know they'd drop it all for me if I were to ask. But I can't ask, so I have no one to blame but myself. OH is my best friend, but that thought makes me happy not sad.

Oh that was yesterday - today is different.
I hardly slept a wink AGAIN. I am sick of waking up every couple of hours and then struggling to get back to sleep over and over again. I will never cope when I get back to work if I can't even get a decent nights sleep!!!
I am at docs at 10 past 9 - it's a half hour walk so Mam said she would get the bus through and meet me at town and we could go round shops and then go out for lunch, but now she just phoned to say work had called her in! They will try and get someone to cover her at 11, but I bet no-one else gives up their day off!!!

Anyway if someone does cover her after docs I will be walking home in the rain to walk back down to meet Mam to walk home again.
I could always sit in the coffee shop for a couple of hours - but then what if she can't make it??
:mad::mad::mad::mad:
Why couldn't she have said 'no I have plans'???

Oh why do such stupid things really get to me????

I am the same with my friends too. I have friends, but I would never trouble them.
Hardly any of them even know I am on medication or anything.

My Fiance is most certainly my best friend - and it is a wonderful feeling. He is the one person who would never let me down. Ever.
I honestly believe if it weren't for him I would be dead by now.

Anyway better get ready to go - hope everyone else has a better day than I will! :rolleyes:

shazrobo

my day rapidly going down hill, just had phone call from dan's school they got flooded so they're sending him home, had to cancel my lesson. am sat ere crying why cant anything go rite. why does everything upset me so. just wanna be normal whatever that is, sick of bein on my own alone. son no company when he gets here, it'll be tv or his nintendo ds, and totally ignores me, not his fault tho, musnt blame him, he got mental health probs too. ok rant over
shaz x

Tulip

:hello: Everyone,

Morning! hope everyone is ok *hugs* Shaz sorry to hear dans school got flooded and he has to come home and you had to miss your lesson today

I have just been out shopping this morning and I loved it scanned everything and placed it on shop and scan website Also heard from a friend from another website which was lovely going to write her a letter tomorrow as I havent time today as I am out all day My dvd Girl Interupted arrived today so will watch that later in the week

I hope you all have a lovely day

*hugs* to those that need one


love and light,

Katie xxx

shazrobo

hi katie, sounds like your having fun with the shop and scan, i tried it once, but for some reason i couldn't get it to work with my version of windows, so i sent it back. hope you like your dvd, i have it on video, and it is one of my fav films. hope you have a great day, you always so busy.
big hugs
shaz x