Depression Support Thread

LadyMorticia

queensway_boy wrote: »

why just the ladies

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

alba37

curled wrote: »

Off topic, as my couple of other previous posts have been; but I'm looking for some help and advice.

I know after 35 years of going through depression I should be an expert but I'm not.

Each time seems to get worse than the last and this present one seems to be getting loads more stuff piled on top.

What I would like to know is how do you all cope with the day to day stuff?

I struggle to get out of bed and then to get showered and dressed, all I want to do is sleep and that's what I did yesterday. My weight is increasing at an alarming rate, my house looks like an episode of How Clean Is Your House? and when the door bell rings I'm not sure if I want it to be Kim and Aggie or not.

I don't work and am struggling to find anything suitable to apply for owing not only to my depression but also to my lower back problem. I constantly worry about money though I'm MF and always have been and also have savings. I know that I am really lucky regarding this but it did take lots of hard work.

My relationships with people are getting quite strained, especially my OH, my family and what few friends I have left - well one friend.

Any suggestions however small or silly they may seem please impart them, I need to start living my life a little.

A x

PS It's really nice to see everyone's pets.

Hi Curled

You sound pretty much like me! I have no answers though unfortunately. I just keep trying! I don't work, but know in my heart I couldn't, although I'd love to. So no point in me considering it. I just have to be poor, for now anyway! I'd love a 'normal' life, but to have that i would need to feel ok.

I want to change my medication (again) but will wait til after the summer, as I don't want to feel any worse when I have commitments. I will keep trying to find a way to feel better. I barely cope, but I do. I know it's only cause I have to for my son. He is the reason I am here today.

I pilled on the weight, I previously had a compulsive eating disorder (during the night!) but that went, then I didn't care what I ate so the weight just kept getting worse, but last year I got a fright and have been losing weight ever since, slowly, but it's going in the right direction. I can't expain how I managed it, but something just clicked. It doesn't make the slightest difference to the depression but it's got to be better for my health.

I believe there must be something that will make me better, and I'll just keep looking for it. Until then it's just a hour/day at a time.

Take care, and know you're not alone.

A x

alba37

Stephb1986 wrote: »

Hi everyone, Hope your all ok today!

My right ankle has gone down now but still a bit purple, my left one is like a elephants foot my mum used a anti venom suction thing on me before but nothing came out

I'll live i guess

Hugs love and kisses

Steph xx

Steph, go to the chemist & get some antihistamine & some cream, show the chemist and see what he thinks.... I'm sure they will be something to help.

alba37

LadyMorticia wrote: »

I picked up my new glasses today. They're blue.

Also having my eyebrows waxed on Thursday. I've never had them shaped properly or anything. One of my friends used to tweeze them but her eyebrows are so thin and I was worried mine would end up like that.lol.

Okay. A question for the ladies. How much does it hurt?

xx

Good luck Anni, tell him asap, and it's done.

Your glasses sound really nice! We need a pic!

I've had my eyebrows waxed once, years ago. It's very quick, so although it's sore it's over before you know it, you'll be fine!

OK, I'm definitely going now! See you all later.

A x x x

LadyMorticia

alba37 wrote: »

Good luck Anni, tell him asap, and it's done.

Your glasses sound really nice! We need a pic!

I've had my eyebrows waxed once, years ago. It's very quick, so although it's sore it's over before you know it, you'll be fine!

OK, I'm definitely going now! See you all later.

A x x x

Just text him.

I swear I have a wonky face. :rotfl:

I don't mind the pain so much as I'm used to pain but I've heard it's a whole new league of pain.lol.

xx

Chollita

I'm happy to report that the little blind kitty has found a home - in Germany! (my organisation has links with one in Germany, and they sometimes take cats for us).

Chollita

Phwoooooooooooooooar

absolutebounder

alba37 wrote: »

Hi Curled

You sound pretty much like me! I have no answers though unfortunately. I just keep trying! I don't work, but know in my heart I couldn't, although I'd love to.

How do you know you couldnt? Isnt there something you could do even if it was just be a companion to say an elderly person?

So no point in me considering it. I just have to be poor, for now anyway! I'd love a 'normal' life, but to have that i would need to feel ok.

What is a normal life? If you can have depressed feelings why cant you have happy feelings?

I want to change my medication (again) but will wait til after the summer, as I don't want to feel any worse when I have commitments.

This sounds like the mask of depression procrastinating.

I will keep trying to find a way to feel better. I barely cope, but I do. I know it's only cause I have to for my son. He is the reason I am here today.

Well he is a good start, but remember he learns off you so you owe it to him to get yourself together

I pilled on the weight, I previously had a compulsive eating disorder (during the night!) but that went, then I didn't care what I ate so the weight just kept getting worse, but last year I got a fright and have been losing weight ever since, slowly, but it's going in the right direction. I can't expain how I managed it, but something just clicked.

Probably a change of focus

It doesn't make the slightest difference to the depression but it's got to be better for my health.

I believe there must be something that will make me better, and I'll just keep looking for it. Until then it's just a hour/day at a time.

Look inside yourself and you should find the answer

Take care, and know you're not alone.

A x

Above points not meant to be confrontational though they may look it when written down. They are meant to be thought provoking as your depression is personal to you and so only you really have the true answers to get better.

Chollita

Oops, got all excited and posted prematurely there :rotfl:

Meant to say, PHWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR thanks for the fireman/kitty pics Tiff.

Mayo is cute as ever, except when she tries climbing my shorts-clad legs ... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh .......

LadyMorticia

I'm off now to go sort out the living room a.k.a room that has all my junk in it that won't fit into my bedroom. :rotfl:

xx