Depression Support Thread

top_drawer_2

lol

ive gained weight - i dont know how to be honest as I barely eat some days.

Jen

top_drawer_2

i just feel painfully miserable now. i wish someone would just send a lightening bolt this way and do away with me.

jen

top_drawer_2

it seems to have all suddenly caught up with me just like that - i dont even know why.

Jen

septemberblues

alba37 wrote: »

Thanks, same too you.

P.S. I've lost quite a bit of weight in the last year, so many people seem to think my depression has gone ... like it was in my fat!! :rotfl:

OMG! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I know just what you mean, I have lost 22lbs. The other day a friend saw me and said "wow, you look so well, I'm glad to see your better"! And I was feeling total cr*p......................... I didn't say I can't eat properly cos I'm stressed.................I know she would have said "oh, your so lucky"

septemberblues

top_drawer wrote: »

i just feel painfully miserable now. i wish someone would just send a lightening bolt this way and do away with me.

jen

Oh I'm so sorry. Weight gain is often a symptom of depression, and then they give you antidepressants which make you gain weight as well, which doesn't help people.

What I think helps me to lose weight is I have two dogs to walk, and because I'm stressed I walk as far and as fast as possible to get the adrenaline out of my system so I don't have a heart attack or something. TBH, I actually don't walk that far or very fast, but I need the walk just to feel less stressed, IYKWIM. And I was on a diet before I felt so stressed/depressed and still try to keep to it..................sort of, as I'm not good at diets.

Chollita

septemberblues wrote: »

Lets be honest, ANY mental health problem has a stigma attached to it, don't people realise that they have as good a chance as you or me to get depression, anxiety, stress,eating disorders, etc etc? Mental health problems aren't chosen by us! We didn't go along to the mental health shop and say "oh, I think I'll have depression, and um, maybe an eating disorder to go with it. And perhaps I will self-harm too":mad:

(ooohh don't get me started, I'm fed up with trying to explain myself. I've got physical problems too - I didn't choose them either!)

Ain't that just the truth!!! And yet there are people who think we are lazy, responsible for our own problems etc. As if we'd want to be like this! I'm fed up with justifying myself too.

septemberblues

Chollita wrote: »

Ain't that just the truth!!! And yet there are people who think we are lazy, responsible for our own problems etc. As if we'd want to be like this! I'm fed up with justifying myself too.

The justifying ourselves to others is really unfair, there you are, feeling really crap and someone comes along and judges you, and you feel much worse for it. I don't know the actual statistics but don't most people (75%?) suffer from some form of depression in their lives at some point? and would they then be happy when someone judges them at their lowest point?

Chollita

Hey Jen ... I can identify with the lightning bolt thing, although I'm more inclined to want to send it OH's way at the moment! :mad:

Maybe you shouldn't worry about the 'why's', just accept that you're in a down phase, and it will pass.

I'm off to my vol job tomorrow at the cat shelter, hoping to be a kitty foster mum too! It's all part of my 'therapy', I love being around cats and it gets me out of the house and meeting people.

Oh, and there's the possibility of some freelance work as well:j

Chollita

septemberblues wrote: »

The justifying ourselves to others is really unfair, there you are, feeling really crap and someone comes along and judges you, and you feel much worse for it. I don't know the actual statistics but don't most people (75%?) suffer from some form of depression in their lives at some point? and would they then be happy when someone judges them at their lowest point?

Thing is, they seem to think they're immune ... empathy is not a big part of some people's makeup!

I feel that OH is judging me because I haven't felt able to work for ages. Not what you expect from someone who loves you, but I think he isn't coping well himself at the mo and is taking out his frustration on me ... here's hoping he gets a job soon cos I think that'll make him feel better.

1:30am here now so off to bed, hope you all sleep well.

septemberblues

Nite nite chollita, talk to you again xxx