Feeling Low

[Running Wild 1]

Hi ... guys and gals... I have always since a child had times in my life where i feel depressed.. low... I always face the world with a smile.. and try to brush it off.. but that darkness is never far away...

 

How do you deal .. with low times in your life... what helps you through it...?

 

And some of you on here ... do not take the title the wrong way..

[bert the fert 28]

Firstly, big hugs to you. Depression is a pernicious thing to deal with and i really sympathise. I've watched it at times totally consume my husband, to the point of a complete nervous breakdown five years ago. At least he was forced to get help then, and the meds he takes allow him to function pretty normally now. The SSRI's are his main scaffolding, but exercise also helps. He's no gym bunny, but he does love the outdoors so when he starts to feel the anxiety/helpless-ness begin to gather he'll try to battle it with ten mile hikes.

 

It will never go away [ i think ] but meds and exercise are his way of battling the black dog.

 

 

Have you tried CBT ? My friend has been treated with CBT therapy and it has helped somewhat.

[MAIN MAN 277]

That must be terrable! i think we all get a little down sometimes but mabe some people get it mixed up with depresion. I have just finnished a course on social care and one of the topics was on how people can suffer in from depresion and act as if there realy happy when realy the are quite the oppisite. I realy do hope you can get things sorted..

[CarraghsGem 92]

normally i put all my particular anxietys away in boxes in my head, only go into them when i have to. i certainly dont talk about them. i know i should but i guess i have poor communication skills when it comes to personal + emotional things. i locked myself in my house for most of a year after one bad page in my life. only things that helped me were trips away to places no-one knew me, walking at night with the dog (how i got into lamping + it was better than me drinking)

 

 

[Running Wild 1]

I am a happy .. funny..( well i think i am..) .. Person

I smile and laugh a hell of a lot... but deep down.. this darkness lurks.. I have never took any help.. no pills.. no nothing.. I take sometime out, to go for a long walk with the dog..thinking time.. or have a day or two.. indoors.. until i can find that smile again..

Edited October 10, 2010 by Running Wild

[bert the fert 28]

normally i put all my particular anxietys away in boxes in my head, only go into them when i have to. i certainly dont talk about them. i know i should but i guess i have poor communication skills when it comes to personal + emotional things. i locked myself in my house for most of a year after one bad page in my life. only things that helped me were trips away to places no-one knew me, walking at night with the dog (how i got into lamping + it was better than me drinking)

 

 

In your twenties i'd say very few people have the emotional articulacy required to make personal relationships plain sailing [ if indeed they EVER are lol ] but it does improve with age, i think.

 

There's two ways of looking at the " sticking stuff in boxes " thing: Yes, to some degree you are hiding away from things that need to be dealt with. But, sometimes we are worrying about things we CANNOT affect and it's those things that you just have to learn to box up, and forget about. Anything else, apply positive action to it. Generally speaking, however hard you find it to deal with a problem, just by facing up to it, you have diminished the thing.

[Running Wild 1]

normally i put all my particular anxietys away in boxes in my head, only go into them when i have to. i certainly dont talk about them. i know i should but i guess i have poor communication skills when it comes to personal + emotional things. i locked myself in my house for most of a year after one bad page in my life. only things that helped me were trips away to places no-one knew me, walking at night with the dog (how i got into lamping + it was better than me drinking)

 

 

It in some ways easier to talk to a total stranger.. about your worries and your problems.. than it is to the ones that loves us..But talking about them helps a lot.. dont box them away.. they just get bigger..

[Guest jimmycent]

the way i look at things is, if life was easy then what would be the point of livin, the hard times in life is when you see who you really are. it's how you find out how strong your are, personally i see them as a challange, like lifes throwing me a problem and saying i bet you cant overcome this, makes me work twice as hard to overcome it.

Edited October 10, 2010 by jimmycent

[Guyver: Bioboosted Armor 6]

Go and take a walk round a children's cancer ward. You'll soon realize you have f**k all to be depressed about. Depression my hole. Attention seeking more like.

Edited October 10, 2010 by Guyver: Bioboosted Armor

[The Grumpy Dad 2]

Go and take a walk round a children's cancer ward. You'll soon realize you have f**k all to be depressed about. Depression my hole. Attention seeking more like.

 

 

Get off the fence and say what you mean

[Guyver: Bioboosted Armor 6]

It in some ways easier to talk to a total stranger.. about your worries and your problems.. than it is to the ones that loves us..But talking about them helps a lot.. dont box them away.. they just get bigger..

 

You looking for strangers to phone for a chat buttermilk eh sorry Running Wild.

[CarraghsGem 92]

Go and take a walk round a children's cancer ward. You'll soon realize you have f**k all to be depressed about. Depression my hole. Attention seeking more like.

 

 

just shows how little you know about depression, many people with depression dont want to be near other people and many wont talk about it, ive heard of peoples partners and familys not even knowing about it until something goes badly wrong or something blows it all out into the open.

 

if you know nothing about a subject dont try to preach about it to people who do

 

 

p.s what the f**k is your username about? are you suffering a midlife crisis or is it just you looking for attention?????

[Buster321c 1,010]

Here we go again..................................................

 

You should remember , what goes round , comes around . Changing usernames to skulk round other forums , treating people with complete distain , generally just using people for attention , christ , this is like De ja vu .

 

 

For those of you that dont know this is Stormchaser , responsible for quite a few people falling out , and people leaving several forums .

Edited October 10, 2010 by Buster321c

[mattydski 560]

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It in some ways easier to talk to a total stranger.. about your worries and your problems.. than it is to the ones that loves us..But talking about them helps a lot.. dont box them away.. they just get bigger..

 

You looking for strangers to phone for a chat buttermilk eh sorry Running Wild.

 

Think youve got you wires crossed a bit mate............

RW... I know a place that should cheer you up....were still there!!

 

xx

matty

[shepp 2,285]

Go and take a walk round a children's cancer ward. You'll soon realize you have f**k all to be depressed about. Depression my hole. Attention seeking more like.

 

You had better hope those words don't come back to haunt you.