Posted by rskontos on October 7, 2007, at 19:42:59
In reply to no longer crisis, posted by sunnydays on October 7, 2007, at 17:43:52
Sunnyd, that is how depression often works at least for me, You have a good day and several bad. YOu get stuff done and then you don't. I have always used getting stuff down to drown out my voices and when I can't I get depressed. My T said I have likely been depressed my whole life. I masked it well.
I understand and You are not a failure. Your system is just out of whacked, it is chemical not you and it is not made up. Depression is not something you can just decide to go away and poof it well. So don't feel guilty and think you made it up just because for a while it went away. That is depression.
Taking yourself away from it by doing something is helpful. You are handling the best you can until the right meds are found. Reading a book, walking, mediating, taking a warm bath, are all ways to help relief it. I clean my house, it helps. I work on my writing. I walk my dogs, I try and exercise, all this helps to relieve it. That is what you did but it will come back until when I don't know until maybe we are healed if that is possible I have hope. You should too. When you get overwhlemed try to find an outlet and see if that helps for a while. That is sometimes the best baby steps for now until your T can help find other solutions. Hang in there. rk
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