Posted by Fi on October 10, 2004, at 8:58:26
(This is rather a miserable message, so dont read it if you are feeling miserable and need something more encouraging).
Its just such a slog keeping going. Does anyone manage to hope for the future? How do you do it? When I am having (yet another) short bout of clinical depression, I can usually keep going thru the past experience that I will get better.But I cant feel any hope for anything in the future. All that is definite is probably more depressive episode, ageing, and death (which usually seems dreadful, but sometimes seems a relief, tho not to the extent of taking it into my own hands).
In the shorter term,being ill so often means I cant plan things like real holidays (or visit family easily as they live a long way away). And getting tired is taking a risk at the moment, so limiting what I dare do outside work.
So usually I just live in the present, avoiding sad memories and scarey future. But cant always sustain that.
Any ideas for getting/maintaining hope -or just keeping going- v welcome.
Fi
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