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Posted by tampagirl70 on June 18, 2004, at 12:28:15
i find it very difficult to laugh when i'm depressed, as well as do just basic stuff, like go to the grocery, go to a store, talk on the phone, etc. i'm almost dreading this weekend because my husband will want to do something and i possibly won't want to. i don't want to sit at home by myself either. a lot of things on tv involve relationships and that can trigger my ocd and start me thinking about things i don't want to think about.
what do you do when you're depressed and/or obsessing?
Posted by ghost on June 18, 2004, at 12:39:10
In reply to do you still do things when you're depressed?, posted by tampagirl70 on June 18, 2004, at 12:28:15
i pretty much sit at home like you say. sometimes i'll take my laptop to a coffeeshop with internet access and do what i would normally do (sit home and surf the net) in a new location. gives me a change of scenery at the very least.
Posted by Klokka on June 18, 2004, at 13:48:51
In reply to do you still do things when you're depressed?, posted by tampagirl70 on June 18, 2004, at 12:28:15
I'm usually most depressed from fall to late spring, so school has kind of forced me to do things when I feel that way. Given a choice, though, I don't do anything apart from lots of sleeping and maybe a bit of writing here and there.
Posted by Scott in Vermont on June 18, 2004, at 14:01:58
In reply to do you still do things when you're depressed?, posted by tampagirl70 on June 18, 2004, at 12:28:15
I use the enormous negative energy I have to clean things. This last week I re-organized my tool boxes, labeled them with content description, and then built a new shelf for them to sit on. When I'm depressed I'm usually really angry that I am depressed and I try to fight it.
If I can't fight it and it really hammers me, I cry in a corner or I get drunk and sleep or I eat like I'm starving and play the same video game I have played about a billion times before. It's mindless and it passes time but I still have to pay attention enough to not get "killed", and I notice that I develop and unhealthy connection to the character and I do everything I can to keep him alive, perhaps it's a metaphor for keeping myself alive?
I should mention that all the above is when I don't have to be at work. If I'm crashing and it's during the work week, I suck it up, bring it to work with me, and sit at my desk crying and wishing I would die in my cube via natural causes. I try to take time off on my worst days, but I've had an awful lot of "worst days" in the last couple of months and I'm running out of time off quickly.
I really hope this stops. But today I'm HAPPY! Like toooooo happy... I'm on a raging upswing (just in time for the weekend! Roadtrip anyone?)
-Scott
Posted by ghost on June 18, 2004, at 16:18:25
In reply to Re: do you still do things when you're depressed? » tampagirl70, posted by Scott in Vermont on June 18, 2004, at 14:01:58
> I really hope this stops. But today I'm HAPPY! Like toooooo happy... I'm on a raging upswing (just in time for the weekend! Roadtrip anyone?)
i'm hope you're in a raging roadtrippin' upswing when i make it to NH in a couple weeks. :)
Posted by shadows721 on June 18, 2004, at 18:31:28
In reply to do you still do things when you're depressed?, posted by tampagirl70 on June 18, 2004, at 12:28:15
I force myself to do things like cook, exercise, get dressed, and wash clothes. Sometimes, I have to write a list. If it isn't written, it doesn't get done.
Posted by cubic_me on June 19, 2004, at 13:33:47
In reply to Re: do you still do things when you're depressed?, posted by shadows721 on June 18, 2004, at 18:31:28
When I'm most depressed, if I have to do something, I will, and if I don't have to, I won't. I'll nearly always make myself have a shower, get dressed and have something to eat, but if I have the day off, I'll often sleep for most of it.
Things tend to take me a lot longer to do when I'm depressed - if I have to work it takes me twice as long as my mind can't hold thoughts together properly.
Posted by Scott in Vermont on June 21, 2004, at 13:25:37
In reply to Re: do you still do things when you're depressed? » Scott in Vermont, posted by ghost on June 18, 2004, at 16:18:25
I'd be up for a roadtrip, but I would hope to be less cyclic. I tend to attract unwanted attention when I'm "up", and I'm not fun to be around at all when I am "down". I'm shooting for "normal". :)
NH is already on my "to do" list this summer (I haven't been to the ocean since 1996) and I really want to run around on the beach during low tide. I love that.
Drop me a line when you get a bit closer to VT.
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