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Old Oct 09, 2010, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Distressed2010 View Post
I am really confused. These are my 2 situations:

#1:
At times when I'm so consumed by something I'm interested in (its extremely hard to catch my interest), I'm like on top of a cloud, almost a high, and I'm also a very curious person so it really makes me feel good when I have something to learn about.

But the moment I've researched it all the way to the bottom or had too much of it (usually after about 3 days to a week), I suddenly lose interest.

Then, I'm bored. Boredom leads to my mind thinking negative things. So then I get depressed. Get consumed by my thoughts. Recently I've started having suicidal thoughts in the sense that I'll sit and wonder "What if I die... how will everyone feel?" and then I ponder on what's the least painful way to do it... I do all this knowing that suicide is not what I want, but that the pain has become so hard to deal with that suicide might help in permanently ending it all.

A couple days pass, and then I'm back at a new interest I've caught and again the cycle continues.. interest, boredom, depression, suicide, interest, boredom... you get the point.

What the hell is this???( I do have ADHD)

#2:
Another thing. I have felt isolated for the past 10 years. I've had close friends before but they've been a few, right now I don't have any close friends. zilch. I was also emotionally and sexually abused while growing up. Many have probably read on this forum a couple weeks back I was badly stuck in the past. Now i'm out of it but I still feel like i have no one and i'm all alone.

I think about the future, good things about the future, and then my mind goes to thinking "Ok, so i'll have an awesome family (Goal #1), then what? ALright, so i also have tons of money ( then what?), basically asking myself whats next... I feel like I'll never get close to anyone and if i do, they will hurt me or wont be there for me. I'll always be alone.



Additional info:
I have had therapy for 3 months, which solely focused on the dysfunction part of my family and how to pay attention to my own feelings.
I'm great at making acquantences but I suck at getting closer... I feel isolated even when I'm out at times. Also, THE SAME thing happens with some new people i meet, I find them extremely interesting in the beginning but then the more I hang out with them (or may i say indulge in the pleasures of this newfound friendship), the sooner I find them to be boring and end up dropping them. At times they offend me and i drop them and at other times I simply lose interest.

Thankyou everyone for providing validation but I would really appreicate it if you guys could provide some helpful hints that you might have learnt in CBT that I could use in both the above situations. thanks much!!
I can only say that 3 years ago (the last time I tried to commit suicide) I researched on the internet the quickest, least painful way of doing it. Obviously I failed to die. I am sure that is a good thing, but I think God had a hand in this someway. I really don't know why, but if I can help anyone by posting on here, I am sure it will have been worth my failure to exit this life. I am loving this site because it is the only place I really feel like I fit in. I don't meld into any other group in life, not even my family, especially my family. Here is my family and I will continue to help and be helped here as long as God allows me to.
Sorry for all the rambling. I really don't have any hints for CBT. I love group therapy and maybe you should try it, especially if you like people. I find the coolest people there. Some however take up the whole session talking only about themselves so be fore warned. You need a mediator to help keep things going smoothly. Hope I have helped some.

Last edited by wanttoheal; Oct 09, 2010 at 12:37 PM. Reason: added trigger icon
Thanks for this!
Distressed2010