My Support Forums - View Single Post

(JD) · Apr 17, 2009, 12:58 PM

((((Never))))) You sound like you're in such a terrible place. Please ...stop trying and "just be" for a bit? Rest. You need rest.

Depression is telling you lies, like the one that tells you you "can't." I know it's hard being where you are right now, but it won't always feel this bad. (As you listed things that have dumped into your life lately.)

Okay, you live with chronic depression. It isn't the best life, but it is life.

Do something good for yourself today. AND DON'T allow yourself to dwell on all the bad stuff (depression makes you do that.) When something negative comes into your mind tell it "not now, I'm not going to think about that right now." If it comes to the only thing you do all day is to block negative thinking...that's progress. Maybe you can sneak in a pleasant thought, or memory of "when" or "what if."

I'm glad you posted, as desperate as you feel. PC is a good place to find the support to keep on going, even if it is just baby steps and one foot in front of the other for weeks at a time.

Tell yourself "not now" whenever a negative thought comes up. We can't change the past, and we really don't know the future (though depression will say it's all bad) so all we can do something with is today. Right now while you're reading this, you're ok...and the time is positive right now.