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Apr 09, 2011, 10:09 PM
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hey all...I need to get this out. I recently had a very sudden and severe depressive episode with constant and intense thoughts of sui for which I was hospitalized for 8days. I got out march 30th and find myself struggling to get back into life. I know some of this is fear based as this is the worst episode since being diagnosed. is this typical after severe episode and hospitalization??
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Apr 09, 2011, 10:55 PM
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{{{Melissa}}}
Yes, what you are experiencing is not unusual after a hospitalization and severe episode. It always takes me some time to get used to being in the "outside world" after I've been in the hospital for a while. Something else to consider, and something that was explained to me after a particularly difficult episode, is that you may be going through a bit of PTSD of sorts. When you are feeling sui**dal, your psyche recognizes that your life is in danger on some level, and you can actually experience it as a traumatic event. If you are able to, try to take it easy for a while. Be gentle with yourself and try not to take on too much all at once. Give yourself some time - you'll get there.
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I've been scattered I've been shattered I've been knocked out of the race But I'll get better I feel your light upon my face ~Sting, Lithium Sunset 
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Apr 10, 2011, 04:46 PM
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I guess I will talk to my T about some of this adjustment difficulty. Also feel like my mind is trying to "make sense" of what happened or something like that. Its just been really rough and Im having a hard time accepting that its not happening faster.
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Apr 10, 2011, 07:58 PM
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It took time for me to adjust as well. It is traumatic. Give yourself time.
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Apr 14, 2011, 09:54 PM
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My T pushed me to pick something I would do everyday and waited in dead silence for me to pick something. She told me that it was called behavioral activation and that there was no point in my being there if I didn't pick something. So I picked to walk the dog to which she said I needed to do it twice a day. I'm really mad about this I really don't want to go back and see her next week. Another part of me knows she is probably right to do this as I have had a really hard time getting "out there" and it had been two weeks ago yesterday that I got out of the hospital. Sorry if you've read about this on another part of the forum.
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#6
Apr 19, 2011, 12:45 PM
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Hi Melissa
 How's the dog walking going?? Thinking about you ~ Dragonfly
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I've been scattered I've been shattered I've been knocked out of the race But I'll get better I feel your light upon my face ~Sting, Lithium Sunset
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