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Aug 14, 2014 at 05:59 PM
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im in my low depressed part of my cycle and am blaming myself for having this sickness. for some reason i feel like i should be able to control this, to be normal..but instead i feel my depression is the consequence of manic behaviors and therefore i brought this on myself and somehow deserve this suffering.
feeling hopeless, trapped, and needless-to-say very depressed.. __________________ to the stars on the wings of a pig |
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Aug 14, 2014 at 06:33 PM
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I am sorry that you are suffering. what got me through my cycles was seeing them as a wave. I knew my cycles only lasted so long and then just as they had come on, they would go away and give me a break before the next one hit. just like the ocean waves. they come and crash over me, overwhelm me, make me feel like I am drowning, but then they recede and I am fine again. so when I am at the point of being overwhelmed and feeling like I am going to drown, I think about how the wave IS going to end and I am going to be fine again and get a break and I am not going to drown, I never had and it helps me get through it and not panic. I know it is just part of the natural cycle I have to go through so I just go with the flow so to speak. I look to when the wave recedes and not the chaos I am currently in. hope this helps. it is biological. nothing you do or not do can prevent it. take care.
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Aug 14, 2014 at 06:54 PM
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thank you for that analogy, you described the feeling perfectly and it really did help me relate.
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