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May 30, 2015, 02:21 PM
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When you're depressed, do you still try to appear normal and functional (IE: going out, putting on the face, etc)? Or do you just 100% isolate and block everything out? It seem like there is such a range amongst the other depressed and BPs I know.
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May 30, 2015, 02:26 PM
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I do both. I'm unpredictable. Lol
Are you doing alright?
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May 30, 2015, 02:31 PM
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Honestly it varies for me....if its a milder episode I can get myself up and going, if it severe I might not get up, shower, leave the house for days. I'm doing better now that I've been diagnosed and taking my stabilizer everyday but still had a day last week that I just couldn't do it. But I didn't beat myself up over it and that was a first
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May 30, 2015, 02:57 PM
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I "try" to always keep kicking and clawing. But many times I allow myself a few days to just hide and have a pity party.... Then I start fighting again.
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May 30, 2015, 03:33 PM
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I do both. I usually go to my parent's house every Sunday no matter how I am feeling but they can usually tell how I am doing. It is a constant for me and often makes me feel better if not for a short while...gives me a reason to shower and get out of bed. During the day however, I don't sleep and often will go days with no shower.
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May 30, 2015, 06:56 PM
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My depressive episodes I have realized happen every 4-6 weeks and last 2-3 days. I just wake up and can't function. I don't go thru the crippling depression like several. I usually call in for usually one day, sometimes two because I just can't put that fake face on, get out of bed, etc. Then I tell myself it's time to get moving again, I can do this. It takes me hours to do this by the way, maybe even a day. I then put the fake face on and go into work and act goofy like I normally do so nobody asks me "what's wrong", I hate that. I know they mean well, but I just don't want to deal with it over and over again all day long. That's how it works for me.
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May 30, 2015, 10:20 PM
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I get out go bed and put on my work face
Then once the workday is over, I go home and be "me"
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May 30, 2015, 10:28 PM
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I used to put on the face, wrap myself in bold assertive clothes to give me strength. But the older I've gotten the less I do that. Instead I withdraw and just don't give a damn.
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#9
May 30, 2015, 10:57 PM
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#10
May 30, 2015, 10:58 PM
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When I'm depressed I try to stay in bed or be alone, I avoid my wife and daughter and only shower when I have to go see my T or pdoc. Sometimes I walk my dogs late at night, but that's the only time I leave the house. I am on disability so I don't have to put on a face for work.
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