Not just a one-day thing

I woke up today with a feeling of doom and just a sad overall feeling with negative thoughts running through my head. This is not just a one-day thing. Even without my cpap I slept in until noon. I finally decided to eat some cereal and get a shower so I physically feel fine. I've been watching my favorite youtube channel (they tour Disney World parks and hotels as well as non-Disney attractions) which is calming me a bit. I made egg salad for dinner later. I just feel so blah and dark and defeated. And I feel restless mentally.

Sorry, Moose. I woke up with a negative loop pathway running over and over again. Had to get myself out of it just to get the day going and sort of turned around. It happens.

Try to do some things you sometimes enjoy, it migh turn around for you. Distraction can sometimes get me on better pathways, happier ones. You just have to get off those negative neural pathways somehow and to do that, you are probably going to have to take some sort of action. Just sitting around may not work, unless you are super good at CBT or something. That can work, too, of course.

Yeah, I'm feeling depressed myself, but also, there is some anger mixed in, in my case. Sorry you're feeling down too, though.

Try not to sleep too much. I've been sleeping a lot and my therapist said not to do that because it is likely worsening my depression. I know how tempting it is to get lots of sleep, though, because it allows you to temporarily escape the negative feelings. Still, it's not a good idea to do that. My therapist said to set an alarm for wake up and stay up until it's time for bed. The point is to ensure you get adequate sleep, but not so much that your depression worsens. Would you be willing to give that a shot?

I know you might be tired during the day because if you're getting less sleep than your depressive self wants to (I'm currently in this position myself), but don't forget that oversleeping makes you tired too. It's a really vicious cycle when you get too much sleep.

Moose, do you feel more depressed, or more anxious?

Depressed but there's anxiety in there too so its hard to tell really.

Yes I will try. I made myself get out and take a walk. I talked with my mom- not about being depressed though. However my stepdad had a cpap mask for me! An old one he doesn't use! My walk wasn't very long but after I laid on the porch in the shade and just took in nature. It was very nice.

Good job!!

(((((((( hugs ))))))))

I'm sorry you feel this way. Do you think it is situational or a more chronic thing? Maybe a call to the pdoc is in order.

I think its several situational things which have crashed around me at once.

Yeah. Pdoc is not Always the Answer.

Hugs

I went out with a friend and N3 and we had a nice talk so I'm feeling happier today.

That's great!

Glad to hear it!