It sucks your power. It infiltrates your brain. It stops you from doing what is good and important in order to gain footing in this difficult world.

How do you manage day-to-day tasks when you are being pulled under?

How do you stand up for yourself when you cant see a strong road ahead but only a crumbling path?

[turquoisesea]

Originally Posted by Jaen Wirefly

It sucks your power. It infiltrates your brain. It stops you from doing what is good and important in order to gain footing in this difficult world.

How do you manage day-to-day tasks when you are being pulled under?

How do you stand up for yourself when you cant see a strong road ahead but only a crumbling path?

You said this so well. that's exactly how I've felt

You have to walk so blindly. You HAVE to trust in the fact that others have been there and they have gotten out. I can personally attest to that. You have to take little tiny steps and keep trying and trying.

Do you have a therapist? Have you talked to a doctor and had some routine tests done?

Originally Posted by turquoisesea

You said this so well. that's exactly how I've felt

You have to walk so blindly. You HAVE to trust in the fact that others have been there and they have gotten out. I can personally attest to that. You have to take little tiny steps and keep trying and trying.

Do you have a therapist? Have you talked to a doctor and had some routine tests done?

I was in therapy for two years to deal with depression amongst other disorders I have. The only thing that helps is keeping busy and being productive. If I talk with a friend about depression I wind up getting more depressed. I'm on medication that really helps.

Yay Prozac and Xanax!!!

But it isn't a cure.

[Leed]

Being clinically depressed, Medication IS the answer for me. And it might be for you too! I'm on Cymbalta twice a day 120mg total. You don't need a psychiatrist either - your doctor can prescribe this for you, or any drug for depression. Please talk to your doctor. He/she can help you!! You shouldn't be suffering like this. God bless and take care. Hugs, Lee

[Gus1234U]

dear Jaen, talk to me sometime about a techno therapy that i have been using with excellent results,, permanent repairs to the brain,, it's called CenterPoint auditory technology.. i have posted the references in Other (or Alternative) Therapies Forum.. i hope you persevere and endure until you find the cure ~! best wishes,, Gus

[kebsfroggy]

Originally Posted by Jaen Wirefly

It sucks your power. It infiltrates your brain. It stops you from doing what is good and important in order to gain footing in this difficult world.

How do you manage day-to-day tasks when you are being pulled under?

How do you stand up for yourself when you cant see a strong road ahead but only a crumbling path?

So true!
You meander around trying to find the right path and waiting in fear the last little glimmer of hope will finally be snuffed out.
This frog of little brain has no answers only understands the experiences.

Originally Posted by kebsfroggy

So true!
You meander around trying to find the right path and waiting in fear the last little glimmer of hope will finally be snuffed out.
This frog of little brain has no answers only understands the experiences.

Aww hugs little frog I do have some answers since I've been thinking a lot about solutions lately.

I think you need to surround yourself with people who love you. Sometimes this is hard to find because finding love in any form (romance, friendship etc.) is difficult. But the first thing you can do is start spending more time with those that do care for you. Even if it's just one person. Then think of things you can do to make that persons life better.

[DragonLady12]

I agree. You can only hold the hand of someone you trust and walk along.

Know that there's a bright future lying ahead-- usually, inspirational movies really help with these feelings.

How do you stand up for yourself when you cant see a strong road ahead but only a crumbling path?

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. ~Alexandre Dumas

Self-knowledge and self-improvement are very difficult for most people. It usually needs great courage and long struggle. ~Abraham Maslow

We are wonderful, capable human beings worthy of love and happiness. We all have a gift to give the world that can't be duplicated. No one else is exactly like us.

The problem is, we don't believe it. We are used to thinking about all our negative qualities and become expert at putting ourselves down. We have a hard time believing and accepting our own goodness and gifts.

When we have a negative attitude, only one person can change it - us. We have the power to choose to change our thinking - if we want to. It takes a courageous person to risk getting positive and hopeful. ~Unknown

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming. ~Helen Keller

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterward, when you've worked on your own corner. ~Aldous Huxley

I am who I choose to be. I always have been what I chose -- though not always what I pleased. ~Lois McMaster Bujold

We are better than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less. ~Anonymous

“Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.” ~Fitzhugh Dodson

“First you write down your goal; your second job is to break down your goal into a series of steps, beginning with steps which are absurdly easy.” ~Fitzhugh Dodson

“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop” ~Confucius

I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others.~Jennifer Louden

Take pride in how far you have come, have faith in how far you can go. ~Anonymous

Love and accept yourself first. Stand tall. Believe. Find your passion. Plot your course. Do the work. Do not quit.