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May 09, 2011, 01:41 PM
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My mood just took a nosedive ... after I got through telling my counselor and my pdoc how much better I've been feeling lately. Ugh...
 Suddenly all I want to do is curl up in a corner and ignore the world and all the people in it. 
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Rebecca "If you're going through hell -- keep going." - Winston Churchill It's better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection. - Elizabeth Gilbert Bring on the wonder, we got it all wrong, we pushed you down deep in our souls, so hang on. Bring on the wonder, bring on the song, I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long. - Susan Enan http://igetupagain.wordpress.com/ |
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May 09, 2011, 01:47 PM
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Sorry to hear you are down right now! Do you know what triggered this? If you don't, might be something unconscious from the past...it will likely pass. If you have been feeling better, I'll bet this mood will pass fairly soon, and you will feel better again as you were. It might be good for you to crawl in that bed for a while. Or, maybe, give yourself another hour, do something easy, and see if you still feel like it. Then do it! Take care of yourself. Or, maybe say you'll crawl in bed for an hour, and then see if you feel like getting up and doing something easy. Whatever. You can "baby" yourself and be nice to yourself till this passes. It will pass; you will likely go back to feeling better as you were. Remember the road out of depression is full of lumps and bumps--that's normal. I think you just hit one. Don't let it get you "down" for long--you will feel better soon. You ARE getting better--it just doesn't feel like it this minute and that is discouraging, I'm sure. We are pulling for you--do remember that! Sending you a big PC hug:
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May 09, 2011, 01:48 PM
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The missing hug: (sorry)
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May 09, 2011, 02:17 PM
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I still get down, too, Rebecca (obviously), even after having some amazing up periods I thought would last forever. I had one up period that lasted three years, although I had panic attacks then. I don't miss those at all.
I guess there must be a reason I get down. It keeps leading me back to places like this, and then I see other people in pain, and maybe I can relate and empathize with them to a degree. Anyway, that's my attempt at an explanation. I hope you bounce back soon.
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You must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on. - Samuel Beckett It's never too late to start all over again - Steppenwolf Every person carries with him or herself patterns of thinking, feeling, and potential acting which were learned throughout their lifetime...As soon as certain patterns...have established themselves...he must unlearn these...and unlearning is more difficult than learning for the first time. - Geert Hofstede |
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May 09, 2011, 04:26 PM
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I hate it when that happens... when I tell everyone how much better I'm doing, and then immediately crash! Although, someone once told me that if you made a graph of how recovery from depression looks, it wouldn't be a straight upward line, but rather would be a jagged line with lots of little dips and peaks. I try to remember that when I start worrying about what it means when my mood takes a downward turn. In the meantime, take good care of yourself.
 wishing you well, garden gal |
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May 10, 2011, 05:28 AM
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(((((((Rebecca))))))))
You can always call them up - I hate it when therapy or whatever appt the symptoms don't show then you go home and the next day they do. I think professionals in that field would probably understand. I hope you start to feel better, I know you've been under a lot of stress
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May 10, 2011, 11:05 AM
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I think that feeling better sometimes cuts both ways. We feel happy and secure, which leads us to analyze why we do. If we find no reason for the happiness we pick it apart until it is broken into little razor blades. Why am I happy? The laundry is not done, the dishes are dirty and I took nothing out for dinner, yet I feel great. I should have, need to do this... ah poop now I am sad. Like making it up 10 flights of stairs only to go back down to see what you tripped over on floor 2. It may seem like 1 step forward 2 steps back but it will evolve into 2 up 1 down and someday 3 up and no down. Ok well maybe not always 3 up. Come on no one has a perfect day every day.
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May 11, 2011, 09:26 AM
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wow... i can relate.
i just started these new meds and *i think* they may be helping just a little. so i woke up this morning thinking "OH my god, why don't i have a job yet???" and started attacking myself ruthlessly. i think garden gal has a point about the "ups and downs." ((thinking of you rebecca))
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May 11, 2011, 10:14 AM
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(((((((((((((( justfloating )))))))))))))
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