Breaking point

venting...sort of:

I'm completely exhausted of depression. I think I have gotten to a point where I just don't care about the problems in my life anymore. I'm tired of bailing water out of a sinking boat.

My tired of working with my T. I'm tired of my age-old problems. I'm tired of pills. It just seems like everything these days either p*sses me off, or sends me walking in the complete opposite direction of the problem.

I feel like I'm going to snap any day now...I'm just waiting to the point where my tolerance of these situations gives out.

Has anyone experinced this? How do you deal with apathy and fustration in a cycle of, seemingly, never ending problems?

My so completely fed up I can barely think.

calm down, take a deep breath, close your eyes and try to relax. nothing is never as bad as it seems. i know your struggles i have been there myself. depression is a monster thats not going to go away overnight. don't give up!! things can only get better right!!!

When I get like that, I experience the anger for a while because to me its like a pimple that is popping and stuff is coming out. (sorry for the visual but a pimple is actually a small thing but an annoying nuisance and many pimples are downright preplexing). Then I take deep breaths and focus on something small to take my mind off all the big things that plague me a the time. I might get a pretty flower and look closley at the soft petals and wonder at the miracle of it's making, or I will watch ants go about their business, or just listen to music and feel the beats. Distractions on little things are not a permanent fix, but it helps you get through what you are going through, and there is an end. Hold on, you will make it.

hi valis. im sorry to hear about what you are going through,

try to take everything a day at a time, try not to look at it in a time-line situation. depression only goes away with alot of hard work and determintation. when that determination fades, we have to find out what creates it initially, and try to bring it back. ive said on several posts to other people, the best thing i found that helps is to find something you are creatively in touch with, it could be anyhting, just as long as it gets you thinking and concentrating on something you enjoy doing, instead of thinking and concentrating on depression.

there are often times when i feel like i want to explode, i feel like i am in a room where the walls are closing in and i get upset and worked up. the thing i find that helps is to imagine you pushing the walls back, and to use all your physical and mental strength to stop these "tightening" feeling progressing.

accept these sorts of days. they are all part of the process of depression, and it will not last forever. explain to your therapist about these feelings as they will help you conquer them too.

try taking a holiday, away from your normal everyday surroundings, as our everyday life can seem abit tedious after a while.

i hope you find the solution to your troubles, and if theres anything you need, please feel free to let me know. im here for you, as are many of use here at PC.

take care of yourself and try not to stress too much about your current feelings. they are all completely natural and will fade with time.

Good advice - taking things a day at a time helps prevent you from feeing as overwhelmed.

Hi, I'm sorry you are going thru such a time,
I hope You feel beeter soon.
Tita