Don't think I can do this

I'm freaked out, it's all too much. Feeling this miserable every day doesn't work. I don't think I can do this anymore. Every day I guess I'm feeling like that but somehow hold on and go thru another day. Just going thru another day doesn't make life bearable at all.

so sorry gracez but i totally understand sending good wishes your way i hope you know we are there thinking of you

Well said. Depression messes with the ability to derive motivation from making it through things.

Thanks Turtleboy, thanks Rohag,

Well I'm halfway thru another day. I know that others out there on PC are thinking of me. And I'm thinking of them (you) too.

PC kind of saves me, keeps me a little sane, less alone nowadays.

Getting a little comfort in the day, which I usually do at some point, even just for 1 hour, or when asleep, is the best I hope for. It doesn't feel like a life and I hate it.

For a year now.

Hi Gracez,
Let us know how you are feeling today

Hi, don't know you really but I send so many positive thoughts to you! I know the feeling, it's tough , but hang in there because it will get better some day!

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Thanks Clara, thanks wintersnow. Hoping that you are well also. I appreciate the reminder to hang in and that sometime it will change.

I'm feeling really anxious & due to that a bit nauseous, tight in the chest. I haven't been anxious in a few weeks now, and am bummed that it's back. Feeling pretty much the same as yesterday - terrible, and at the end of my rope.

Hugs

I can commiserate G. I have large periods of time feeling like this. It's taking a long time to return to a level that was barely functional. Now, I get more anxious from completing any task related to going out in public. After returning home, I am so drained I want to hide under my blanket. PC and my bird are what keep me going.

Have you tried having an "anxiety-moment"? During the day, write down everything that bugs you or keeps your mind in a bad mood. Remind yourself that you don't have to think about it at that moment - there will be time later.

When you feel ready (or perhaps not) take half an hour to sit down and have your "anxiety-moment". Choose a spot where you normally don't sit, like in the corner of a room or something. Now is the time to let your mind wander: worry or just allow every feeling you have to take its place in your body. Everything is alright and it's nothing to be afraid of. You could also write freely what you think about. When the half an hour is up, do something else. If anything comes up - write it down and "save" it to the next moment. A half an hour a day isn't much precious time going to waste.

You could also structure your "anxiety-moment", by dividing the worries into things that can be changed, and things that can't. Make a plan for the changeable stuff. The other things can't be changed anyway - so why bother?

Don't know if this could be relevant to you but this has helped me work with myself. Also mediating... have you tried that?

And remember: "Yes, I suffer. But that doesn't mean that something is fundamentally wrong."

We're here for you!

Hugs!

I hope you feel better.

I don't think I can either gracez, I'm struggling with you, my friend of misery. Just holding on so my family doesn't become sad for my absence.

Hi Sadley, I'm sad to hear this. I wish no one felt this kind of pain. Good for you for hanging on and yes, let's hang on together. That's really caring of you to hang on for your family. I don't hang on for my family in particular since I am not close to them, but in general for others - I know that it is so painful for others who are left behind. I wouldn't want to harm anybody else's life in that way. But that's not like a happy thought that gives you any hope or really gets you thru the day!

Thanks for hanging on with me. And thanks for responding. I hope to hear from you / see your posts around.

Hugs

Amen.

I suffer from frequent low-grade nausea. In my case it's more likely a med side effect than the direct effect of anxiety, but it doesn't help my mood. Ginger-this and ginger-that are often recommended for nausea.

Hi gracez -- I deal with chronic depression on a daily basis, and I know how depression feels day and day out -- I am on effexor xr and welbutrin daily and take alprazolam, as needed. Even on all this med, I still deal with low-grade depression constantly, and I, too, really need to push myself to get through most days.

Are you on any medication -- I am currently working with my doctor to stop taking effexor and find something new, but it will take a while to get off the effexor.

I really am trying, in my own way, to offer you some support, if only, because I know exactly how you feel. Please keep posting -- the short time I have been on PC has really given me some strength and support to fight this mental health issue of mine, and I have found comfort by reading how others cope

Keep in touch -- I really do know how this feels.

Hi, thanks for those suggestions. The nausea comes from the upset.

I am on Prozac & Atavan but don't have continuing psychiatric care so can't switch meds. In 6 weeks it hasn't had any effect, and neither did 2 other SSRIs which I tried for 2 mos. each.

I've started to become really anxious again the past few days, which is a new symptom for me in the past few mos., and then went away for 2 weeks but is back.

I will keep in touch - thank you!