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Apr 14, 2009, 01:28 PM
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does anyone else ever feel like they are drowning themselves in their own problems? I tell myself not to think about being upset, but yet it just makes me think about it even more!!! i just want to go a day...just ONEEE day without thinking about being depressed or feeling bad for myself. but that doesnt work. im constantly thinking about everything. i think that if i didnt think about it all so much i would feel better.....but it has already taken over my life. i guess theres not much i can do at this point. blaaaaahhhh
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Apr 14, 2009, 01:47 PM
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I know what you mean. I used to feel like I was drowning in my problems, but now I feel like I have already DROWNED.
So drowning is preferable to drowned. You're still afloat and you can still do something.
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Apr 14, 2009, 02:47 PM
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(((((((((((lmg)))))))))))))
I think a huge part of the depression is that it makes it impossible for us to stop thinking about certain things. When my depression gets really bad, I sleep all the time, not so much because of low energy as that the only time I get any peace inside my head is when I'm unconscious. I know what you mean when you say you're drowning.  My suggestion is to try to distract yourself. If you catch yourself thinking negatively or about things that you don't want to, play mindgames to distract yourself -- it sounds silly but I will focus on counting by twos or trying to recite the alphabet backwards in my head, and it distracts me from all the things I don't want to be thinking about at that moment. take care
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Apr 14, 2009, 04:37 PM
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I feel just like you, very tired of thinking only of my problems, my only escape is reading and going for walks (although sometimes all I do is thinking while walking!)
I hope you will feel better soon and that you get a respite from all this. |
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Apr 14, 2009, 07:26 PM
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I also know the feeling. It's like you get in this pattern of negative thoughts. You can't think about anything else. For me, it's like thinking about the same depressing things is all I know how to do anymore. It wears me out mentally, but I don't always know how to pull myself out of it. But like idontknow, I go on walks. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But I agree that distraction can help.
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Apr 14, 2009, 07:40 PM
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YES.....
That's all I can say right now. 
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Apr 15, 2009, 09:31 AM
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am there with you
hope we can get past them
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