Posted by bambi on September 3, 2005, at 15:34:47
In reply to Re: new friends in depression 2 » bambi, posted by ClearSkies on September 2, 2005, at 15:34:14
Hello ClearSkies and thank you very much for your warm welcome.(:
As far as questions about the site are concerned, I would appreciate any information you find useful because my ignorance goes as far as not even knowing what to ask. Actually I quite loved the experience of sending my message into a big anonymous void and getting a nice reply when starting my PC in the morning. (It's 11 p.m. here)
One of the things that interests me is how you came across my message. I found out about this site when some posts opened after I had entered 'Prozac withdrawl' into google. I saw some other subcategories but I, of course, chose Newbies. I suppose I could click on a link to other categories and then find messages of other people and get back to them as you did to me but I'll postpone it for a while because I'm working on a translation (which is good - because it means I'm not that bad after all).
Not to be (too) self-absorbed: how did you find about the site, how long have you been present here and how much time do you spend in this kind of communication? One of the many things that I find terrible about our condition is that we are not supposed to talk about it in the way you can talk about some other less prejudiced health conditions of physical nature. This forces me to cover up my actual feelings and I use a lot of energy on hiding how bad I feel. Even from friends and family because I bore even myself (most of all) with constant moanings.
Back to you: you say that manic phases cost you employment. I'm actually not bipolar (I feel low all the time and I don't have cycles) but I somehow thought lack of energy and concentration associated with depression would be worse for having a job than being elated.
That reminds me: are you allowed to ask personal questions about people: their profession, age, where they come from ... nothing too intrusive. I suppose you can but it's up to other person to decide how much they are willing to reveal.(?)
And yes, I'm in therapy but more about that next time if you're interested. Well, it's psycho-analytically oriented. Yours sounds more like cognitive-biheviourist (I read something about it once upon a time). As a matter of fact we don't have much choice of a therapy around here. (I got the impression that (the majority) of people from the community are from the States.
Thanks once again. Hope to hear from you soon. (Honestly - I wanted to write a short message (:)
Bambi (scared and fragile animal but capable of growing into someone stronger)
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