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Posted by daizy on March 7, 2003, at 12:20:19
Im havijng difficulty in making sense of what has happened to me over the past year or so with this anxiety. I have questions that I cantanswer and its annoying me! Like why did this have to happen to me? Where is my head? I feel like Imjust stuck in someone else's nightmare! I dunno, I dont understand anything anymore, Its like I dont know how I did things I used to,like being on my own, going to Uni, going out and being social, making friends, all the things that Im not going to ever be able to do again. Its like Im a different person now, who I dont like. Also (this is worrying me a lot) I cant think about the future, Like before,I'd be able to visualise tomorrow in my head, but now I cant visualise it at all, its just gone, its all black... *SIGHS*........And the feeling of exitement, Its all gone... Does it ever come back????????
Posted by lostsailor on March 7, 2003, at 12:35:20
In reply to Sorry to be serious, but..........., posted by daizy on March 7, 2003, at 12:20:19
daizy...have you told your doc about your feelings???
Are you on medications??/I know the feeling only too well that you are describing. For me, it does go away at times. It's so important to try extra hard in the begining I have decieded, because you don't want to let it go too long or else It seems to take over.
You are not strange or odd. As you will see here and other places these feeling happen to more people than you think.
Bless,
~tony
Posted by gabbix2 on March 7, 2003, at 13:58:48
In reply to to daizy, posted by lostsailor on March 7, 2003, at 12:35:20
Daisy, I'm pretty sure I know how you're feeling.
From what you described it sounds exactly like what I've been going through.
I heard the author Andrew Solomon describe depression saying it was like waking up one morning, and everything is suddenly everything is written in a foreign tongue. The things you enjoyed you can't feel anymore, it seems as if you have two emotions boredom and anxiety.Before I was diagnosed I had no idea how many facets there are to depression. I thought it was feeling "down"
I didn't know feelings like grief, anxiety fear,
and emptiness are all symptoms.Medication can help a great deal. If you haven't seen a good Dr. one who will do more than hand you a prescription for whatever is the popular anti-depressant this week, than thats the first step you should take.
Good luck.
G
Posted by viridis on March 7, 2003, at 22:56:47
In reply to Sorry to be serious, but..........., posted by daizy on March 7, 2003, at 12:20:19
It (normalcy) definitely does come back, but as others here have said, it may require medication, and some trial and error. You're just ill -- when you have the flu, you don't question whether you'll feel better again, but mental illness plays tricks with your mind.
Part of depression is the feeling that you'll never recover, yet almost everyone does. It's just that without the right medication, the illness can recur, so you need to find what works for you, and a good psychiatrist can help you do this. Find one, no matter how bad you feel, and you will get better. The brain is amazingly resilient, especially given the right meds, and life will be good again.
Posted by justyourlaugh on March 7, 2003, at 23:34:12
In reply to Re: Sorry to be serious, but..........., posted by viridis on March 7, 2003, at 22:56:47
daizy,
today is a real bad day for me and i feel like i will never get better..
i feel like i have been robbed..
no one told be about this...
ive been so up and down today,
crying now....
been on meds (almost a year)
all different types
many combos
seems to be bull shi* so far....
i know i know keep trying..blah blah blah..
cant even get out the front door...
j
Posted by daizy on March 8, 2003, at 9:55:43
In reply to Sorry to be serious, but..........., posted by daizy on March 7, 2003, at 12:20:19
Thanx for the support you guys! I guess I was just having a bad day, it was dreary outside and yes I was bored. I think a lot of my depression comes from seeing everyone around me succeed where I fail! Im getting used to it now though! I need to sort my life out, basically, and its even harder to do when your depressed! Trying to stay positive............... :-)
Posted by daizy on March 9, 2003, at 7:19:42
In reply to Sorry to be serious, but..........., posted by daizy on March 7, 2003, at 12:20:19
> I cant think about the future, Like before,I'd be able to visualise tomorrow in my head, but now I cant visualise it at all, its just gone, its all black... *SIGHS
"The color black is not a solitary real color. Nor is it the
total absence of color. A black hole in space, in fact, is a
concentrated area so densely packed that nothing, not even light,
can penetrate it. Blackness is actually all colors at once, so
many colors merging at such intensity that the riot of their
profusion produces, to the superficially perceptive eye, only
nothingness: black."
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