When you feel you are about to get depressed? This may be more serious for me than for most but I'm sure others have experienced this. Typically I just fall deep into depression. This time I am trying to combat it. To be honest I've been 'happy' for about 2-3 weeks, though the entire time I have felt like I am void of all emotion. I guess now the numbness is wearing off and last night I was being flooded with lots of thoughts and visions and confusion, then I ended up having about 6 bad dreams and I woke up late, and I didn't feel like eating or getting up or getting out of my room all day. But I did eat a bit and I did come outside and now I am trying to do whatever I can so that when I go back to my room I don't fall into my bed and lie there for the next few weeks like I usually do when I fall into a depression. And let me tell you it is very bad when that happens, I am always afraid that the next time I will die, because I stop eating, and I get really weak, and my heart starts beating so fast, and when I start to get out of it it still takes me about a week or so for my body to become capable of eating again. I know that my body is going through a lot of shit each time I get depressed and I would like to stop it this time. If anyone knows of anything I could do I would appreciate it. Thanks much!
Depends on the cause, I think. during the winter, my worst depression fits are most likely caused by SAD (seasonal affective disorder) because there's almost no good light here and it's so freakin cold. So I'd go tanning then, or go to a sauna, or something that is counter to the environmental factors affecting my depression. If it's stress based, I make myself take a break. A different break than normal - not computer playing, but biking or reading a really good book or watching my favourite movie, or even just dancing like a fool. And sometimes a really good cry just gets rid of the worst of it, but that's usually for the more abrupt and short-lived stresses.
i just get very destructive mentally and physically but my depressions dont affect my appetite or sleep. well, actually, i feel like staying in bed sometimes but i never do that for too long. i just become very emotionally distraught and feel like i might as well die. ive been in and out of depression for 2 years now....every few weeks i fall into them. sometimes its a daily thing, im so up and down. i start the day off feeling like todays a good day, that i will change whats bothering me.....and by the evening im loathing myself and deeply depressed. i guess im not really helping, just because im in the same boat. for me, its very mental and i have to seperate myself from my thoughts. i have to tell myself that just because i think a negative thought doesnt mean i am it. i try to live in the moment and not become overwhelemed with pressing problems. accept the thought and move on. hope that kinda helped mera, im always here if you want to talk....but i might just depress you even more
Usually when I'm depressed I just work more. It keeps me active and my mind off of the things that are bothering me. I also tend to sleep more, though the sleep I get isn't as good as when I'm happy. Those are both kind of negative reactions to depression. I do also try and talk to friends more that cheer me up and go out to see live music as often as possible, which would be more positive ways of dealing with depression.
Thanks for the responses but really I don't even know why I feel this way so none of that is going to work for me. I will either spend all my time here trying to avoid it or I will go back to my room and sink into my bed and let it take me on. Both are really depressing but I just don't know what else to do.
hey honeyhannah, i'm pretty new so you don't know me (well, no-one does yet really!), but what you said really hit home. i get depressed too, only i thought i had got a hold on it. i have been eating really really well, going to uni, seeing my friends et.c. but i can feel it coming back, and have done since january. the past month or so i have just felt pretty much emotionless. even if something does upset me after a short while i don't even care anymore, i feel like a robot or a zombie. the thing is, i haven't told anyone yet because everyone thinks i'm a strong person and i can deal with it, and new people i meet i just don't tell them about this depression anyway. and i really thought it had gone (although i think that every time) now i'm feeling more and more like i don't want to get out of bed. even if i do i just go back after a while. uni finishes for the year in five weeks and i'm just hoping and hoping i can hold it together untill then because i have so much work to do but i feel like i'm fighting a losing battle sometimes. well, sorry, i haven't helped very much. i hate it when you tell someone a problem and all they want to do is talk about theirs! well its not really like that, i just wanted to share because it sounds like we're going through the same thing. lillyblu x
Actually I don't mind that at all, that you shared your own struggles. It actually does help me, it helps me to feel something, especially because exactly what you are saying is what is happening with me. I wonder if you have ever seen a therapist or anything. That could really help. I know how you feel about not being able to really tell anyone how you're feeling. I have been through a lot of counseling and things of that nature, and though I have not had a serious breakdown which is good, I am not also not feeling much at all, and that does not feel good, it makes me feel plastic, like I'm not real. And I have these meaningless depressions that do nothing for me. Well if you would like to talk to someone you can pm me. But I really do hope things go well for you at least until this term ends, it would be really disappointing to work so hard and have a breakdown that takes you off track. Good luck, be as positive as you can, take an extra breath of fresh air, and thanks for sharing.
cheers honeyhannah, i got depression when i was 12 and had a breakdown when i was 19. things are phenomenally better now but like i said i just can't seem to shake off this sadness. which is the only way i can describe it. i don't feel down enough to be depressed, i don't feel anxious, i don't feel angry, i just feel sad. anyway, its been good to finally talk about it, i'm just sorry i couldn't help you more. (although planting seeds and watching them grow has been a small pleasure maybe you could try, it brings a little smile to my face )
I dont know if this is the same with your situation, but some/most days i come home and dont feel like doing anything. Even playing the games i like to play bores me, i dont feel like talking to anyone online, the drone of the tv hurts my head. i have a generally aggrevated/depressed attitude. i usually just sleep for most of the day on these days... But you wanted an alternative to sleeping in bed all day, so i havent helped much =p
