Feeling Down

[Madysen019]

Today is a rough day. I don’t even know what or how to feel. I can’t cry anymore. My head hurts too much. I just want to be happy but I feel every time I’m stepping towards it, it never stays for long. I am miserable.....

[Agora1]

Hi Madysen019, there was a time that I cried every single day for years (yes years). The contraction headaches I'd get from crying along with puffy eyes was continuous. One day like you, I told myself I don't dare cry because I fear the repercussion of yet another tension headache. That's when I found another outlet for my emotions. I turned to YouTube and found uplifting videos that would make me laugh and feel good as well as audio videos that address the emotions that we are feeling. Taking a respite from the day from our relentless down thoughts can help just as much as using crying for a release w/o the headache that follows.

I'm not saying I don't cry anymore, sometimes it is just an automatic release that happens but I always use other modalities to get me back into the grove of life and feel better in the long run. xx

[Concernedparent23]

Sorry you're feeling so low.

I get sick to the back teeth of crying all the time and getting nothing done.

There's lots I need to do so being unproductive really doesn't help.

I was so fed up one day I decided to just get on with a job that needed doing - wallpapering a wall.

I was in tears pretty much the whole way through butbthr sense of achievement when I'd done it was better than sitting on the sofa.

I don't how or why the switch flicked do that the frustration with getting nothing done overtook the lack of motivation and feeling of hopelessness. But I'm glad it did because now I know it's possible.

However, I can't say this is a long term coping mechanism because I don't have any more walls to paper.

I've set myself a challenge instead to fold 1000 origami cranes.

Times when I have no motivation to do anything else and the tears keep coming I start folding. Even if it's just 1. That's 1 more towards my total.

For the headaches I do yoga relaxation exercises that I know very well. It does take practice though.

I hope you can find your own coping strategies - keep trying until you find a couple x