Hi! I'm a newbie!

[Mrsmoomoo]

I'm new here looking for ideas and support dealing with extreme anxiety and major depression disorder. I look forward to becoming a part of this community!

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Welcome ✨

[ruminating]

Welcome Mrsmoomoo! Youre in the right place. Im a woman in my mid 50s and have also been struggling with anxiety and depression on and off (more on) since about age 20. Since i hit menopause a year or two ago, it has been worse. How long have you been in a depression? Do you take meds or go to therapy? I do both, but apparently at this point i have drug resistant depression. Well maybe we can give each other some support here. Glad u joined.

[Mrsmoomoo in reply to ruminating]

Thank you so much for your support ❤️ I was diagnosed in January of 2016. I was pretty stable with meds and therapy until Nov 2018 when my husband began abusing me. June 12 CPS removed my son for domestic violence and Aug 12 was the last time my husband beat me. He's now in prison and I'm working hard to get back on track and get my baby back. Im loving this site and it has been so helpful so far! What have you found to be useful for you?

[Tikirob]

Welcome aboard!

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Welcome. You’re not alone. I found vacations in the sun helpful at a resort in Mexico nothing to do but eat drink swim so forth lol. If you think about that you leave your worries behind. Mindfulness I hate that word lol. I call it drowning out everything else but my task. I write stuff on my calendar try to make goals. Train myself to check out without thought my you tube aquarium relaxation videos every day I live in a busy congested area no green space close by drives me nuts so that’s why I YouTube. I take myself out for a treat daily. I think of ways to give to others in ways I can. I plan out my meals. Stability is key 🔑 so I try to keep my life stable predictable and and try to shut out others thoughts or words that I don’t want because I don’t have room to rent it space in my brain. I read self help books not the whole books often just parts I think I’ll benefit from skim the rest. I try to walk every day even if just a few blocks. I shower then I cry often I have chronic pain and stress so for some I reason I cry after I shower such a pain putting on your make up like that I feel like an idiot so I listen to spoken meditation about fear and being in the moment or I listen to acoustic modern rock or something from the 80’s 90’s words I know by heart easy to sing no hard base. I ask for ideas when I hit roadblocks I try to give myself what I need as I’m a grown up when I can’t I’ll call someone I feel safe with let them know I need to hear I’m ok and ask them to tell me what they’re up too it helps a lot. I have ptsd and I’m tired so it comes out worse when I get too run down or sick a long time.

[pandaeyes1]

Welcome! I’ve only recently joined, and everyone has been so supportive and helpful.

[coffeelover1]

Welcome to the community! Wishing you health & happiness!