clinical depression and me

[Momokel]

my depression and I have a very serious and severely dysfunctional relationship! Each new day, is a different story and struggle.Sometimes, I feel like I can not even move from the bed,as if the day was a monster and the night is a fairytale Prince,to take me far away from the madness that is my depression!! The loneliness, and the feeling of not being supported by the people who care for you makes one feel, lost to their core,especially when you have given help to, others when they are in need!

so, it's time to get out of our mind set and move and try to be as positive in our thoughts an actions, find at least one positive thing to hold on too. BELIEVE and it can happen!!!

[TheGalician]

I received a rather depressing letter yesterday. I had not been heard with my points cast aside like offal on a butcher’s table. I felt so angry and depressed that I found myself almost unable to breathe. It was horrible.

As I looked outside, the sun was blazing. It reminded me of that hot summer of ‘75 when I was but a boy. And then a memory flickered. McEnroe, staring at the chalk dust screaming “You cannot be serious. The ball was in”.

And in that moment, and with that memory, my anger and depression lifted like the chalk dust that sparked McEnroe’s madness.

We are not our thoughts. We are not our emotions. Change your thoughts and your focus on and you change your life.

See your light and let it shine.

[Willow2022 in reply to TheGalician]

“We are not our thoughts” is a chant I have to remind myself of. So so true

[samack]

You're a warrior, and if you can find positive thoughts to lift you, that's a godsend.

[Stellaluna221]

Ugh, not feeling heard is such a major part of my depression too. I’m not as good about practicing it as I should be, but one thing that really helps me with this is to write down all of the things you wish the people around you would say or do for you. Then say and do all of those things for yourself… I’m not sure if it’s an inner child healing thing or just a self-love thing, but there’s something hugely cathartic about it.