Hello

[BabyBeanie466]

Hi I’m new and I’ve never done anything like this before. I struggle with a lot, I am just looking for support and advice. I’m not sure how this works but right now my depression is at the worst it’s been in a while and it’s hard to get up in the morning and do my day to day things. I’m in therapy and she has recommended trying something like this out. So here I am. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this and I hope I can help others as well as getting help myself.

[Raggedy-Ann]

Welcome BB, focus on moment to moment and set easy small goals that you can achieve every day. If it is hard to get out of bed then give yourself a gift and change your sheets. Life is always a little better with clean sheets. Be really kind to yourself.We are often our own worst bullies.- 😎

[Cookie2217]

Hello there. Welcome to the group. It really helps to connect with people who have similar issues and ways to combat them. I love journaling those negative feelings and getting them out in the open so they are dealt with and then I try my best to put it to bed so to speak. I wish I was good at that because nine times out of 10 I put myself to bed and don't get up for anything. 2 days ago is my husband's birthday and I didn't get out of bed all day I feel so guilty so ashamed he could have used me to be up and out and about to hang out with him all day and instead I spent the day in bed loser anyway I tend to withdraw from people when I am in a depressive episode and I have been for almost 5 years. It's been a long battle the longest of my life and the toughest but you know what I'm still here still fighting I just have to get stronger and not believe the lives that the depression tells me. I also practice a breathing method and breathe in 5 seconds hold it for 6 seconds and then bleed out slowly for 7 seconds which instantly makes your stress go away. Hope these tricks work for you too if needed. I'm diagnosed with major depressive disorder PTSD and adjustment disorder and just am taking things day by day. A few weeks ago there was a major event that I was supposed to go to and didn't because I was nervous about getting to go. Who does that?? My poor husband went by himself and had to briadcast live all by himself without his sidekick....me. there are so many things that I wish that I did and didn't do because of the storm depression it takes so much for me it's like a thief in the night. Maybe if I get mad at it and say it's taking nothing more from me ever that could help I never tried that or thought about it either. Get really pissed at depression and turn this disease around on its head. I mean what do I need to do to escape this deep dark hole I just have to crawl out of it all the time. Sometimes I don't go out for days a week or more and then I feel weird going outside it's the strangest thing but that's just how I feel. And then I get defeated and lay in bed and go from the bed to the recliner all day doing nothing which makes me feel worse. I just try to sleep all day and night in the dark withdrawn from everybody and everything. I should be out and about enjoying my life and instead I suffer. Self-sabotage maybe but something has to give five years is way too long to feel like this.

[eagle468 in reply to Cookie2217]

Forgive yourself Cookie and start over. Remember who you are and how your life can be! Love & hugs!

[Cookie2217 in reply to eagle468]

Thank you Eagle. Isn't it strange why it's so hard to forgive yourself and for what I have no idea yet but I'm working on it LOL. My past has brought a lot into my adulthood and I need to let go and move on from it but it's a process I guess. Thank you so much for your positivity and your kindness.

[eagle468]

Hi sweet Baby Beanie! It is great that you are going to therapy. It is hard to get up every day; just reward yourself with a big hug or a new book for doing it. Sometimes I want to scream and I will if no one else is around. Remember you are not your disease! You are a unique individual made in God's image and likeness. One foot in front of the other! I try to take it a minute at a time some days. Love & hugs.

[Lucci8]

Hello! 🤗 I have used supplements Melaleuca Luminex, B12, L-Theanine. They have ALL had a positive effect on my anxiety, depression, and mood. Recently, I replaced the Melaleuca Luminex with L-Theanine due to the cost and it seems to work just as well.

I am looking into B Complex and Benfotiamine.

I have been taken Bupropion 300 XL for years and find that my mood needs supplements.

Please do your research and I hope this helps. I wish you the best. ❤️🤗