Depression

[american]

When you have depression dose all sorts go through your mind , ive been fine today and then now im just sat here watching tv and im getting agitated why dose this happen

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Hello american

You generally are the only one that can answer.

Are you mulling over something that has happened today

Have you had a disagreement with work,family member,

Are you under stress with your partner

Are you in pain

Has someone been admitted to hospital

Has someone close died

Has the television upset you

Are you in pain

Stress at work

This list can go on and on.

All I can suggest is just relax,go for a walk, swim, run whatever turns you on

Are you sad regarding possible health matters

All I can suggest is ask your self what is wrong

Today for example I was fitting a cable connector to Hazels tiller, the dam connector was so small I could not hold the screw driver or screws and I kept dropping them,what should have taken ten mins to 2 hours, my hands were sore with my RA and I was becoming more irritated,I just had to calm down.

Things like that irritate and upset, my depression is reactive as I am in chronic pain most days so above is a conflict that causes my depression,

LOOK FOR CAUSE AND EFFECT

We are always around for support

BOB

[Gambit62]

The bit of the brain that deals with fear is very primitive and still stuck in the days when we lived in caves so if it feels that there is danger then it tends to send you pictures of that danger - good for getting you to run away from a sabre tooth tiger but bad for dealing with stress in modern society because it just means you end up going round in circles getting more stressed by things.

[gardengnome]

personally i see my bouts of depression as being some sort of chemical-biological imbalance. It is odd that the very same piece of music, or thought or situation can impact so very differently according to where i am in my own mood cycle.... When it is down like recently those fleeting thoughts somehow get spun around inside my head and magnified, ....I find that T.V. often sets me off, so mushy sad films are a no no for me, and even the news on a bad day.....I am still trying to get into the habit of using distractions to stop my thoughts from dwelling on crappy stuff, I'm realising that i have to have something nice planned to look forward to, so that i can at least occupy my mind with that so that i can find an alternative train of thought for my mind to go down. I guess that is why i get absorbed in gardening, there is always something to look forward to....

[coatpin]

Because some days you have good days, some not so good days. Your mind is trying to process things. Eventually you will have more good days than bad. which makes you appreciate the good ones that much more!

[american in reply to coatpin]

Thanks coatpin that makes me feel better

[Golfer15]

I know how you feel. I feel so tired and lethargic. We get anxious about the slightest thing.

Im sure people think Im silly if I say Im anxious about something. Ive just gone back to work on part time hours after being off with depression but it is so hard as Im anxious about everything.

[Photogeek in reply to Golfer15]

Hi David. Try and relax and say to yourself " what's the worse

That can happen" . It's easy to get stuck in anxiety. I have a thing I

Say to myself if I go down the anxiety route, it does help.

When at work I used write it on a Post It. STOP. NO. DISTRACT

You say Stop the minute you get awful thought then say No to

Yourself. Then distract yourself . This works for me as I say it

Automatically sometimes.

Hannah

[CarmelaGrace in reply to Photogeek]

I am going to use that idea, Hannah!

[Photogeek in reply to CarmelaGrace]

Ah that good, it helps me, how Are you?

Hannah

[Golfer15 in reply to Photogeek]

Thanks Hannah, hope you are well. x

[LouisBear]

I used to be the same, I had constant adrenalin in my body so I think that was some of it. When I took part in CBT I had to make a diary everytime this happened, and if there was a cause, I suppose the theory is you get to know if you have any triggers. Xx

[bepete]

I ALSO MAKE A DIARY EVERYDAY IT GETS OUT THE BAD FEELINGS.

[CarmelaGrace]

Hi american,

sometimes the strangest things set it off, sometimes it's easy to spot what caused it, and other times you have no idea.

For instance today at work I was getting panicky, anxious, my breathing was changing, I felt tearful - I had to go outside and try to calm myself down. All because a colleague didn't know that the book boxes had already been delivered. I got so worked up into convincing myself that it was my fault, that I'd let the books get stolen, that somehow because of me they'd gone missing....

The reality? She just hadn't bothered to check with her other team members who had picked them up. What I'm trying to take away from this is that I need to make more lists....! Or to put it another way - I need to make sure I have ways to prove to myself that I've done all I can to manage things. So, taking accurate lists of even trivial objects, being anal about getting signatures from people, even if they laugh and think I'm being over-careful.

Anyway, apologies for the rambling comment. I suppose what I wanted to say is that yes, it is normal, and you do find ways of dealing with it, even if it takes a while.

best wishes,

CG