depression
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Mar 2017
9:05pm, 22 Mar 2017
11,741 posts
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early bird
Claypole thanks for comment re blog. I'm trying to look for the positive side in everything I do but it's not easy just have to keep trying. Mal that's sounds awful. Is there a third party that could potentially point out her 'misunderstanding' I guess some people will just never 'get it' Nobody chooses to be depressed and anyone suffering/living with it would ever wish it on their worst enemies |
Mar 2017
9:56pm, 22 Mar 2017
724 posts
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Captain Malcolm Reynolds
Not much point trying to point anything out to her EB, she's in a world of her own. I'll give you a few examples of what she's like. On telling her we were moving to Brecon: "l hate Brecon, why do you want to move there?" First time she came to visit us in Brecon we took my parents in to town for lunch. We had to go somewhere veggie because she decided that she was veggie that day.. "I don't like anything on this menu. I hate cheese.......I'll have the mozzarella salad." She grew up in Tredegar a small town near Brecon. "I grew up near here, I know my way around, don't tell me where to go. That castle's new." Would that be the castle that was built in 1093 by the Normans, mother dearest? That's just a few snippets, there's better or worse depending on how you look at things. Sometimes I wonder why I get depressed, sometimes it's bleedin obvious. |
Mar 2017
1:30pm, 27 Mar 2017
180 posts
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Claypole
Blimey Malcolm Sounds like whatever you say or do won't be right in that situation. Hope you can get plenty of outside fresh air alone time to help balance out the downs with your Mum 
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Mar 2017
6:18pm, 27 Mar 2017
1,550 posts
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Serendippily
Mother's Day hard. My mum asked for her key back so I took it round with some flowers. My choice to do it on Mother's Day but I wanted an excuse to see her she is in such a grim way. She has been emailing copies of her will round today I'm trying to keep my head down. Various siblings emailing and I think one sent me flowers but I'm struggling to respond it's all a bit much. Had a row with someone at work on fri which is much more dangerous for me as a trigger but also ran 20 miles on sat which helped a lot. Hope this is a better week for us all
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Mar 2017
8:54pm, 27 Mar 2017
14,616 posts
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Gooner
Finding it hard to stop it creeping back in lately. Always want to be alone and am getting very angry at stupid things. Really hoping that finally getting a couple of days off work this weekend will give me the chance to snap out of it before it gets out of hand again.
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Mar 2017
9:17am, 28 Mar 2017
2,839 posts
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jangles
What I could really do with right now, is for someone to walk into my life and just take over for a while... Do all the practicalities like food and cleaning etc. I'd also like to be hugged, be spoken to gently, have my hand held and be guided through this shit awful situation I find myself in because I just don't want to deal with any of it. I'm so frightened I can barely move. |
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Mar 2017
11:25am, 28 Mar 2017
1,554 posts
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Serendippily
I get that jangles (()) oh for a proper rest and break from struggling. I hope the sunshine breaks through suddenly
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Mar 2017
11:29am, 28 Mar 2017
181 posts
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Claypole
I'd like to extend warmth and strength to Serendippily, Gooner and Jangles this morning. Mothers day includes troubled spots for me also. My anger sometimes comes out as an overreaction too Gooner, Christ I almost started a fight with 3 teenage kids last week just as they were blocking the path i was running home from work on - as a Dad that was a reality check Glad you're posting Jangles - whats this week 1 or 2 of the dry spell before you start up counselling again? |
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Mar 2017
1:50pm, 28 Mar 2017
2,840 posts
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jangles
I don't remember Claypole. I don't think I can go back until the end of June. I was given the details for a private counsellor last week but it's £40 a session and I'm not sure I want to pay that. It took me until week 6/7 of my 8 week course with MIND until I felt I was building any kind of rapport with my counsellor. For now, I'm pushing myself physically, upping my running mileage a bit and trying to stay on top of things. But, what I wouldn't give for a few days of NOT having to be strong, or paint that fake smile on etc. |
Mar 2017
3:45pm, 28 Mar 2017
5,443 posts
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Southcoastpete
With you on the practicalities Jangles. I also know that domestic chores can be a struggle for us. Do you start to feel a bit overwhelmed? My Mum's advise is just try and focus on doing 1 task a day, however small. That's she did when me and my brother were small. Works for me now. Another idea I have, is maybe getting a cleaner, even if its just once a month. To give my place a proper clean Can you afford maybe a few nights away in a hotel? I've recently had a few days out in the Canary Islands. Was nice to be able to enjoy the sun, go out on runs and then knowing that my apartment was being cleaned by the hotel maid. In fact, I kind of got a little used to it
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