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I can’t cope

Captain24Senior Contributor16 June 2022, 9:48 pm AEST

I can’t cope

Hi. I’m new and have never been in anything like this before.
I’m really struggling with depression at the moment and just need a place to vent.
there is no reason as to why I feel this way. I just hate myself and feel like I’m an unworthy and useless person. I don’t have a partner or many friends. I feel like I keep pushing them away when I’m down. I’m just not worthy of them. I hate life and just wish I would go to sleep and not wake up. I feel so much emotional pain inside but numb at the same time. None of this makes any sense but it just how I feel.

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JynxModerator01 Oct 2024, 7:32 pm AEST

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@Captain24 not gone hun. That's actually impossible, so long as you have the neurological structures for it - and those haven't gone anywhere. I think for it to be 100% certain that you could actually never be able to experience joy again, you would legit need to physically destroy those parts of your brain. So uh, just to quell that potential ruminatey thought - no, it has not gone. It cannot go. You have within you already everything you need to be happy, healthy, and well. Some of the bits are just outta practice is all.

Have you spoken to your psych much about anhedonia?

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Captain24Senior Contributor01 Oct 2024, 7:33 pm AEST

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Dogs are just awesome @rav3n. But my rabbit ‘Bob’ will always be in my heart. I was my first actual pet. Not a family pet.

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Captain24Senior Contributor01 Oct 2024, 7:38 pm AEST

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I haven’t spoken to her about it. @Jynx. My last appointments and todays have been able settling back into life and dealing with crisis.

So I just have to keep trying? Keep doing things to try and unlock it? Sorry. I need some help with it. Maybe I might be able to pick up a little.

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rav3nSenior Contributor01 Oct 2024, 7:40 pm AEST

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aww yep first pets will always be special, Bob is cute hehe... i'm imagining him with some scruffy hair at the top of his head like this:

am i completely off? 😆 @Captain24

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Captain24Senior Contributor01 Oct 2024, 7:50 pm AEST

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Nah. He was albino but had grey ears and was smooth coat. @rav3n. I can’t find a photo. I lost him well over 15 years ago. Have you got a photo?

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rav3nSenior Contributor01 Oct 2024, 8:04 pm AEST

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i googled what you described and i was way off haha @Captain24 here's my rabbit (he's a lil older than this pic now):

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Captain24Senior Contributor01 Oct 2024, 8:12 pm AEST

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Aww.. he’s so cute! @rav3n. That’s the kind of rabbit that I wanted and I was going to call him Bugs!

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JynxModerator01 Oct 2024, 8:15 pm AEST

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@Captain24 wrote:

I haven’t spoken to her about it. @Jynx. My last appointments and todays have been able settling back into life and dealing with crisis.

So I just have to keep trying? Keep doing things to try and unlock it? Sorry. I need some help with it. Maybe I might be able to pick up a little.

I mean maybe just for now, since it's not the focus with your psych (and I reckon focusing on settling in is legit the best focus rn too, cos having some home stability will make working on everything else that much easier, because you'll have a 'safe base' to return to), you can just have a little read and see if there's any tips from online sources that you could start to implement? Like from this site - Tips to beat Anhedonia; or you could look at this one - Understanding Anhedonia and Rediscovering Pleasure.

Hope those help!

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rav3nSenior Contributor01 Oct 2024, 8:15 pm AEST

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** ignore this, double posted by accident!

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rav3nSenior Contributor01 Oct 2024, 8:15 pm AEST

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no way!!! @Captain24 i was also going to name mine bugs after bugs bunny 😆 but my mum and sister voted for Puggy/Pugs instead

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