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I can’t cope

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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@Captain24 I totally feel you, it’s hard not to feel ashamed or dirty. Coincidentally I’ve been dealing with those feelings myself after having done some processing recently. Do you think you could bring this matter up with your treating team?

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@Captain24 calling it lizard brain also helps me understand why sometimes my logic brain can think one thing but my emotions refuse to believe it. The logic brain (prefrontal cortex) developed waaaay later in the evolutionary timeline than the lizard brain. If you wanna learn more about this stuff, you can search up 'polyvagal theory' - was a really helpful thing for my learning, maybe it can benefit you too.

It's okay to be a complete mess. Reminded me of this one:

Yay for snuggles and safe spaces 💜

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That meme is an awesome way to look at things @Jynx. Thank you

I will look it up. Anything to aid recovery.

I can’t start on any trauma related therapy until I am completely stable and considering every time I see the psychiatrist she changes my meds it could be a while! @creative_writer. I will bury it again. It’s only come to the surface because of the guy across the road. If I can work out a way to put in boundaries I will be ok

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Sounds frustrating to walk such a slow path @Captain24 I hope you do find some stability soon.

If you want to practice what you boundaries might look like in this space feel free. But that sounds like a very sound way to go about it 😊

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I’m really hoping that the one I just started on doesn’t work @Jynx. It just terrifies me with what it is and there is so much I have to balance with it. Water intake, salt intake diet requirements.

Im not sure how to put boundaries in place as I have no confidence in telling someone no. Past experience has shown me that no doesn’t really count for much.

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Hmm...if it does work, then I guess you assess whether the downsides are worth it @Captain24? Sometimes the downsides can become more stressful than the alternative - and you could try to use it more as a tool, a stepping stone that gets you stable so you can work on the deeper stuff, and once you're healing and growing you may not need meds anymore.

I think having boundaries reframed for me (can't remember who said it, alas) really helped. Because at the end of the day we can't control what other people do. So a boundary is not 'what do I want other people to do to make me more comfortable' it's instead more like 'what am I willing to tolerate?'

So if talking to your neighbour is making your alarm bells uncomfortably loud, you can try saying no - but if the neighbour ignores that, you can say to yourself: 'I am not willing to tolerate this person continuing to talk at me about this despite my asking them not to, so I am no longer willing to engage with them' and then remove yourself from the situation. Some people might see that as rude, but again, we can't control their perception of us. But we can say 'maybe in their eyes it is rude, but in my eyes it is empowering to protect myself.'

IDK if that helps you, it helped me a great deal. Always easier said than done though methinks.

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Yes @Jynx. A tool for recovery! I like it. I think all the diet stuff will be easier when the MH team get their own specific dietitian. They are do to start soon I think.

The restructuring of boundaries makes a lot of sense. It is easier said than done. But at least I have a guide. I’m going to try an out some distance between us. Hopefully if I need to do work out the front I can try weekday just after lunch as he should be at work or sleeping. Or when the caravan isn’t there.

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Fingers crossed for you in both situations @Captain24 😊💜

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I need to maintain a diet and sleep routine to try and keep me stable. I managed to do it for 3 days and then started to fall into old habits. I don’t have the motivation to keep it up. I know that I need to but on your own it’s hard.

The 2 days ago I didn’t eat anything and I didn’t have dinner yesterday only had lunch yesterday because I was out. I haven’t cleaned my house for 3 days. Having a clean house helps me to feel good.

I have had quite a few triggers in the last 2 days and that’s not helping. I’m feeling myself starting to fall and I need to stop it. I just don’t know how to get the motivation to keep it at bay and stick to a routine.

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I don’t have the strength to keep fighting. I think I’m nearly at my limit

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