Struggling with MH

Hey @magpie4 ,

It's like a place we have all been @magpie4 - you are not alone.

I can honestly say that I've been in a similar hole. It wasn't easy. I didn't choose to be in it. I hear how much you are trying @magpie4 .

Did you manage to get out of the house today?

Also, you can type "@" in front of my name so I don't miss your messages 🙂 e.g @tyme

apologies @tyme, when I did that before, then I did not get any responses so I thought this was incorrect. Hopefully this is right now.

I did go out of the house today and played golf. this sounds like I am having a great time however, this is me pushing myself to do something, to get out of the house where I am on my own constantly upset. I still have to work and get this done when I get home. However all the time I am out, I am also in my head, and telling myself to STOP thinking. then when I come home, I am back to square one again, and then in that state, I have to work as well.

All good @magpie4 . I just don't want to miss your messages 🙂

I'm glad you were able to get yourself out to play golf. Yet at the same time, I can certainly relate to the rumination that is occurring. It's as though the more you tell yourself to stop thinking, the more you think instead! In the past, for me, I was physically there but not there.

So it sounds like thoughts are just going round and round in your mind? Have you ever tried to challenge these thoughts?

How do you mean "challenge the thoughts" @tyme . I see him and hear him in my head all the time. I try to push them out.

Perhaps 'trying to push them' out is what is making them stay @magpie4 . I learnt this through my own experiences. The more I didn't want to think something, the more I thought about it.

What worked for me was diverting the thoughts. That is, accepting that they are there, but changing the course of the thoughts. For example, thinking about a certain thought might make you feel very low. However, partway, while thinking this thought, you may want to link it to a more positive thought. This will teach your brain that thinking this thought is no longer a 'negative' experience.

Thats very hard to do @tyme but sounds logical

Hello @tyme and @Snowie . Am back on my own page. Very tired today

@magpie4 have you got any plans for today at all? Anything you can make anything into a goal? Doesn't have to be big ones.

My first goal today was getting out of bed and getting dressed! One goal ticked of.

Hello @magpie4 @Snowie !

It’s warm here. Lovely day. I’m so glad to see you.

Im not into the game much so I just picked Lions.

Thats funny @Snowie. i got up feeling i was going to do things, but then just went flat feeling everything is pointless and now i just want to sleep