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waves of depressed mood

waves of depressed mood

Hi Friends just a follow on from recent events sorry the same subjuct is brought up over and over again ,Currently dealing with waves of depression since the relationship loss ,its like pangs of depression you know that feeling where your sighing alot and just blue ,that feeking that shows up in waves of lows ,but then your back up then down again vack and forth up and down for periods of time in each day ,I am safe but ill share the thoughts Ive been having 1, I feel like a disfunctional adult like I dont function well in social ways ,2,I cant stand peoples critizism of me currently the little harring cristissm cause it reminds me of how he was in a way of being critical ,3 I feel ancious about life goals and feel like a kind of failure cause of being or feeling stuck with the stage of life im in now , 4,feeling mentally older than my actual age of say feeling alot older than my current age but in the mental sense , Feeling down is one thing but feeling down because of and without relayionship doesnt help in any shape or form , I feel like he wouldnt take me at my worst though as if to him I wasnt enough ironically now Im feeling like I am not enough,self doubt but mainly depressed ,its like theres something wrong with me and maybe men wont accept me unless Ive got all my life together ,job,car,house abd yet there the ones who always seem to have these high expectations and they cant seem to accept me in my messy life as if they want a put together woman who doenst apperntly complain at them well Imsorry I complain so much to people but cant people be loved while there a mess is love really dependant on how pit together someone is just cause of society preasuse,meanwhile Im increasingly anxcious anxcious theat I wont find someone else anxcious about running out of time to be married and have kids,but its kind of compounded by this having to be alone again having to feel depressed having to just deal with feelings without being able to talk to someone daily to share things with ,Ive noticed hes chnged hes social media profile wording and it seems to give me the conclustion that he thought I was a woman of excuses but how can someone say they love you and yet be so critical while saying that they somehow respect you ,just going through it still ,deprssing phase it seems I hope the nest stage is acceptance so that I can fully move on ,also I feel like if I finally did get my life together and if I tried reaching out to him to say look my lifes put together now am I acceptable now , hed be like no cause you where a mess when I met you and you dont change ,anyway side note ,I have no intrest in really properly dating anyone even though I have some random ones saying on the dating sights if Im purposely ignoring them,when I just generally Ive lost intrest in relationships but I go between that and being anxcious that I dont have a relationship ,maybe growing pains i dont know ,also my family seems to think Im ignoring there phone calls when Im not trying to on purpose just going through it and dont feel much like talking to people in general so answering phones is not something Im prioritising at the minute but then of course that means I then hear crital words from family now about why I dont answer the phone

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any suggestions for dealing with this stuff in a healthy way

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Hey @LostAngel - oh hun, soooo much going on for you!! First I send hugs!

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Sounds like there's a feeling of this huuuuge pressure for you to be 'put together' - like unless you have certain things or appear a certain way, you aren't valid as a person. I'm sorry that it's all so heavy hun. You deserve to be accepted exactly as you are!

Honestly, I have often found in my relationships and my own journey that the moment we accept someone exactly as they are, is the moment they find the power to grow. I think maybe it's like... if we know someone will love us no matter what, we feel more confident to achieve our goals cos we know someone is still in our corner even if we fail.

Just wanna check in with how you're feeling after having a bit of a vent? I'm glad this space feels safe for you to offload a bit 😊

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thanks @Jynx Appreciate the care ,well in some ways ok in others not as you could tell ,I guess what makes it worse in one way is Ive kept them as a friend only ,on social media which makes its hard to detach but yes your right thats what I wish I wish I would have a relationship where the guy wouldnt expect me to have it all together just to be liked by him ,someone who instead of just saying all the things like love you ,ect ect would actually show it and just love me even if I am a mess at the momment cause I know this is a phase right things will improove for me ,I need someone who loves me for me and doesnt try to change me to fit their idea of perfect someone who can hopefully love me in the mess not just when things go well ,thanks @Jynx for the hugs,am safe I guess I have to think its their loss ,That im not the defining problem but just have ended feeling that way ,I guess Im considering yet again ways to try to fill my time to stay busy but I guess if for now its time to cry I should just gaet all these thoughts and emotions out ,One thing that helps besides writting here is music thank goodness it just takes time Id rather be happy again fast I know it doesnt work that way with this sort of thing but wriiting does help and music helps

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For sure @LostAngel you absolutely deserve someone who is unwavering in their affections for you in both messy times and in better times 💜

Glad to hear the writing helps, and yes always to music. There's a new music thread for sharing tunes that helps describe your emotional state, if you wanted to check it out! Here 😊

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Today was a little ok untill I saw yet again that he in a way is keeping slight tabs on me which weirdly made me feel a sense of satifactation that he maybe left wondering what he did wrong even though he should know full well what he did wrong ,anyway about myself today was upsy downy but I a little less bad than yesterday ,I have been really trying to let music help me through this and try to think of little ways to treat myself ,especailly as my birthday will be coming up this year before I know it ,Ive for some reason been leaning towards getting a pedicare or facial even if its just the at home sort but the music keeps playing it helps with the overthinking ,I definelty feel like a girly day spa treatment is needed even if I do that myself at home but again Im planning to do this on my birthday to make it special or just to relax , another plan is I might get myself a new set of clothes to wear something nice and new ,anyway besides those ideas I did have one part of today to do with my mood where things dipped a bit low again or maybe I felt a little vulnrable ,I had a little chat with a close family memeber my aunt anyway the conversation ending up going to her asking me if Ive thought about having children not in judgey way but in a caring way ,well her saying that transpired into me sharing very honestly that I do want children but that I have anxiety suronding wether it will in fact happen for me ,she assured me that it will come true one day that ill have a baby of my own one day it was a gentle conversation a little heart to heart that she didnt know I needed to hear right now ,although mind you she doesnt know about my current break up situation ,unforutnetly family who lives with me have had to bare the brunt of my depressive thoughts and worries about relationships although they also try to assure that ill have the life i want before I get older ,my feelings in short have been allover the place recently Im either laughing or sad withdrawn and dont wanna talk to people at all or on occasion getting a little angry ,but its mostly times of feeling up then down and up again ect its a weird rollercoaster anyway I guess just doing my best continueing to wade through everything so glad music is a constant comfort Thank you For the support and kindness on here too much appreciated thank you

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