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Depression- Really Struggling- may be triggering

Depression- Really Struggling- may be triggering

I realise how little i mean to people. i mean nothing.
its abit like walking down a long dark street never knowing when a light might flick on to show me the way or give me some hope.
im tired of trying. tired of hoping. tired of coping. tired of exisiting. tired of breathing. i think im done.
dear everyone that knows me, im sorry im such a disapointment. im sorry i cant live up to your expectations. im sorry i was born. im sorry if ive hurt you. im sorry if ive made you miserable. i deserve all the blame and hatred i have gotten. everything is my fault and im sorry.
im locked within the walls of my own minds and i just cant escape it.
Pain. Pain all the time. It runs through my veins a fast flowing river with nothing there to stop it.
Just get over it they say. i wish i could, im living minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day. im struggling with memories that haunt me everyday and i dont think they will ever fade.
my thoughts are overwhelming and what hurts me the most is when people pretend to care but really they dont.
im so scared. things just arent the same anymore. im not doing anything right anymore. ive lsot myself, the person i once knew isnt here anymore. i dont know what to do anymore. i feel like i dont belong here or in reality. no where. i have constant feelings of being unworthy and hopeless, of being a prisioner in my own body.
i have so much pain physically and mentally. i try to stay happy. i try to keep smiling. i try to be brave. i try to be stong. i try to act like everything is ok but im far from it.
i never know when im going to have a 'good' day and at any minute im triggered and takes such a long time to recover.
there are monsters living inside me, attacking me, ripping me apart from the inside. i dont think its ever going to end
but its ok "ill just have to get over it" just as expected

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Yes @Former-Member i did ask that.
Yeah i know about the flight or fight response. And yes everything you just said makes sense

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Re: Depression- Really Struggling- may be triggering

Yes @Former-Member. Its really freaking me out. Maybe my past memories are coming out as it was a male that i saw.....

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Re: Depression- Really Struggling- may be triggering

No @Former-Member. Generally the only time I will see someone that's not there is if I've just woken up from a sleep - or if there is a shadow & my mind creates the image of a person.
Otherwise - the only time I see people - are when I've been meditating on my mountain. But they are harmless and just the old aboriginal ancestors.
I've told my psychologist. He doesn't think there is anything wrong with what I 'see'. He seems to think it's just a strong connection to the aboriginal history of my town and area.
However - I have no intention of telling the Workcover Psychiatrists. Lol

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Dont know how much longer ill last my meds are kicking in

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Re: Depression- Really Struggling- may be triggering

Yes @Former-Member thats the cycle we can get into. We have the stress, we become hyper sensitive, we start breathing faster, can become disorientated, the flashes start and all the other horrible stuff... then of course all that scares us more... we get more scared.... more things happen.. and the cycle cotinues.... until we learn to say... NO! This is cr@pola... I am going to calm down and think this through. and unfortunately that takes a LOT of practice when all our instincts are telling us to be afraid and setting on into survival hyper alert vigilant stage thinking we are in peril.

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Well unfortunates o wasn't relaxer o was panicking amd scared me to.death. maybe its old.memorise coming out. ..

@utopia

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Re: Depression- Really Struggling- may be triggering

So what do u suggest i do @Former-Member

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Re: Depression- Really Struggling- may be triggering

Don't fight sleep @Former-Member, it's the best medication you can get right now

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Re: Depression- Really Struggling- may be triggering

@Former-Member. Just breath. Ignore thoughts of anyone being there. Your pop is home with you. So noone else is there. Tell yourself you are safe. Nothing to worry about. Pop is there with you.
See if you can get into bed. Get comfy. Picture what character you will be drawing next.

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Re: Depression- Really Struggling- may be triggering

@Former-Memberwell you have to say to yourself... no... there is nothing scary here... and if there is I'm going to calm down and figure it out. Of course you use your own words not mine.. because mine might not work for you, but you start telling yourself that you are going to calm down and find out what is going on... but that takes practice it isn't going to just *snap* that's fixed good it's done... because what our body is doing is real.. it really is alerting us as if there is something life threatening around, which is why it is so hard to calm ourselves when it is happening. But once you think ok.. let me see what is really happening here.. like you told me last night.. the sound of the cars through the puddles, your sister's snoring.... you re-orentate yourself to what is really going on around you.. and you can start to calm and assess what is really going on rather than what your instincts decided was going on.

It's not easy though, I am not saying it is because it isn't but that is what we need to do.

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