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sad&stuck

STORMGRL101Senior Contributor11 Apr 2017, 8:07 pm AEST

sad&stuck

Major depression & social anxiety have been ruling my life and I feel so stuck. Lack of motivation, emotional overeating, loneliness..(my partner works nights and sleeps during the day, i have no friends & my family are either away or busy and I feel like I don't want to bother them) feelings of being worthless and hopeless, racing thoughts... I'm tired. And sad. No medication is helping and I have a support team around me (psychologist, psychiatrist, gp, mental health support worker) but I can't help but think why bother. Ive been holding on for so long and it doesn't seem to be getting better. I feel like there's only so much distracting I can do. Sorry, you probably don't want to read my depressing s*&t but thanks if you do.

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FracturedContributor06 July 2017, 9:46 pm AEST

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Can you tell me how things are at home ? In minor detail if your comfortable sharing this info

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor06 July 2017, 11:15 pm AEST

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When we first went overseas I began to work out small changes I could make to my home to make it more "European".

Think about what sort of things you really enjoy .... if it is the beach, then maybe start by putting some shells in a jar on your kitchen window sill. Maybe a beach scene picture for your wall ? Beachy cushion ? You will start to work it out.

@STORMGRL101 .... 🏖

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STORMGRL101Senior Contributor10 July 2017, 6:33 pm AEST

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Yeah it is the beach @Faith-and-Hope thats a good idea, thanks.

definitely feeling the post holiday blues at the moment as well as all the other stuff. I feel so unstable... I can feel somewhat OK one minute, and then feel suicidal the next. Having a break was helpful but now it's all coming back and I'm so scared. Today my support worker said to keep going, one step at a time. Good news is I'm picking up a dog on Thursday.. a pure shih tzu. Will be good to have a little companion.

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STORMGRL101Senior Contributor23 July 2017, 3:07 pm AEST

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I feel super sad and hopeless. Had my 2nd appointment with DBT psychologist and it was sooo tough. She was asking me questions that my brain didn't know how to answer and I froze and couldn't speak. She said I'll need to talk to her for this to work but it's just so hard and then she said she had a letter from the community mh team saying once I was engaged in therapy they would discharge me.. well that made me feel upset and abandoned. Hopeless.

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor23 July 2017, 4:55 pm AEST

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Hi @STORMGRL101 .... that "like" was "I am listening" .....

💜🌷

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Sans911Senior Contributor23 July 2017, 5:00 pm AEST

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@Zoe7 I've never seen pictures of Toby. He's as cute as his name suggests. What a beautiful little friend you have. Can you post some pics of your cat too?

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outlanderSenior Contributor23 July 2017, 5:15 pm AEST