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'Major despressive disorder with co-morbid anxiety symptoms'

ZinovievContributor03 Sept 2014, 4:38 pm AEST

'Major despressive disorder with co-morbid anxiety symptoms'

That subject is quoted from a letter from my GP to my erstwhile employers. In it, she counselled against my ever returning there.

I've been dealing (or not, more to the point) with depression for years now, but last year my head imploded. I've been on indefinite leave from my job as a middle manager with a professional association since December.

My psychologist recently got me to complete a questionnaire to identify what schemas (automatic thought patterns) dominate for me because positive alternative thoughts were sometimes just not forthcoming. So what I've got is a combination of:

self-sacrifice
unrelenting standards
negativity/pessimism
punitiveness
emotional deprivation.

I've got a page-and-a-half description from her of my feelings gleaned from the questionnaire. I quibbled about the details, but overall she was on the money.

So, anyway. I'm in my mid-40s and getting passed over for jobs for which I'm eminently qualified. And if I go back, my head will implode again.

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In response to: 'Major despressive disorder with co-morbid anxiety symptoms'

ZinovievContributor11 Sept 2014, 9:00 am AEST

Re: 'Major despressive disorder with co-morbid anxiety symptoms'

Anyone else remember George Smilovici (circa 1984)?

How many bikies does it take to change a light bulb?

[pause] 4

[Silence] Audience shouts: Why 4?

I dunno. I just reckon it'd be about 4.

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