I have always seen my depressive episodes as a hole as I fall into and I have to dig a ramp to get out of it... the first part is Really Hard Work and I have to displace a lot of ... earth ... to see any progress. But, as I continue to move well, the progress is more and more evident and more encouraging since I see the light!
So welcome to the site. and I hope the gang of us will be of help in the digging
you know the nutritionist has a nice way with me ... we do not limit me... we add varity! we add good things
So I eat all the good things and if there is still place, I am allowed to try to get the rest in!
Well, I am starting to understand the difference between getting enough sleep and getting to sleep at regular hours. It all goes back to that primative part of the brain that no longer has light cues. If we are hard wired to live by the sun and not we live by the clock we have to simulate some of the cycles.
Stress (good and bad) is a release of adrenalin. The body is worn down and 'damaged' by the the surge. So it needs rest after an emotional ordeal. Hence, the roller-coster of moods. Adrenalin again activates that primative brain part that we have little control over. If we do not allow a rest and healing period the body and the physical brain areas do not have a chance to come back to the 'usual' functionings. When it runs dry, it crashes.
Fear, anxiety, and phobias are part of that primative brain that kept us alive way back when. Now, they are misplaced and part of a system we have little control over. We have to regulate the input that reaches this bit of brain.
I guess the ad could be a lecture by god herself and I would still be unhappy. I feel uncomfortable when the negative views are Said aloud! It feels like the radio or TV is talking to me.
** I would rather have the pony and poodle show. " Look how I cope and manage! "
i know that video games are a problem... and in my husband's family there are several ADDs. One year many moons ago I threathen to throw the ps1 into the street if i did not get Equal time on the TV at prime time.
ps1 18months later was in a garage sale and we only had the computer for 2 years (no internet 10 years ago).
I feel a bit more confortable with the pro/com med topic today.
I know that these meds are serious, and are not for a little headach that comes with needing a nap. Many have seconary effects are YOU will find unpleasant.
But!!! Medication is there to help you. For a certain amount of time, it allows you to think clearly and allows to work out all the issues that made you depressed - along with the genetic predisposition. So you have a chance to learn to deal with stress. You have a moment to heal those emotional wounds. You have the space you need to deal with all those people in your life. Then -slowly- you learn to live life on your terms. With medication. With less medication. With suppliments. All Natural.
I am Bipolar, I guess when I was younger I just suffered in miserable silence. I have always been Depressed and life was/is to be endured. I have thyroid problems as well... And I spent years on my known. I spent all that time thinking I was worthless and sub-human. I knew I had errors in my thinking patterns so once or twice a year I would see a therapist to help me out of the worst of my mood-cycles and I would survive. And now as my kiddies get older and need two parents full time. I cannot afford to give myself up to this illness. I have sought medication and full time help. I am beginning medications and psychiatric following. So it is all an adventure for me ... and on the dark days I try to remember that I am in it for the kiddies and have to take the pills and get the sleep and stay away from the alcohol...
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