Posted by flipsactown on September 22, 2004, at 18:51:36
In reply to Re: Thanks all - I'm done., posted by jerrympls on September 22, 2004, at 17:52:10
Jerry,
The obvious is checking your AD. It sounds to me that your AD is not working. I know when I am depressed, I am easily overwhelmed with everyday tasks. Everything seems so difficult that I say to myself why bother and that I will never catch up anyway. The same goes for doing what was once pleasurable becoming too much of a chore and why bother? Classic case of negative thinking of depression. You probably already know this if your therapist is into CBT. The only thing you can do, besides checking your AD, is to take one thing or chore at a time. Just completing one task will make you feel better and the sense of accomplishment goes along way that you may even want to complete another task. Please don't beat yourself up. Take one thing or day at a time and you won't feel so overwhelmed and depressed.
FST
> Anhedonia - UGH!!!!!
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> I have all this time off from work and besides seeing my therapist 2x weekly I'm not doing much of anything. Those of you who have anhedonia know that I'm not making excuses here- but I just don't want to do anything - I have no desire to read, listen to music, do laundry, walk, etc.. My apartment is a wreck - however I managed to clean one corner. But it was emotionally and physically painful.
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> Now I'm starting to feel worried that when I go back to work in 2-3 weeks weeks I won't have resovled my anger/validation issues as far as work is concerned and this medical leave will be for nothing (yes I have brought this up with my therapist). I'm also afriad that I'll fall back into the "unhealthy" patterns of taking things too personally, getting angry at my boss - even tho I know I can't change her, etc.
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> Any words of wisdom?
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> Thanks!
> Jerry
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