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Posted by AdaGrace on May 5, 2005, at 7:24:50
I find when I am depressed I can't even do the things that I love to do.
Gardening is my passion.
I just don't have the energy to do it, or the want to. It's sad. I have things I bought just sitting there in their pots waiting to be planted and I just don't feel like doing it. They are wilting because they need moisture.I hate being this way.
Posted by PM80 on May 5, 2005, at 8:07:00
In reply to The Terrible Downside of Depression, posted by AdaGrace on May 5, 2005, at 7:24:50
Yea, this sucks. I get the same way when I am depressed. For me, I sometimes try to just start doing something, make myself do it, then I sometimes enjoy some of it. Don't think, just act. Go through the motions of getting dressed, going to my car, drive to a bookstore - just do something - or I know I willl wallow all day and truly have wasted these hours of my life. That's just me. Sometimes I can't even do this. Hang in there. This time will pass.
Posted by sunny10 on May 5, 2005, at 8:30:56
In reply to Re: The Terrible Downside of Depression, posted by PM80 on May 5, 2005, at 8:07:00
Posted by Shortelise on May 10, 2005, at 0:18:47
In reply to Re: Is there an Upside?!?!? (nm), posted by sunny10 on May 5, 2005, at 8:30:56
I think there might be ...
Posted by sunny10 on May 10, 2005, at 8:30:11
In reply to Re: Is there an Upside?!?!? » sunny10, posted by Shortelise on May 10, 2005, at 0:18:47
Posted by AuntieMel on May 10, 2005, at 9:06:28
In reply to Re: Is there an Upside?!?!? » sunny10, posted by Shortelise on May 10, 2005, at 0:18:47
Posted by Shortelise on May 10, 2005, at 11:03:13
In reply to Re: don't keep me in suspense (nm) » Shortelise, posted by sunny10 on May 10, 2005, at 8:30:11
well, I don't know ... I've always accused myself of getting some kind of payoff. But I've a history of not being very nice to myself.
ShortE
Posted by sunny10 on May 10, 2005, at 11:27:15
In reply to Re: don't keep me in suspense » sunny10, posted by Shortelise on May 10, 2005, at 11:03:13
are you saying that it is a type of self-flagellation for you??
If so, then CUT IT OUT ! (oops... I yell when I care sometimes... does that make me a bad person??!?)I thought maybe if you were Bipolar that you would say that at least you have the highs that go along with the lows...
I probably wouldn't agree with it, but I have heard it before...
I find that I am afraid of volatility, whether it be a high or a low...
I think it's because of the out-of-control stuff I do and think when I'm depressed. Being on "an even keel" would be the greatest gift I could ever get..If only I could figure out how to give that to myself...
Posted by AuntieMel on May 11, 2005, at 16:15:38
In reply to Re: so... » Shortelise, posted by sunny10 on May 10, 2005, at 11:27:15
I have no major downs and no ups. Most of the time I feel no emotion at all. It stinks.
Posted by sunny10 on May 12, 2005, at 8:30:23
In reply to Re: even keel is bad, too » sunny10, posted by AuntieMel on May 11, 2005, at 16:15:38
imagine a line like an EKG reading...
the huge, violent looking V's spiking up and down are far worse than the gradually sloping, consistently shorter, gradual up and down U's.... but a flat line is horrible.
I think that "even keel" is the difference between numbness and the non-violent up and downs...
I'm searching for the U's in life... metaphorically speaking...
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