Poll: Fellow depressed people, on a bad day, how do you deal?

[robert01]

HA! I'm the only other. Not going to explain that.

I write, fiction. Not that journal stuff that some people suggest, couldn't get into that. Was weird reflection and writing down the very things that were getting to me.

 

[jacobythehedgehog]

I play video games, sleep, watch zero punctuation and extra credits. I try to spend time in prayer and devotion.

Lately it has been bad. Girls are sometimes a lot to deal with more often then not it is the the ones I feel attracted too.

 

[JayDub147]

I listen to this: http://soundcloud.com/justmusiclabel/marconi-union-weightless/s-kttxT

Apparently, it's the most relaxing song in the world (I'm not making this up: http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/136897-music-relaxing-a-massage-mozart.html)

Even when my life starts taking a turn to "500 Days of Summer," this song helps me feel not quite so anxious and horrible.

 

[davidmc1158_v1legacy]

well let's see when i used to deal all i had to do was just chill with some friends at our local park and that would do the trick. But due to a what should have been heart breaking moment something in me just snapped and i feel......nothing. I'm completely numb inside and i like it. i guess i'm one of the lucky ones. anybody have any idea what i have? just being completely empty and blank? not having any good or bad feelings just going along with things? i like this and i hope it's here to stay but i would like some inputs as to what's wrong with me. also i don't know if it's relevant but i have been entertaining the thought of suicide for a bit. any comments or thoughts help. thanks

That sounds distressingly like emotional shock.

Talk to someone. Doesn't have to be a therapist. Could be family, friends, anyone you trust. The talking doesn't even have to be about the event you hinted at. But talk to someone and try to connect with someone.

When my mother passed, I hit that particular wall. The mind finds ways to avoid dealing with heavy pain and shock is one of the most effective. BUT, it is generally just a delaying tactic for the mind to find ways to cope.

It can happen to the best of us (or in my case, quite a bit lower down that ladder). So, yeah, talk to someone.

 

[LT Cannibal 68]

well let's see when i used to deal all i had to do was just chill with some friends at our local park and that would do the trick. But due to a what should have been heart breaking moment something in me just snapped and i feel......nothing. I'm completely numb inside and i like it. i guess i'm one of the lucky ones. anybody have any idea what i have? just being completely empty and blank? not having any good or bad feelings just going along with things? i like this and i hope it's here to stay but i would like some inputs as to what's wrong with me. also i don't know if it's relevant but i have been entertaining the thought of suicide for a bit. any comments or thoughts help. thanks

That sounds distressingly like emotional shock.

Talk to someone. Doesn't have to be a therapist. Could be family, friends, anyone you trust. The talking doesn't even have to be about the event you hinted at. But talk to someone and try to connect with someone.

When my mother passed, I hit that particular wall. The mind finds ways to avoid dealing with heavy pain and shock is one of the most effective. BUT, it is generally just a delaying tactic for the mind to find ways to cope.

It can happen to the best of us (or in my case, quite a bit lower down that ladder). So, yeah, talk to someone.

thanks for the reply does this condition pass? i was actually hoping it was here to stay, not giving a fuck about ANYTHING kinda seems like a plus except the whole flirting with the thought of suicide. and when it does pass it's all gonna hit me at once isn't it?

 

[davidmc1158_v1legacy]

Talk to someone. Doesn't have to be a therapist. Could be family, friends, anyone you trust. The talking doesn't even have to be about the event you hinted at. But talk to someone and try to connect with someone.

When my mother passed, I hit that particular wall. The mind finds ways to avoid dealing with heavy pain and shock is one of the most effective. BUT, it is generally just a delaying tactic for the mind to find ways to cope.

It can happen to the best of us (or in my case, quite a bit lower down that ladder). So, yeah, talk to someone.

thanks for the reply does this condition pass? i was actually hoping it was here to stay, not giving a fuck about ANYTHING kinda seems like a plus except the whole flirting with the thought of suicide. and when it does pass it's all gonna hit me at once isn't it?

You can never know how it will hit you, but it will eventually. For me, it really just kind of crept up on me a bit at a time. For someone else I know, it was like getting smacked by a truck.

I know it sounds really cliche, but the best thing to remember is you aren't alone and you aren't the only one who's gone through it.