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I'm sick of it!


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Lady, This is great success and good for you! Continue to challenge yourself and push forward. Surround yourself with positivity and know that you can reward yourself daily! Josie, Support Specialist
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Well done lady, you stay right up there and when the low starts to creep up just read back this post and remind yourself why you are so valued and special. x
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One more thing Gabs... my house is a mess too. I just can't get motivated. I still have boxes to unpack but it is ok. My counselor always says "It's OK" over and over again. So when I see something I think I should be doing (like the messy house) I say It's OK and move on. I feel good again today and don't have any commitments for tonight. I'm going to try to tackle those boxes tonight. At least one or two. If I do it fine and if I don't It's OK. The world won't end tomorrow because I didn't clean the house. It really is ok. When you are able, you will do it. Choose tasks you feel you can accomplish.
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Gabs, I truly feel for you because I remember when my daily goal for one day (not all that long ago) was to clean the bathroom. It took me a couple of hours to get in there to even start. Once started it took a long time to accomplish and I wound up saying "good enough" but I was proud that I had cleaned the bathroom. You are right, it takes baby steps. Yesterday was just a really good day for me. I've only been on my job since July and I relocated to work here. The relocation has helped me leaps and bounds because it totally changed my negative environmnet. My boss gave me huge compliments on a project I completed that we were reviewing and that was a boost. I had a school conference that went well and my boyfriend was telling me how special I am to him. Those things just made me feel good about myself. Also, on Wednesday nights I teach a group of teens at church. The program I put together for them last night, they really enjoyed. It was on the dangers of myspace. They commented that they learned things they didn't know and they were all going to go home and make their pages private to protect themselves from preditors. I feel good when I feel like I make a difference in the world. After the experiences above, I realized that I am where God wants me to be right now. Today belongs to me and it is my choice how I spend it. I'm riding on the highs and ignoring the negative facts. They are still there but I'm not paying any attention to them because I feel good. I don't want to go back down. I hate being down.
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Hi Lady, Im sick of the depression too. Instead of the ticking off you feel you had, i would like to congratulate you on having a tear free day yesterday. Not having 7 days clear to many people would be magic. i know thats not what you want to hear right now as if your feeling down, dissapointed in the low today and just generally sick to death of this illness thats how your feeling, but try not to be too hard on yourself. My achievement for today was I left the house to pick up my meds! Baby steps have just walked in shattered but pleased that i achieved that only to be confronted by the very real feeling that it wasnt enough. The house is in a real, real mess. That gets me down. Maybe i should have tried to tackle the ever growing washing pile. I havent opened letters, mainly bills for 4 weeks, instead of daily dealing it has now become a mammoth task that i really cant face. i hate myself for it. Found a support group locally but am just out of their catchment area so cant join. The lady on the phone was so lovely that that made me cry. How did you refuse to let things get you down yesterday? that took great strength and it worked. Face tomorrow or even this evening with that same determination. please share how you did this. Good luck lady, keep posting, you really are doing so well, looking back at your other posts you have come a long way. x
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I'm tired of the depression. The last couple of days I've gotten really ticked off at the way depression has taken over my life. It's like when I quit smoking and realized how much it controlled what I did. My smoking was kind of replaced with depression and I've had enough. Yesterday, I refused to let anything get me down. I tried to stay even in my emotions. You know, avoid the highs and lows. I had a great day. I've been taking my meds and I don't remember any tears yesterday at all. I have a friend who says I haven't had 7 consequtive days without tears and self destruction since I quit smoking. My goal is to rectify that and prove him wrong. I can go 7 days without falling apart. I feel as if I've really gotten ticked off and I want control back. Is this part of the education and the learning that the program is teaching me? Has anyone else felt this way?

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