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Lets all be anxious/depressed together.

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    #7622
    neemish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭neemish


    Hmmmm. The dehydration thing rings true...might try and take my meds with a glass of water and leave some beside my bed for first thing in the morning.

    @Hersheys, I think I might need to make a more conscious effort to fall asleep in the "right" position - make sure my neck is supported etc.


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    #7623
    Hersheys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Hersheys


    After taking sleepers I always position myself so that my head is fully supported. It's usually on my arm so I always wake up with a dead arm, but that comes back to life faster than a sore neck. Would you try a different pillow? I found the memory foam ones harder and less forgiving when it comes to head position.


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    #7624
    want to disappear
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭want to disappear


    Feeling a bit low today :(


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    #7625
    Kaching
    Registered Users Posts: 478 ✭✭Kaching


    It is just me or does this page remind anyone else of a H@rvey Norman Ad ? lol all this pillow talk


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    #7626
    Kaching
    Registered Users Posts: 478 ✭✭Kaching


    Actually I've an idea , get your thinking caps on and come up with a pillow ad. might seem stupid but it be a laugh :L


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    #7627
    titan18
    Registered Users Posts: 11,932 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    Kaching wrote: »
    Actually I've an idea , get your thinking caps on and come up with a pillow ad. might seem stupid but it be a laugh :L

    k, got my pillow ad

    Lots of hot sexy girls in their underwear hitting me with pillows, and I'm loving it (and somehow I'm really strong and muscular and ripped)

    Then voice narrator goes brandname pillows, soft and fluffy on the outside, strong and manly on the inside

    and bam, we've got our ad


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    #7628
    Kaching
    Registered Users Posts: 478 ✭✭Kaching


    Haha nice one ,

    any competition?


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    #7629
    neemish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭neemish


    Kaching wrote: »
    Haha nice one ,

    any competition?


    "Does your medication mean you sleep a little TOO well????
    Now, we have the solution... A mechanical mattress that will turn you regularly through the night.
    But wait, there's more

    Order today and get a FREE air raid siren to wake you in the morning!"


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    #7630
    Gremlinertia
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 59,721 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Freakin ups and downs. All over the shop this morning, hoping that my tablets will give me the drowsy effect so i can sleep.


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    #7631
    shy_boy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭shy_boy


    after reading up on the net i have realised i suffer from this horrible disease it has taken over my life and has stoped me on many occasions of achieving anything in life. I have under achieved big time and i really need to get this sorted i have no problem learning new skills or working but i am so negative about social situations can i relistically over come this.

    I would love to hear from any one who is also suffering from this but being what it is and how long it took me to get the courage to post this i dont expect many replys

    But if you ar out there and want to reply i can garentee you you wont be judged by me:)


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    #7632
    shy_boy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭shy_boy


    how do you go about finding a cbt group in yr area? i am feeling very anxious and i dont no why but i am use to this at this stage and ill probly get more anxious in another while about posting this here emmmm its a vicous circle


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    #7633
    Hersheys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Hersheys


    Have hit a bit of a funk :(


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    #7634
    titan18
    Registered Users Posts: 11,932 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    neemish wrote: »
    "Does your medication mean you sleep a little TOO well????
    Now, we have the solution... A mechanical mattress that will turn you regularly through the night.
    But wait, there's more

    Order today and get a FREE air raid siren to wake you in the morning!"

    The lack of pillow in this pillow ad is not cool.


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    #7635
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    I am feeling so sad.

    I'm crap at my job, having responsibilities taken away from me, my last job was the same. I am far from loved ones, can't find a job near them, and even if I did, am likely to fúck this one up to. I didn't pick up the techniques in my job quickly enough, so they had to amend my role (read: make it easier), menial things only. Basically, I was wasting time for them, not saving it as I was supposed to do. I feel a total fúcking failure and dunce. How can I even go into a new job, knowing this? I don't know where to turn. I would do a Masters, but can't afford to go full-time, and the part-time ones I am interested in require you to have a job in the field of the Masters, which I don't. In addition, my confidence is severely knocked now. A Masters would teach me theory, but what's the point if I don't have dexterity? I have been in a state of anxiety of two months now, and it's eating away at me. Pile on housemate problems and a lack of friends here, and you have a very depressed person.

    Can't stop crying.


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    #7636
    Kaching
    Registered Users Posts: 478 ✭✭Kaching


    titan18 wrote: »
    The lack of pillow in this pillow ad is not cool.

    Cat fight !!:P


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    #7637
    neemish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭neemish


    Kaching wrote: »
    Cat fight !!:P


    Neemish sharpens her claws as she tries to think of a retort through a haze of tiredness!


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    #7638
    RubyXI
    Registered Users Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭RubyXI


    Hi guys. I've been thinking of yoga as an option. There's a place that does it just round the corner from where I live. Main problem is it involves people so I'd be terrified to do it. On the plus side, it may be relaxing etc and would get me out for an hour a week meeting new people.
    Do any of ye do it? Is it worth a try?


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    #7639
    Hersheys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Hersheys


    I didn't like yoga because the class I went to there was a woman who always farted and she always seemed to be beside me. There was also an element of "forced relaxation" that I didn't embrace too well (too much time for thinking) but most people enjoy yoga and get some benefit from it! I prefer more physical activities but yoga would be a good place to start - just make sure you don't eat too many beans before a class ;)


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    #7640
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    phi3 wrote: »
    Hi guys. I've been thinking of yoga as an option. There's a place that does it just round the corner from where I live. Main problem is it involves people so I'd be terrified to do it. On the plus side, it may be relaxing etc and would get me out for an hour a week meeting new people.
    Do any of ye do it? Is it worth a try?

    I think so, if you are familiar with mindfulness it's an added bonus as ye will be able to understand how to get the most from each movement / breath. Try some on youtube if ye don't want to go to a class (I haven't worked up courage to go to a class). I haven't done any the last 3 weeks coz of college finals and I can feel my body is in bits. I was doing it every day with youtube for about 2 weeks before that and my body just started stretching out (shoulders, neck and lower back, legs felt longer, spine was not in bits). Also I was more stable.

    As you may gather, I recommend.


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    #7641
    Hersheys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Hersheys


    Started with a new therapist last week. So far so good, I like her which is a bonus, and I'm comfortable talking to her. But today she asked me to do some homework (which is okay!) of "what do I want out of therapy" and "what are my no-no topics". Obviously I'm the best equipped person to deal with the what I don't want to talk about, but any ideas of what I can write down as to what I want? I'm drawing a blank... and I don't want to sound stupid!!


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    #7642
    scrimshanker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 738 ✭✭✭scrimshanker


    Been in a bit of a state, not sleeping and so on. Spent the day panicing. Managed to get a quick appointment with doctor. Got somethng that will hopefully calme me down. Fingers crossed.


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    #7643
    scrimshanker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 738 ✭✭✭scrimshanker


    Xanax kicked in... Little bit drowsy but much, much calmer. I feel like myself for the first time in a very long time. I think I'll have to follow this up properly, I hadn't realised just how off I'd been until this kicked in and I actually relaxed. It's kind of a sudden requirement to be able to calm down so the doctor was okay with prescribing, but wants me to engage in some counselling or CBT. I hadn't liked counselling before but I'll give it another go. I wouldn't be so dead set against medication either if I needed it to be able to engage with counselling/CBT. I know my problems are so small compared to so many of you here, there isn't even any reason for me to be so depressed/anxious/stressed, but I find posting here now and then helps a little. Hope you don't all mind.


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    #7644
    want to disappear
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭want to disappear


    Decided to do an aerobics class thought it would help me with the social anxiety. (I would be with people but not have to make conversation).

    The teacher stopped the class half way and singled me out to give me easier exercises while the rest of the class just watched. I could feel the tears starting (I'm painfully shy, and being singled out like that was just a bit to much). I just had to walk out :(


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    #7645
    Hersheys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Hersheys


    Another day, another f**king suicide. Obviously I'm upset about the death of a colleague but the worst thing was the reaction of another. She knows I've depression and suicide ideation and she uttered the line "see how bad you feel that XXX killed herself? That's how you would make people feel if you did it"

    GAH!!!!!


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    #7646
    RubyXI
    Registered Users Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭RubyXI


    Hersheys wrote: »
    Another day, another f**king suicide. Obviously I'm upset about the death of a colleague but the worst thing was the reaction of another. She knows I've depression and suicide ideation and she uttered the line "see how bad you feel that XXX killed herself? That's how you would make people feel if you did it"

    GAH!!!!!

    That's awful. It's really hard when people say things like that. But the bottom line is that they just don't understand. People seem to think that it's a choice to be depressed or to be suicidal. Even people who think they understand tend to say things like "I know how you feel but if you just try to be optimistic you'll be fine" And ya do feel like slapping them around the head. If you could just decide to be happy and optimistic, depression wouldn't exist at all. It's not a life choice. It's bloody hard.


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    #7647
    Hersheys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Hersheys


    Ignorance when it comes to mental health issues is unreal... But what doesn't kill us makes us stronger!!


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    #7648
    Kaching
    Registered Users Posts: 478 ✭✭Kaching


    its like when you were younger and scraped your knee , and someone says you'll be better before you're married ...wtf?


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    #7649
    Hersheys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Hersheys


    Ah in my house it was "better before you're twice married" - I guess it's the single parent thing in Dublin ;)


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    #7650
    Hersheys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Hersheys


    Ok. So that whole person killing herself has kinda sunk in now that I'm all alone in bed. I ain't a happy camper.


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    #7651
    Hersheys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Hersheys


    Bad day today. Awful urges to cut even though things should be (are) positive for me! I haven't got to the phase of "what should I do when I want to cut" with the therapist yet. I'm just really edgy, I could take something for it but I need to be alert. Gah!


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