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Mood probs

  • 10-02-2009 1:27am
    #1
    naasface
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭


    For the past year or so ive been feeling really not myself.
    I don't really like other people where i used to be really outgoing
    Im extremely self-concious body-wise (I think i might have BDD) and
    I just have no want to do anything, like I could stay in bed all day and all night for weeks if i didn't have my leaving cert to do.
    Im missing loads of school because im just mentally exhausted sometimes im so tired all i can do is cry and be silent. I cant sleep at night (bout a week ago i went without sleep for 3 days solid) Its not like im tired from school, I do nothing in school work-wise(making me more anxious about how far behind i am) -i'm actually quite smart i just don't put the effort in. I just have no desire to. There's loads of expectations to me doing great in the LC but it doesnt motivate me, quite the opposite infact.
    I have an intense desire to jump ship to another country/completely change myself. Like i've a desire to change something major in my life cos im just bored and unhappy with life as it is im complacent in my life. Ive terrible insomnia and becoming a complete b***h to my family and not spending time with my friends. Sometimes i cry because i get so frustrated with myself for being like this.
    Does it sound like depression? Because im not constantly crying or anything i just feel nothing really.
    I have a feeling it's to do with not being stimulated mentally in school/hobby wise. Im quite intelligent (well in more deep/philisophical way, i love poetry and stuff) but nothing challenges me in school so i don't bother putting effort in..then i get anxious because im falling behind etc..
    Some one please help me become a human again!


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  • #2
    shellyboo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,883 ✭✭✭shellyboo


    naasface wrote: »
    Does it sound like depression? Because im not constantly crying or anything i just feel nothing really.
    I have a feeling it's to do with not being stimulated mentally in school/hobby wise. Im quite intelligent (well in more deep/philisophical way, i love poetry and stuff) but nothing challenges me in school so i don't bother putting effort in..then i get anxious because im falling behind etc..
    Some one please help me become a human again!

    It sounds like depression to me.

    A few things tally with what I experienced when I suffered from depression - inability to sleep at night, lethargy, just not caring, wanting to escape, anxiety... but I wasn't weepy or sad, I just wanted out, like you. I was doing my finals at uni at the time.

    The first thing you need to do is tell someone - your parents, preferably. Then make an appointment with your gp to discuss your options. Your LC is a good focal point to help you get through this - for now, just do what you need to do to do well, and hopefully when it's over you'll have a bit of a better outlook. Good luck with everything OP.


  • #3
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Try not to start self diagnosing yourself.

    You sound like you could have any number of things and it also sounds like you might just need a change of pace.

    Go and have a chat with your GP or ask to get reffered to a counsellor.

    The signs of depression are the signs of so many other problems and are most of the time not depression but best to have a chat with the GP anyway.

    Make sure your diet is right and are exercising regularly.

    Just about everyone I've ever known at some point in time go through what you're going through and it often gets mis diagnosed for depression try not to worry.


  • #4
    Lobelia Overhill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 704 ✭✭✭Lobelia Overhill


    Sounds like Depression to me, speak to your GP ...


  • #5
    dblennon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭dblennon


    to me, that sounds like severe pressure you've have been placed under or have placed your self under and this has not been resolved..

    you now feel like you have way too much to get over and can't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

    1. LC. you have so much time to study and do well it's not funny ask anyone who's been through Uni,

    2. speak to someone parents guidence Counsellor etc. cause if not, the issue will continue you snow-ball

    3. the jump ship issue is all part of the elephant in the room scenario your mind has given up dealing with it. but i'm sure if you break it down it won't be that bad at all.

    finally I'm no doctor but my brother had the same problem as you, he bottled it up and he didn't tell me or anyone. Only when I confronted him did he tell me almost exactly the story you told. I as only his brother broke it down for him reminded him that life is too short to let little things, especially the LC get to him.


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