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Depression

  • 14-02-2015 8:00pm
    #1
    HeyArnold320
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭


    Hi,
    Posted this in another thread.
    I'm new to this thread. I believe I have been suffering from depression/anxiety for a long time but being a typical male I don't talk about it with others. My better half knows I get down at times so she has been great but I feel it's so unfair on her. I have a lovely family and I love her to bits but I sometimes feel so selfish in how I can act.
    I just wake up in the morning and know if it's going to be a good day or bad day.
    I don't tick a lot of boxes others do, as in I sleep great for one. But on a bad day it's like a really heavy weight on me. Sometimes it lifts and other times it doesn't. When I'm feeling this way I am very quiet, often snappy with my other half and I can argue about the stupidest things.
    The worst part is the anxiety though. Today I feel all panic like and nervous. I'm in work and find it difficult to deal with people.
    Over the last year I've noticed I dislike talking to most people sometimes. I don't make much of an effort and for some reason, I find it so hard to look at some people in the eye. I don't know why that happens. It's like I find it harder to be nice to people and easier to argue, so for that reason, I don't say much.

    My family life is great and I have a good job. Really I have no reason to feel like this. I just don't know if I can take much more.

    Anyway, thanks for reading. I just needed to vent


Comments

  • #2
    0byme75341jo28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,571 ✭✭✭0byme75341jo28


    Swallow your pride and go speak to your GP about it. There's nothing to be ashamed of.


  • #3
    tawnyowl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 511 ✭✭✭tawnyowl


    Have you spoken to your GP about this? If not, you should make an appointment and say to your GP what you've said here.


  • #4
    Saipanne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭Saipanne


    HeyArnold320 wrote: »
    Hi,
    Posted this in another thread.
    I'm new to this thread. I believe I have been suffering from depression/anxiety for a long time but being a typical male I don't talk about it with others. My better half knows I get down at times so she has been great but I feel it's so unfair on her. I have a lovely family and I love her to bits but I sometimes feel so selfish in how I can act.
    I just wake up in the morning and know if it's going to be a good day or bad day.
    I don't tick a lot of boxes others do, as in I sleep great for one. But on a bad day it's like a really heavy weight on me. Sometimes it lifts and other times it doesn't. When I'm feeling this way I am very quiet, often snappy with my other half and I can argue about the stupidest things.
    The worst part is the anxiety though. Today I feel all panic like and nervous. I'm in work and find it difficult to deal with people.
    Over the last year I've noticed I dislike talking to most people sometimes. I don't make much of an effort and for some reason, I find it so hard to look at some people in the eye. I don't know why that happens. It's like I find it harder to be nice to people and easier to argue, so for that reason, I don't say much.

    My family life is great and I have a good job. Really I have no reason to feel like this. I just don't know if I can take much more.

    Anyway, thanks for reading. I just needed to vent

    Best thing for you is to talk to a gp. Going by national statistics, about 1/3 of his patients have brought this up to him. So this will be nothing new for him, and it'll get you the help you need.

    There is a depression thread in the Long Term Illness forum, if your interested. I'd advise against seeking information on medicone online. You've no idea who is writing it.

    Good luck.


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