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depressedCupcake99
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Is self-care even worth it?
Depression Support / by depressedCupcake99
Last post
 June 30th, 2020
...See more The past week, I've been working on my self-care. I'm drinking lots of water, exercising daily (even if it's just light exercise), going for walks, eating healthy breakfasts, shower daily, brush my teeth and wash my face with actual anti-acne face-wash twice a day (I even floss!). While these are all good habits to have, I don't really feel any better. It just all seems so pointless. I'm forcing myself to go through the motions and keep up the habits, but when it comes to actually doing something productive afterwards, (I'm supposed to be writing my B.A. Thesis) I find myself having spent all my energy on on trivial things. Sometimes I just wonder: does it really matter if I exercised today? So what if I don't brush my teeth, I'm not going anywhere. Why bother with a healthy breakfast if you're just gonna get hungry or start emotional-eating two hours later anyways? I'd honestly rather lie down, close my eyes and forget about everything for the next couple of months, maybe years.
Moodswings
Depression Support / by depressedCupcake99
Last post
 June 13th, 2020
...See more I've recently started journaling to keep track of how I'm feeling. And I've noticed that I have a tendency for violent mood-swings within a couple of hours. For example, today I was feeling okay (okay, not good) until around noon. In the afternoon, I was in a good mood, to a point that I would almost call hyper: laughing for close to no reason, a ton of energy, and working on creative projects. I even did a light work out. Then, in the evening while I was getting ready to go to sleep, my mood changed again. all the usual insecurities and hopelessness came back up and I kind of spiralled from there. It got me thinking, and a bit worried. I've noticed these kind of moodswings before, but I'm not sure to which degree they're normal. Of course a person experiences numerous emotions throughout the day, but I don't think I should be going from hyped to depressed like that without any real reason. Have you experienced anything like this? Any advice on how to cope?
I think I need to apologise
Relationship Stress / by depressedCupcake99
Last post
 July 4th, 2020
...See more About a year and a half ago, I got into a huge fight with the majority of my friend group. At the time, I was depressed (suicidal, actually) and the pressure of university led to me taking it out on the wrong people. I said and did some pretty horrible things. It took a while, but I'm sort of okay now and mostly over what happened. I do miss them sometimes, but overall, I'm glad those people are no longer in my life. Those friendships were pretty much toxic. But I'm not quite happy with how I left things. Especially since a mutual friend told me the others haven't been able to out the whole thing behind them. I think it might be because I just sort of insulted everyone and left without explanation. So I think I should apologise to those people. Except I'm not quite sure how to do it. How do you apologise without making lame excuses? Is apologising even the right thing to do? Or is it just a way to ease my guilty conscience?
I need a good cry
Depression Support / by depressedCupcake99
Last post
 November 7th, 2019
...See more I have been incredibly emotional the past couple of weeks (no, I'm not pregnant). My eyes tear up at the smallest trigger, but I never end up actually crying. I think I need a good, long, healthy cry to get it all out, but I can't seem to find a trigger to really get me bawling my eyes out. Any tips?
How do you breakup with a friend you'll be in close proximity with?
Relationship Stress / by depressedCupcake99
Last post
 June 8th, 2019
...See more There's this girl. We're not really close but we're kinda friends because we have all the same courses at college. But I can't do this kinda-friendship anymore. We often do group projects together (because we don't know any other people) and I always end up doing all the work alone. She's really negative and always complaining ot worrying. When she's complainig I listen and support her and when she's worried 'm always supportive and tell her "you can do it" "see, you did well" "that's great". I try to cheer her up to my best abilities but I just don't have the energy anymore, especially because she never reciprocates it. When I'm happy about getting a B in something she just goes "that's not even that good" instead of being supportive. I just don't have the energy anymore, so I want to stop being friends. The problem is, we have a lot of the same courses and since the group projects cover the whole semester we'll be doing group projects together for another month. How can I end the friendship when we'll still be seeing each other all the time and doing projects together?
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