Anxiety/depression sucks!
I feel so drained and tired. Between my depression and anxiety being so awful this week I am losing hope and want to throw in the towel! When it strikes it's fast and furious. Then I get depressed afterwards, Other times it's my depression first then I have an anxiety attack afterwards.
@fighter23 This is the same way I feel and I hate it Im only 23 Im like Im not suppose to feel like this Im pose to be freely happy but I been through so much then what I should have which Is why I have these attacks it just started happening so I know its because of my problems being build up and not releasing it
@uniquechelle I feel for you! Chat me up if you would like! I am 21 so you aren't that much older than me. I do know one thing for sure is by holding it all in it's not helping, rather you are making it worse. Talk it out and try different things to calm you down. Have you tried any alternatives?
@fighter23 No thats why I created this to help occupy my mind the hospital trying to give me pills but I dont want to
@uniquechelle I understand. I refuse to be medicated as well. I rather just work through the issues. I did discover that talking about my issues to people I truly trust has helped. I have like 3 or 4 people who truly have made a difference and haven't judged me once. One of them suggested this website. Have you tried mediating at all? Journaling? Can I ask are you a positive or negative person... I say this because I was in between but journaling has helped me change my perspective and helped me be happier to the point the depression and anxiety isn't always taking over. I try to find one thing that I did that was positive. Sometimes it could just be how music makes you feel. I have been doing it longer than a month and I didn't think I would make it past a week. I am very proud of myself there. Let me know if you have tried anything and I can offer some suggestions. Just know we all have our days, but there is hope for us and we DO NOT need to be medicated to get through it! Chin up.
It sucks more when we choose the wrong coping mechanisms. Glad you chose the right ones for yourself @fighter23
@fighter23 I'm sure we all have been there one time or another, but just like your name I can tell you're a fighter! <3 You got this!
@XtinaSunshine Awe thanks!! <3 I am sure we have. I know I am not alone!
@fighter23 Hey fighter! I was yellowballoon before! How's it goin' today?!
@Warr10r love the screen name!! It's going decent. A bit of anixety because I have 100+ pages of reading to do by tomorrow (slow reader), 2 documentaires to watch (2 hours long), 4 people's post to comment on (500 words each) and notes to take on both the reading and documentaires. We just finished submitting our assignment last night so it's not like I have been able to get ahead.
How are you!!?
@XtinaSunshine You know I have!
I have a headache and feel like everyone is against me that's around me one day they happy with me and the next I'm such a bad person smh all I do is work and come home and try to make sure ppl good but it seems all I create is problems they keep using my past to make me feel guilty
@uniquechelle Hey, I get it. I feel that way too, but everyday we have the power to choose who to be. Don't let your past define you. You're here now and hopefully choosing to be the best you. And that's all you can do! Gotta follow my own advice once in awhile.
@uniquechelle Hi! I completely understand what you're saying. I am sorry you are feeling this way but know you aren't alone. I deal with this daily and feel the same way. Just know one day we will get out of it. Right now we just need to keep faking it until we make it. Find ways to release everything you are bottling up. I know I just cried it out and it takes a lot for me to cry (especially in front of people).
What is done is done! Don't let whatever you did in the past break you. Once you stop reacting to their bullcrap, they wil stop doing it because they will realize it is no longer phasing you.
For example, my family is known for yelling and I used to yell back continously. Now my anxiety won't let me. But now I am not being yelled at as much because I am not yelling back.
keep your chin up friend! <3
@fighter23 your answers are so motivating it's crazy how I feel more relief talking to you and @warrior more then my own blood...Im definitely trying to keep my chin up and it's works every now and then....i will not give up I cry but when I do it makes it worse because I can't stop I have no one to lean on grew up with out my parents had no guidance I'm Learning everyday on my own
