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		<description>After being suggested by Bistro - posting here.

I am in crisis mode right now.  Wednesday I start confronting one of my traumas with my t...</description>
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			<title>Comment by BridgetW</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Depression/forum/10656099-opening-up-and-falling-apart/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ok. <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Venting">venting</a> is a good start. ok. I agree. Yes. Vent away. I did that yesterday and it really helped me alot. 
 so I can help you today. 
 I understand about having memories and then waiting until wednesday to talk about them. 
 don't take the pills. 
 do you want to talk more?? 
 that helped me yesterday...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:34:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Steviepoos</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Depression/forum/10656099-opening-up-and-falling-apart/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You know when we 'fail' something, like trying not to cut, drink, over-eat, etc? It's not a failure. It's a setback. That's all failure is. A setback until we get it right. It's only a failure if we stop trying. As long as you don't stop and try again, you've failed nothing. Keep going. Each setback...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:43:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by oceanapart</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Depression/forum/10656099-opening-up-and-falling-apart/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello, I understand everything that you are going through because I am going through the same emotions and <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Crying" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Crying')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Crying">crying</a> a lot and I am going to a mental clinic tomorrow to see if everything adds up to PTSD. Dying is an easy way out, friend fight for your life. We have only one life  and I want to make the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:48:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by So_Up_So_Down</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Depression/forum/10656099-opening-up-and-falling-apart/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SB, I am so sorry for your pain. PTSD is a cruelty on top of a cruelty. The only GOOD thing that can be said about it is that it is a, "normal response to highly abnormal circumstances." Maybe that would be better stated as a HEALTHY response to unhealthy circumstances.  
  
 I've been fighting the sa...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:51:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by sadbunny</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Depression/forum/10656099-opening-up-and-falling-apart/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you Bridget... I am going from wanting to vent to wanting to <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Sleep" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Sleep')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Sleep">sleep</a>.  I guess it comes down to fear...   Fear of <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Talking">talking</a> about things I just never talk about.  Opening up about things that I find so hard to speak of.  The closer it gets the more I am freaking out and want to run.  I am making m...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:51:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by sadbunny</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Depression/forum/10656099-opening-up-and-falling-apart/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ocean - I am quite a control freak as well and thankfully for the most part my job allows me to focus on just me and what I need to do.  Idiot is a new employee who isn't catching on because he wont' take notes.  Hopefully it will get better. 
  
 So Up - Thank you.  The thing that upsets me more than...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:04:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by BridgetW</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Depression/forum/10656099-opening-up-and-falling-apart/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ok SB. I'm really <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Walking" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Walking')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Walking">walking</a> with you in your shoes right now, so I don't want to offer advise that might hurt you.   
  
 first, you're at work. when i work (which is volunteering, but i like to call it work because i like the way it sounds, it makes me feel good about myself) anyway, sorry about the si...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:09:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by sadbunny</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bridget - First volunteering is working and I am glad it gives you some positive feelings in return. 
  
 As to these thoughts while at work - my mind tends to go where it wants to go when it wants to go.  I tend to have a 100 thoughts at one time and can typically multitask what I am dwelling on at t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:34:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by BridgetW</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Depression/forum/10656099-opening-up-and-falling-apart/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[very excellent questions. (i'm doing away with capitilizing (sp) anything right now, so i can just type. 
  
 i really think brain vomit is a great description. that's what is happening to me too. i only asked about work because i was concerned for you. i'm glad you are a great multi tasker. excellent...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:43:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by So_Up_So_Down</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bridget, you are in RARE form today!!  WOW!!  :) 
  
 SB, I swear, I could have written every word of what you've written so far. It took about 20 years for me to be diagnosed correctly. Lots of different counselors and doctors. Lots of different diagnoses -- including bipolar.  
  
 I think complex (or...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:45:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by BridgetW</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[thanks So..Up..So.. 
 but what is MDD? 
 you sound like you have a very good handle on what ever you are dealing with. I was just curious what mdd is.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:54:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by madkitten</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Depression/forum/10656099-opening-up-and-falling-apart/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[That's really brave of you bunny,I know how hard it is to face issues,I had a breakdown when I did it,but I'm at peace with that part of me now.Just dealing with the aftereffects of the past now(low self esteem,insecurity,anxiety)but the issues themselves don't bother me anymore,it has to be done hu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:58:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by So_Up_So_Down</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Depression/forum/10656099-opening-up-and-falling-apart/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Whups! Apologies... MDD = Major Depressive Disorder.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:20:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by sadbunny</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Depression/forum/10656099-opening-up-and-falling-apart/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am afraid it's not bravery but survival.  I have a serious fear of my own mind.  At this point I am just very angry and want to break things and I am sorry but hitting a pillow is so very much not the same as hearing dishes or glasses break.  I want to cut more and a rubberband snapping on my wris...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:24:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by madkitten</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Depression/forum/10656099-opening-up-and-falling-apart/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Know I understand but I wont go into my past.It'll trigger us both,I've read a few memoir <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Reading" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Reading')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Books">books</a> which helped me a lot but I wouldn't advise that atm for you.I was inspired by the way these people dealt with it.But we're not them are we?You're at the start of your healing journey,but you will get there]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:44:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by So_Up_So_Down</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yes, BRAVE! What you just did... finding the strength within yourself to help us better understand what you're going through is so much more than survival. Your pain is real and raw and fresh, but as desperately as you want to run from it, you AREN'T <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Running" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Running')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Running">running</a> from it. You're facing it. One step at a ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:05:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by sadbunny</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ok calmed down a bit and <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Talking">talking</a> with another and I will admit I am starting to feel a little better. Thank you everyone.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:09:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by sadbunny</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So Up, that was beautiful imagery.  Thank you so much for it.  My toes might be touching the sand but the water is still high and hard to stay up.  Today is a bit better after getting some <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Sleep" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Sleep')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Sleep">sleep</a>.  May have taken pain killers to get that <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Sleep" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Sleep')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Sleep">sleep</a> but I desperately needed quiet <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Sleep" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Sleep')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Sleep">sleep</a>.   
  
 Still not sure...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:53:23 +0100</pubDate>
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