Welcome to the board mamy.... I am sorry that you're in a depressive state.....Are you on meds?

Have you called your psychiatrist sweetie?..... Big hug.... This is a good place to come.... xo

Hi yes I’m on meds and spoke to my doctor but want more Help like talking on here please

I have this happen a lot. The world's a scary place. That's probably what's triggering you. You're not a lone. Big hugs.

Big hugs. Sorry you’re going through rough times right now. Has your doctor offered any helpful advice? Peer support is good, even when you’re having good days too.

All I can say, do your best to get on a sleep cycle. Even if you are depressed try to wake up at a certain time in the morning, even if it is 11 am. And when you go to sleep, try to go to sleep later, so you aren’t struggling in the bed.

Hope this helps.

Even when you just want to do nothing but stay in bed and do nothing, to fight through depression is a choice. Its done with baby steps, not large leaps. Each day you choose a small thing to do that gets you out of bed and doing something. Maybe get up and take a shower, then lay back down for a bit, then move to the couch and watch a movie or read a book. In the evening take a small 15 minute walk outside. Make yourself eat something 3 times a day evening if its just a smoothie or protein shake.

And each day you increase your time out of bed and up doing something. Add a 2nd 15 minute walk outside in the morning or midday. Take a shower each day either in the morning or in the evening, whichever relaxes you the most. Spend some time out of bed working on coping skills like breathing exercises, relaxation exercises, writing in a journal, getting all the dark, sad, scary, angry, depressed feelings out of your head and dumped onto paper. Holding them in your head does absolutely no good, getting them out each day, helps you not carry them into the next day.

Crawling out of depression takes work, a conscious effort. Its done in small steps each day and you build onto those steps day by day, until your back in the world functioning and living. Its a "Fake it Till You Make It" kind of existence....but its well proven and it does work. Change of scenery with short outside walks during the day, help immensely. Making sure your eating something throughout the day is important, and yes smoothies and protein shakes count. Just moving your scenery inside from out of the bed to a different room helps. Showering/bathing each day or every other day is important...it makes a big difference in how you feel when your clean and put clean clothes on. I know this sounds like a lot, but it's really not. Its a matter of making up your mind that you do not want to feel like this anymore and your ready to do what you must to break the depression cycle and start working your way out of it.

I'm speaking from 32 years of experience on this.

Take care,

Kat