Depression Support Group
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It’s almost midnight where I am at & I wonder How Do You Deal with the pain?
I drink.... ALOT or eat more than I should. Neither are good ways of dealing with my life problems. I pray, but sometimes you want a real person to hold you and talk you through your problems. I don’t have that. My closest friend & I no longer speak. My husband has never been any help in my life. And my family are only good to make me drink.
My moms 73rd birthday is this week & she has already had a episode. I know that no matter what I do or what I give he, I have failed. So I am extra stressed. Yet, I always down plan my problems because there will always be people out there in more pain than me.
Thank you for letting me vent. Be sure to reply on how you make yourself feel better, the good, the great and the bad.
You have to make up your mind .... either stay in the shape you are in as it worsens or change what you must to have a better life.
If you need help to make those changes, it's out there. Seek and ye shall find.
Your humility is gallant .. but this is about YOU ... and it is time to find the sunshine. Put your mind to it, .. and straighten up. Alcohol is no solution. You could start there ... but you need to put water on all the fires. Stand up for yourself and do some recovery.
When it comes to our family members who have had negative influences, yes you ultimately have to decide, do you find the ways to keep them in our lives, and ignore there bullshit ways of negatively bringing us down; or you can let them go altogether if it's that bad. That's what I have done is chosen to keep distance rather than trying to put in all the work myself.
I see therapist three times a month sometimes and this helps just to get through some of the daily stress so can heal from my broken self. I like music also, but it can also trigger the past and some of it's not great. Taking a walk and getting away from situation for a moment to think on your own without someone telling you what to do or feel. Just a few things to help us get by.