Depression / anxiety
May 11th 2012, 6:14 am
#17
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Re: Depression / anxiety
Couple of beers, maybe a shag, and you'll be right
May 11th 2012, 8:35 am
#18
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May 11th 2012, 10:01 am
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Re: Depression / anxiety
I've suffered for about 30 years and been on meds for 25. It took a lot of effort to stabilise and learn to live with it. I'm such a happy person really so having my brain go off at a tangent down a dark hole took some understanding. I know I'm going off again if I get a particular type of disturbing dream, but at least I don't get the screaming nightmares anymore 
For me nothing in particular triggered it and it's not going to go away. It's much like having asthma - something doesn't work properly but the effects can be controlled. Getting the right medication is important. I found Seroxat very disturbing with both mental and physical side-effects.
Just hang onto the thoughts of being happy again.
For me nothing in particular triggered it and it's not going to go away. It's much like having asthma - something doesn't work properly but the effects can be controlled. Getting the right medication is important. I found Seroxat very disturbing with both mental and physical side-effects.
Just hang onto the thoughts of being happy again.
May 11th 2012, 11:09 am
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Re: Depression / anxiety
I'd say australia is one of the better countries for socialising, they're like birds here hard to get them to stop chattering. Only thing you need to start a conversation here is have a welcoming face. Even an unwelcoming face still seems to get people that don't mind a chin wag with you. I know I've put on my best **** off face and they still want to chat!
May 11th 2012, 11:20 am
#23
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Re: Depression / anxiety
I have been much happier since I came back to the UK, I think I spent far too many years living a lie trying to just "get on with it" and "fit in" when I felt like a fish out of water, my last year in Australia was truly horrible I was utterly miserable and depressed and never want to go through that ever again.
I diagnosed myself as having situational depression.
I have odd bad days now and then where I miss my kids and grandkids but this is only to be expected. It doesn't last very long but sure feels awful at the time.
I diagnosed myself as having situational depression.
I have odd bad days now and then where I miss my kids and grandkids but this is only to be expected. It doesn't last very long but sure feels awful at the time.
May 11th 2012, 11:32 am
#24
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Re: Depression / anxiety
I've had both sporadically for twenty years now. The black dog is the curse of the intelligent, allegedly......
10g of seroxat takes the edge off anxiety and acupuncture (blocked liver chi) works well for me. Do you have panic attacks? There are plenty of cognitive strategies you can use - it does work. It's something I would really like to kick completely - can be imprisoning and stop you living to the full.
10g of seroxat takes the edge off anxiety and acupuncture (blocked liver chi) works well for me. Do you have panic attacks? There are plenty of cognitive strategies you can use - it does work. It's something I would really like to kick completely - can be imprisoning and stop you living to the full.
You're right about exercise - running is a great way of tackling anxiety. I do a little bit of yoga too on the beach (when no one can see) and although I'm not finding anything close to spiritual enlightenment it's still nice and you become very flexible. I agree with 'pretending' with friends etc - it helps you forget and focus on something else.
Me - I remember being a bit down in the dumps about 20 years ago - for a short time - but I worked out what I had to do to distract myself through a tough period and it was over soon - and I've never looked back. Since moving to Australia - nothing has been a drama - really.
Have to be honest, my downfall is that I overfocus - and I can be quite aggressively tenacious sometimes to the point where I get tunnel vision. Exercise helps me run off energy.
What always pulls me through is
and I am going to get absolutely caned for this)i) My life... I only have to think of some of the things I have done and it pulls me up from a state of boredom. My wife tells me that when I am doing something monotous like mowing the yard I can always be found with a grin on my dial...it's memories that you treasure.
ii)My wife. My wife amazes me every day, and I don't know how I could have got so lucky. There are things she does and the way she handles things that I have not come across in anyone else - male or female. It's can be a bit surreal.
May 11th 2012, 11:36 am
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Re: Depression / anxiety
I never saw you as the anxious type.
Me - I remember being a bit down in the dumps about 20 years ago - for a short time - but I worked out what I had to do to distract myself through a tough period and it was over soon - and I've never looked back. Since moving to Australia - nothing has been a drama - really.
Have to be honest, my downfall is that I overfocus - and I can be quite aggressively tenacious sometimes to the point where I get tunnel vision. Exercise helps me run off energy.
What always pulls me through isand I am going to get absolutely caned for this)
i) My life... I only have to think of some of the things I have done and it pulls me up from a state of boredom. My wife tells me that when I am doing something monotous like mowing the yard I can always be found with a grin on my dial...it's memories that you treasure.
ii)My wife. My wife amazes me every day, and I don't know how I could have got so lucky. There are things she does and the way she handles things that I have not come across in anyone else - male or female. It's can be a bit surreal.
Me - I remember being a bit down in the dumps about 20 years ago - for a short time - but I worked out what I had to do to distract myself through a tough period and it was over soon - and I've never looked back. Since moving to Australia - nothing has been a drama - really.
Have to be honest, my downfall is that I overfocus - and I can be quite aggressively tenacious sometimes to the point where I get tunnel vision. Exercise helps me run off energy.
What always pulls me through is
and I am going to get absolutely caned for this)i) My life... I only have to think of some of the things I have done and it pulls me up from a state of boredom. My wife tells me that when I am doing something monotous like mowing the yard I can always be found with a grin on my dial...it's memories that you treasure.
ii)My wife. My wife amazes me every day, and I don't know how I could have got so lucky. There are things she does and the way she handles things that I have not come across in anyone else - male or female. It's can be a bit surreal.
May 11th 2012, 11:43 am
#26
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Re: Depression / anxiety
I never saw you as the anxious type.
Me - I remember being a bit down in the dumps about 20 years ago - for a short time - but I worked out what I had to do to distract myself through a tough period and it was over soon - and I've never looked back. Since moving to Australia - nothing has been a drama - really.
Have to be honest, my downfall is that I overfocus - and I can be quite aggressively tenacious sometimes to the point where I get tunnel vision. Exercise helps me run off energy.
What always pulls me through isand I am going to get absolutely caned for this)
i) My life... I only have to think of some of the things I have done and it pulls me up from a state of boredom. My wife tells me that when I am doing something monotous like mowing the yard I can always be found with a grin on my dial...it's memories that you treasure.
ii)My wife. My wife amazes me every day, and I don't know how I could have got so lucky. There are things she does and the way she handles things that I have not come across in anyone else - male or female. It's can be a bit surreal.
Me - I remember being a bit down in the dumps about 20 years ago - for a short time - but I worked out what I had to do to distract myself through a tough period and it was over soon - and I've never looked back. Since moving to Australia - nothing has been a drama - really.
Have to be honest, my downfall is that I overfocus - and I can be quite aggressively tenacious sometimes to the point where I get tunnel vision. Exercise helps me run off energy.
What always pulls me through is
and I am going to get absolutely caned for this)i) My life... I only have to think of some of the things I have done and it pulls me up from a state of boredom. My wife tells me that when I am doing something monotous like mowing the yard I can always be found with a grin on my dial...it's memories that you treasure.
ii)My wife. My wife amazes me every day, and I don't know how I could have got so lucky. There are things she does and the way she handles things that I have not come across in anyone else - male or female. It's can be a bit surreal.
Does she levitate or have supernatural powers or something?
time.
May 11th 2012, 11:52 am
#28
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Re: Depression / anxiety
When we first got here, she was quite shy but she's really grown into mother hood etc. Yummy mummy. Women love her. She's not bitchy or what females would call a 'cow' either etc. We were out with a group a few weeks ago and she looked stunning.
Bernie - get your chips and draw up a chair!
May 11th 2012, 11:53 am
#29
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Re: Depression / anxiety
I never saw you as the anxious type.
Me - I remember being a bit down in the dumps about 20 years ago - for a short time - but I worked out what I had to do to distract myself through a tough period and it was over soon - and I've never looked back. Since moving to Australia - nothing has been a drama - really.
Have to be honest, my downfall is that I overfocus - and I can be quite aggressively tenacious sometimes to the point where I get tunnel vision. Exercise helps me run off energy.
What always pulls me through isand I am going to get absolutely caned for this)
i) My life... I only have to think of some of the things I have done and it pulls me up from a state of boredom. My wife tells me that when I am doing something monotous like mowing the yard I can always be found with a grin on my dial...it's memories that you treasure.
ii)My wife. My wife amazes me every day, and I don't know how I could have got so lucky. There are things she does and the way she handles things that I have not come across in anyone else - male or female. It's can be a bit surreal.
Me - I remember being a bit down in the dumps about 20 years ago - for a short time - but I worked out what I had to do to distract myself through a tough period and it was over soon - and I've never looked back. Since moving to Australia - nothing has been a drama - really.
Have to be honest, my downfall is that I overfocus - and I can be quite aggressively tenacious sometimes to the point where I get tunnel vision. Exercise helps me run off energy.
What always pulls me through is
and I am going to get absolutely caned for this)i) My life... I only have to think of some of the things I have done and it pulls me up from a state of boredom. My wife tells me that when I am doing something monotous like mowing the yard I can always be found with a grin on my dial...it's memories that you treasure.
ii)My wife. My wife amazes me every day, and I don't know how I could have got so lucky. There are things she does and the way she handles things that I have not come across in anyone else - male or female. It's can be a bit surreal.
May 11th 2012, 11:55 am
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Re: Depression / anxiety
Hmmm.... I can't see what HE see's in me... Well I couldnt whilst I was at my worst...honestly believed i was useless... And as for memories uplifting me... Remembering all the stuff i've done, what I've experienced, where i've been and what i achieved at various times of my life just made me feel MORE teary about the situation i was in...
But thats what depression does to you.... Apparently
But thats what depression does to you.... Apparently