“You’re better, the anti-depressant is working. This funk you are in is only because of the weather.” So, it is overcast again today – has been for most days this past week. Most days this past week I have also felt down, and more like I’m sliding back to…
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Back in August I wrote about Values and Depression, and how I was having problems with an exercise in one of my training classes, wherein I was supposed to look at a list of values, and pick the 5 values that I felt made up my core values. Well, I…
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One thing I hate about my depression: it breaks my empathy. This is hard for me because I care about the people in my life, and what is going on with them. I care to the point where I had to make a conscious effort a few years ago to…
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A couple of years back a friend gave me a mason jar with pen and pad of paper for Christmas. The jar was to capture the highlights of the year, so at the turn of the next year, I could go back and see the successes I’d had. This year…
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i’ve noticed something in myself the past several days i am finding it difficult to keep eye contact with (or even looking at the face of) the people i am talking to i’ve noticed i’m doing it not only with the in-person interactions i have engaged in, but also in…
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People have told me here, and in various other forums, that they appreciate my candid discussion of my experiences with depression. I hate that that is mostly what I am posting lately, but it is what I have the energy to deal with right now. Some mornings (or other particularly…
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“This is as good as it gets.” – My Depression I know that I just haven’t found the right anti-depressant yet, but that doesn’t stop the pesky voice telling me that no matter what I try, it won’t work. For the record, the second anti-depressant a) didn’t work and b)…
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I went to the doctor today for a followup on how my anti-depressants are working. Not as well as I’d like – even with the higher dosage I still had almost two weeks worth of days in the three months where the depression either had me on the edge of…
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I have begun to see a therapist as treatment for my depression in conjunction with the medication I am on. Talking with her this week, taking compliments came up. I don’t take compliments well. That phrase sounds funny – like I get aggressive you you attempt to compliment me. And…
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I took a training class in Inspiring Trust yesterday as part of a series of 3-hour courses to earn a “Supervisory Challenge” certificate that is offered by the institution that employes me. One of the exercises in the class was to look at a list of about 70 values, mark…