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 Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:56 am
Well, my hormones are ******** me over right now. With work and growning pains I have had horrid cramps 24/7 for the past 3 months. My moods have been changing on a dime, and to boot I'm depressed for no apperant reason. icon_confused.gif
To add to it my social life doesn't help. My friends and family constantly remind me that I don't have a girl friend, or any female friends outside of family. Comments from my father like " your not a man without a woman " piss me off even more so. I don't need to prove my exsistance through another person.
My own personality is turning against me aswell. I'm often cynical, distant and cruel. Although that may seem bad it has work towards my benefit all my life. I don't get personal with affairs and keep a cool head in situations where most panic because of them.
Unfortunatly with my family pissing me off and my increasing depression I have become uselessly hurtful and emotionaly destructive to my loved ones with my personality.
I have also become very lonely of late, and I think it is because my body, or subconscious wants a female partner added to my life. But, at the same time I could never have one. I like being alone, and dislike the tone of most female voices. Not that the girls are bad, but their voices become very annoying sometimes. I love to have quiet and solitude.
This depression has brought horrid wearyness upon my body, I sleep anywhere from 8-16 hours at a time. I have lost weight due to loss of appitite. A total of ten pounds in a week. No matter how much I sleep I never feel rested, infact I feel more exhausted than when I went to sleep. I become a insomniac at night and manic depressive by day and it is driving me nuts any more.
Any advice or similar situations?
P.S. I'm not sure if this belongs here or not. If not just move/delete it and let me know so I don't do it again.
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:10 pm
I think that a deal of these problems may be solved if you try to force yourself out of your shell.
You sound a little reclusive, and this can be pretty bad for your social and mental health. Perhaps you should find something you enjoy, and pursue it outside the home.
It may even help you find somebody with common interests.
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:56 pm
Lavaske I think that a deal of these problems may be solved if you try to force yourself out of your shell. You sound a little reclusive, and this can be pretty bad for your social and mental health. Perhaps you should find something you enjoy, and pursue it outside the home. It may even help you find somebody with common interests. Well, I do injoy working alot, so wouldn't my job qualify for that?
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:25 pm
Try taking up running. It may sound stupid since you're so tired but I'm also prone to depression because of my ED and IBS. By running you will release endorphines in your body which make you feel good. Exercise also causes you to get more energy, up more. I still can't believe it.
A lot of doctors nowadays will prescribe running before anti-depressents since it is a much healthier way to beat depression.
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:10 pm
If you think you're depressed, or something is seriously wrong, then you can try looking into professional help (such as a therapist, counsellor, psychologist, etc).
It also might be worth looking into seeing a doctor, because if you are diagnosed with clinical depression, then you might be able to get medication for it.
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:52 am
Honestly you sound EXACTLY like me last year. Slept all the time and was still tired, had no wish to eat anything, etc. I was actually to the point of not liking to eat because I was finding food gross. I had to force myself to eat at least once a day. How did I fix it? I went to the doctor.
She put me on a relatively low dose of an anti-depressant called Effexor. Some people I've talked to have had bad experiences with it but it worked alright for me. Second I changed my patterns. I forced myself to go outside during the day and soak up the sun. Even if it was just a walk on the beach or something the time outside really can lift your spirits even if you don't want to. I know I didn't but I did it anyway.
I also found that getting active helped a lot. I wasn't working at the time so I was just slothing around. I didn't really think I was even in a mental place where I could work but I pushed through it and found an easy week end job and just that activity has helped turn things around.
Lastly I went for a bit of counselling. I got to work out a lot of those teen issues that we were all left with and a couple of parent baggage issues as well. I was fortunate that my parents were willing to pay for my sessions as I wouldn't have been able to go otherwise but that did help.
Really the best thing you can do right now is reach out. I know it's the last thing that you actually want to do but if you do it you can be feeling back to your old self very soon. Good luck.
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