Very depressed

[User88]

Sometimes finding a distraction can help, when I feel really down, sometimes I try to do something, even if is just cleaning, tidying etc. It doesn’t help every time, but sometimes it can pull you up a little bit. That seems to be the only thing that works a bit for me.

 

[whiteraven]

So...I had a few days that were not horrible and have spent some time doing stuff around here to keep myself occupied. But always after I feel like crap. And some days, like today, I try and try and try and just end up getting kicked in the teeth. I am so sad and feel like I'm at the end of things and nobody cares now because "everybody is in the same boat" (NOT).

 

[Changing4Best]

Everyone is in a different boat, because we all react differently to whatever situation we find ourselves in. For instance I had a good day, but I sure had some bad ones recently. So I feel for you. I wish I had some sage advice for you, but I can't think of any. I guess just keep doing the best you can for yourself and others. That's all you can maybe do. If journaling helps you, do it if you can. I know it does help me. Good luck.

 

[NIKI]

Sorry to hear you are feeling so down. Something that I have been doing to help lift my mood has been to place plants all around my home. Their beauty and caring for them lifts my mood greatly.

 

[Carpman]

I don't know where else to talk about this. I'm pretty much always depressed. But I am really struggling right now with the forced isolation. At first, I did fine and was able to get a lot of little things done. But then, my therapist moved to online sessions (before everyone else and before an order went into place to stay-at-home - and he claimed he wasn't allowed to go to his office, which sounded like a lie to me), the steps taken to contain the virus escalated, the job I had lined up after quitting (before this whole mess) had been delayed (and will likely not take place now), and I had to spend my birthday alone.

It's been a long while since the depression made my body feel...heavy. It's physically difficult to walk, to move, to think.

I'm tired of people telling me to "just" exercise or get out or force myself to do something I enjoy. I do all of that. I force myself to do everything I end up doing. I take breaks so that I'm not so hard on myself. But it does not help.

It does NOT help.

Music and meditation are the things that are really helping me right now, I’m off work at moment with stress, I work in care, I’m not watching the news at all, When I do watch tv it’s some comedy or nature program, social media hasn’t helped me last couple of weeks, it’s difficult as I’ve met some good people but some not so good, I realised how bad an impact it had on me, go gentle on yourself:)