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I'm new here and I was wondering if anyone has any advice for those days that it feels impossible to get out of bed? I went through a really rough time last spring and had many of these episodes - I'm doing better now but sometimes there are those hard days and I was wondering if there was any advice from people who have been here... thanks
Posts: 1 | Location: New Hampshire | Registered: 09-10-2007
What's helped me is trying to reframe my perspective. For example, when I get stuck in bed I think "Shoot, I'm stuck in bed. I can't get up. Darnit, I can't get up. I wish I could get up but I can't." Then the downward spiral conintues. BUT something that I try to implement now is saying, "Gee, I GET TO rest in bed." or "In this moment, I CHOOSE to be in bed." It may sound silly, but it's helped me. It may not change my actions much, but at least I feel better about it. Hope that helps.
I don't really know if I have been there but, I started getting up with my wife in the AM (I am retired so...). We have coffee together, her downstairs and mine up in front of the TV. I want her to have her own space in the AM so it seems right, we have been married a long time and there isn't that much to talk about at 5AM. It seems to give me a little direction since i quit the Prosac. I guess I shouldn't have retired... Hope this helped...
Just reading your entry. I am new to the support group. Not been diagnosed yet but I have been depressed for 2 years and I feel it is now time to go to the doctors and seek support group help. I have terrible trouble getting out of bed in the mornings so I understand how you feel. I got sacked from my job because I couldnt get out of bed because of my depression. I have booked a 2 week holiday in Cyprus with my partner and that helps me get out of the bed in the mornings, because I just think of our holiday. My partner just thinks I am lazy in the mornings but what he doesnt realise is that I physically cannot get up.
Posts: 6 | Location: Kent | Registered: 04-03-2008
Hello my name is shannon and Iam new to this group.I was diagnosed several years with depression and one or two more disorders. Since I mariied my husband 5 yrs. ago the depression seemed to just go away.The panic attacks stopped everything. I hurt my back at work a few months ago and lost my job, my insurance, gained 20lbs., and lost every bit of my self-esteem. Now the only man Ive ever truely trusted I dont trust anymore and I dont know if my fears are real or something that my low self-esteem is causeing me to feel. I feel trapped in my own home because my medical condition keeps me from being on my feet for more than a hour at a time. Ive noticed that my sadness, low self-esteem, and my not being able to trust the one person I should be able to trust is geeting worse very fast. I cannot take the anti-depressants. Could someone give me some advice some kind of hope?
