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Supposedly positive experiences of the past

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Written by psyche 15. Jun 2007 11:53 PM

Hello all - Back again and more messed up than ever - I've moved house, and am finding that so lonely and hard - just having to do EVERYTHING where before I had my ex to do stuff - even though he was abusive, he'd do the shopping and the dishes etc, and now I have to do it all and it freaks me out. Panic attacks mid supermarket, panic attacks taking out the rubbish, I'm pathetic as a parent... it just goes on and on, add to that the fact that the man I love (not my ex) leaves for three months away on Monday and I'm collapsing in a small damp weeping heap. Just want to scream SOMEBODY HELP!!!!. Then I finally make it back onto depnet and there is this task waiting for me. Look back at the past, a time when you were happy, and I can't remember a time when I was happy - little glimpses when my babies were born, little glimpses when I'm with TMIL (The man I love) but basically no time I can remember when I haven't been depressed or anxious or both - how pathetic that that is my life - just a series of depressed anxious moments punctuated by total breakdowns and periods of self harm and highlighted by an eating disorder. There MUST be more than this? Is there?

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Comments from the community:

Hey hon

I wrote to your entry that you wrote after this one - and thought I'd pop back and write in here.

I don't have a heap of time to write now - just want to give you a big hug ((((psyche)))) - and when you ask your question: There must be more than this? Is there?

Yes there is. There is light at the end of the tunnel. If you can get hold of the book by Dorothy Rowe: Depression - The Way Out of Your Prison, that might help you.

For me my recovery involved changing the way I think - it took effort - but it's the most worthwhile effort I've ever made. I had therapy and learnt CBT.

Sending you love

Kimberly
xoxo

Written by Deleted_User, 18. Jun 2007 02:37 PM