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Mood Swings.... yay!!! rollercoaster

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Written by cateblack 16. Mar 2008 02:08 AM

Well the last day or so my mood has swung up again... it is slightly elevated... not too high... but makes me feel as if the past few weeks have not been real... I feel as if all the agitation and distress are my imagination... was it real?

At times like this... I think my mental illness is all my imagination... how real can it be when it disappears like this?

Has it disappeared? It will be back again I know this... but when and how severe and what form will it take?

What thoughts will filter through my brain? How will I know if they are my real thoughts or part of some delusion?

So while I am stable at the moment... I am not sure how long I will remain stable.

I have things in my life that will send me off again...

I feel paralysed emotionally... i can not find the motivation to manage these issues...

My mental health nurse said a person without depression will think "I will take a shower" and go and do it... but a person with depression will think "I will take a shower" but first I have to open my eyes, then i have to get out of bed then i have walk to the toilet then i have to flush then i have to go to the bathroom then i have get undressed then i have to turn the water on ... and so on...

she said a person with depression sees at least 20 steps to just taking a shower and each one too hard to do...

I understood that...

well enough

rgds
cate

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Comments from the community:

Cate

Your mental health nurse in my eyes is not being real in what she said about a depressed person. Sure some would do that, others would do it and others would turn over and go back to sleep. Everyone has different depression and reacts to things differently. Therefore our ups and downs/mood swings are all different.

Go Cate!!!

Mrs Studying1

Written by studying1, 17. Mar 2008 01:36 AM

cate,

first, i want to thank you for your comment on my last diary. your words were comforting, and i am trying to remember to be more gentle with myself.

i think what the mental health nurse was getting at was that often apparently simple things are much harder for people with depression - from just not having the energy or from being too overwhelmed with all the steps needed to get something done. of course, everyone's experience is unique, but that is what i struggle with alot of the time.

i hope you can enjoy the times you have when you are feeling good, and that you are able to fill your Easter weekend.

take care,
belle

Written by northrnbelle, 18. Mar 2008 10:32 AM