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How responsible medication use can help
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Mar 11 5:51am | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
Just today it struck me that when I'm becoming more depressed, temptations are stronger. I think that my resistance is down because of depression, and to back up a further step, as my neuropathy pain worsens, my level of depression worsens. It all combines to feelings of sadness, discouragement, fatigue, wanting to disappear - so many ways these things affect us. Sometimes, with the best of care, life becomes difficult or unbearable. And in my own case, guilt and/or shame creep in, making things even harder. I'm fortunate to have good sleep. It gives me a nightly break.
Jim
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Understood Jim.
Your intuitive. There is definitely a mind body connection.
I will share with you what my doctor had told me. She said because of my minds conditions, if I don’t change what I think about, it (the pain, the flares) will worsen. I’ve heard this before when I was under tremendous stress and in a depression over 20 years ago.
There is a link to what we think about and surround ourselves with and our physical health and conditions.
For example. I used to consume the news. We know the condition of the world. I worry about it and she pointed me in the right direction and instructed me to watch/listen to no more then 15-20 minutes a day. It has helped.
I have been and am responsible for uplifting myself to keep my soul and mind intact. It is not easy when agonizing. One feeds the other and vice versa.
You have an awareness that will aid you on your journey. You are not alone in your suffering.
Depression tries to creep in. But knowing how bad I could get having been there I do whatever I can to avoid it. The pitfalls. Combined with life stressors.
They tell me: do what brings you happiness. What you are passionate about. I’ve been doing that. Even if it is listening to music every day, watch comedy do what fills you up. I I push myself even if I’m initially not in the mood for it, after I’m laughing or smiling. We need to do more of this.
At our pace.
Onward and upward Jim.