Thought of the Day from an individual suffering from depression

Posted by marjou @marjou, Sep 25, 2023

Depression, for me, are various attempts at trying to speak MY truth, but being persistently stifled, suppressed, preventing me from speaking. Therefore, preventing me from growing into ME, the person.

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thisismarilynb | @thisismarilynb | Sep 28, 2023

In reply to @pkh3381 "How was your dinner with your friend? Did it lift you some? P" + (show)

It was great! There were four of us and we had some great conversation. So, yes, it did lift me up. Only a small problem driving myself home in the dark. But I didn't have far to go. Slept well and got up late. All good.

pkh3381 | @pkh3381 | Sep 28, 2023

In reply to @thisismarilynb "It was great! There were four of us and we had some great conversation. So, yes,..." + (show)

I am sooo glad for you! 😊 It does help to get out and enjoy people. I hope you will do as much of it as possible. Or, just having someone in for an easy dinner, or even chinese delivery, pizza, or something, to make it as easy as possible. Now, I need to take my own advice! 🤣 Please feel free to contact me anytime you want.
❤️P

sisyphus | @sisyphus | Sep 28, 2023

In reply to @pkh3381 "We are together in our depression. Sharing our pain and our journies could help another. I..." + (show)

Yo say. "Knowing, hearing what other have gone through, are going through, reminds me that I still need to fight, if I can."

with three ups and downs in my 80 yr life uprooting and settling often starting from bottom, the will to live on comes from the realisation that this. too. is LIFE ...and some get what's even what's more trying.
And yes, the people around us change or die -- and always have -- but there is also always no less reason to find some flicker of joy.

It's the mew-call from cat who wants to rough-house even tho I just played turning his 18 yr frame around on floor and make him jump twice from kitchen sink.

So the source for me is not 'To Fight" but to find where next little surprise lurks. Have you seen the new fall leaves already emerging from their summer slumber-of-green eager to show off their new dazzlng dress? The fallen cones on the ground bid you to kick them releasing a sudden nimbleness in your body.

I remember the the last lines of The Great Gatsby, tomorrow wll be ... oars against the currents....
Bon Voyage friend

pkh3381 | @pkh3381 | Sep 29, 2023

In reply to @sisyphus "Yo say. "Knowing, hearing what other have gone through, are going through, reminds me that I..." + (show)

You know nothing of what I have been through, or what I am about. I will repeat something I said in my post, that maybe you missed, "my depression and anxiety is a neurological disorder and it is fed by neurological deficiencies, so I cannot always keep myself from "going into the darkness", but I try, and some don't understand that". I would say maybe you are one who does not understand. I have always looked for, and pointed out the joy in life. Maybe you need to walk a mile in my moccasins before judging. And, trust me, passing judgement on someone's post is the very thing that will keep people from sharing their feelings and thoughts.
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deedee080799 | @deedee080799 | Oct 1, 2023

I'm sorry you are alone. I am 74,an only child, have depression, as my mother did. I took care of her and we enrolled to everything. The Senior Citizens had a lot to offer. WE enrolled at the YMCA
and did Silver Sneakers exercises, if you are able,call the Y, your insurance will cover you. Thinking of you, Diane