Anxiety/depression

[Tomshardware]

"Been through bad time lately with suffering with this. Dark thoughts as well. I know some posters on here suffer with this. Anyone come through the other side of this shit?

"A number of posters have been yellow carded and told to stay off this thread unless they have anything constructive to add.This is a thread that has been very useful to so many, for any other posters with scores to settle, argue on another thread. This thread is sacrosant.Thank you"

[Joe C]

*if I get

[Joe C]

*if I get

[Joe C]

"Bruu - not me mate, but that sounds amazing. I hope we do meet on a train Cheers lads - I actually feel better having just got that off my chest. Fucked I’d get the Tesco reference though..."

[Bungo]

Joe C 1:21 Sat Jan 18 Sounds good. Any light hearted crap on Singapore TV to watch while you pack?

[Bungo]

alfs barnet 1:28 Sat Jan 18 Can't think what you mean? :)

[bruuuno]

Random question joe but I think I might have got the train up to Liverpool with you one year - someone forgot the cards so we bought a game of animal snap at the station and modified it by having to impersonate the animal instead of saying snap. How the fuck do you impersonate a giraffe?! Ag If it was you - cheers if not just ignore me RIP your nan

[alfs barnet]

"Good stuff. Keep busy, keep talking if you need to. Either that or go and find a Tesco supervisor and tell him to fuck off. I hear that works wonders."

[Joe C]

"It’s 7.30pm here and my car to the airport is in 11 hours time - so going to get some dinner in a bit, then go to bed. Oh, and pack"

[Bungo]

Have you got a bit of a plan for the rest of the day Joe?

[Joe C]

"Yeah, had a chat with my wife earlier and am WhatsApping with my old man now as well"

[alfs barnet]

Good. You called your family today?

[Joe C]

Singapore mate. Flying home in the morning thank fuck

[alfs barnet]

Whereabouts are you Joe?

[Joe C]

"I’m fucking struggling today lads. Lost my Nan last week, and now that Eddie B news has absolutely done me. Am sat in my hotel room feeling totally numb, and I just want to be at home with my family. Fucking hate feeling like this"

[bruuuno]

"Mike Oxsaw 6:48 Sat Jan 18 An interesting thought. I think it’s the mortgage that traps most people, the stupid house prices in this country mean it’s a heavy load to bear"

[ray winstone]

"I’m in St Helens this weekend visiting a friend who is staying at a Salvation Army refuge, he suffers from severe depression and struggles to face the outside world. This is a man who I played on stage with in front of 500 people, a brilliant musician and extremely intelligent, brought down by an ex wife who cast him aside for another man, it’s a fickle old world out there."

[Mike Oxsaw]

"How many routines make a rut? The reason I ask such an inane question is that there seems to be an undercurrent of helplessness in many of the posts on here. If too much of your life is governed by (someone else's) deadlines, then it's quite possible to feel that you no longer have control of your own destiny. It probably won't be easy to regain the necessary control all at once, so ""little victories"" is probably the best way forward. Soon enough you'll have no footprints in your butter. You may never realise what the exact cause was - just as you probably can't exactly pinpoint the last time you fell in love with somebody."

[ammerman]

"I am on depressant medication and have a pretty good life But, I still feel extremely depressed a lot I just try to think about the positives I have in my life then deal with it day by day"

[bruuuno]

Although I will say that sometimes hallucinogens can help with some issues but create new ones so it’s a double edged sword

[bruuuno]

I know several people who find microdosing shrooms is the best medication for their depression

[Alfs]

"Block - I'm on Peroxatine, have been for over ten years now. It's been a great help but I think I've built up some tolerance and am thinking that I need to hup my dosage. I've never been that low where I have seriously considered suicide but I have been in that space where I really didn't give a shit if I did die. You're right. It's the emptiness. Absolutely no motivation to do anything. I spend hours sometimes playing online solitaire as it's robotic and repetitive, which for some reason makes me feel a little better."

[Sniper]

"What has happened with Eddie B has really hit me today, not just because he seemed such a lovely, genuine bloke on here but also, selfishly, because even up until very recently it could quite easily have been me. Nobody who hasn‚Äôt had depression can possibly understand it. Even experts who are meant to understand it don‚Äôt really. It‚Äôs horrendous and horrific and I genuinely wouldn‚Äôt wish it on anyone. And it haunts you in a way that is utterly shattering - I thought I‚Äôd got over it, but had some kind of relapse and it‚Äôs horrific in a very different way the second time round to realise that it can just appear again when you think you‚Äôre good And the stigma of it is still there regardless of all the campaigns to rise awareness. Ive lost two jobs over it in the last year, both at an employer I‚Äôve been with over a decade. I‚Äôm very fortunate that, when I went for help from a Gp, I got an appointment with a Norwegian Gp, and they have a totally different level of understanding of mental health that we are no way near. I know other people whose experience hasn‚Äôt been the same - talking to someone is only the first step, but it‚Äôs the most important and how far that takes you can depend on their reaction. I had to wait 6 months for cbt sessions, and they had to be with a student or else I‚Äôd have been waiting another year. This country is woefully underprepared and inept at dealing with these issues despite the high publicity campaigns to promote people thinking about mental health etc. I don‚Äôt get tell anyone of my experience be as the reaction is generally an eye roll of ‚Äòoh another one of those people making it up‚Äô or someone being on edge and metaphorically backing away slowly as if you‚Äôre a loon whose gonna shit in their hands and clap any moment. So all I would say is look out for one another - I dont mean don‚Äôt cսnt each other off or rip the piss. I mean look out for your mate, your brother, the guy next to you at the football every week or even someone at work who you may not give two hoots about normally but is behaving differently from normal. Someone somewhere cares about them but may not see them half as much as you do at work. So pay attention, especially when they isolate themselves if that‚Äôs not how they normally are. It‚Äôs often not because they don‚Äôt want to be with other people - from personal experience it‚Äôs because you don‚Äôt want other people to have to be around you. It‚Äôs a bitch of a condition, and there‚Äôs no anti depressants that can help anywhere near as much as just genuine support from people who want to help. I think any of us would have done anything to prevent what happened to Eddie had we known."

[Sniper]

"What has happened with Eddie B has really hit me today, not just because he seemed such a lovely, genuine bloke on here but also, selfishly, because even up until very recently it could quite easily have been me. Nobody who hasn‚Äôt had depression can possibly understand it. Even experts who are meant to understand it don‚Äôt really. It‚Äôs horrendous and horrific and I genuinely wouldn‚Äôt wish it on anyone. And it haunts you in a way that is utterly shattering - I thought I‚Äôd got over it, but had some kind of relapse and it‚Äôs horrific in a very different way the second time round to realise that it can just appear again when you think you‚Äôre good And the stigma of it is still there regardless of all the campaigns to rise awareness. Ive lost two jobs over it in the last year, both at an employer I‚Äôve been with over a decade. I‚Äôm very fortunate that, when I went for help from a Gp, I got an appointment with a Norwegian Gp, and they have a totally different level of understanding of mental health that we are no way near. I know other people whose experience hasn‚Äôt been the same - talking to someone is only the first step, but it‚Äôs the most important and how far that takes you can depend on their reaction. I had to wait 6 months for cbt sessions, and they had to be with a student or else I‚Äôd have been waiting another year. This country is woefully underprepared and inept at dealing with these issues despite the high publicity campaigns to promote people thinking about mental health etc. I don‚Äôt get tell anyone of my experience be as the reaction is generally an eye roll of ‚Äòoh another one of those people making it up‚Äô or someone being on edge and metaphorically backing away slowly as if you‚Äôre a loon whose gonna shit in their hands and clap any moment. So all I would say is look out for one another - I dont mean don‚Äôt cսnt each other off or rip the piss. I mean look out for your mate, your brother, the guy next to you at the football every week or even someone at work who you may not give two hoots about normally but is behaving differently from normal. Someone somewhere cares about them but may not see them half as much as you do at work. So pay attention, especially when they isolate themselves if that‚Äôs not how they normally are. It‚Äôs often not because they don‚Äôt want to be with other people - from personal experience it‚Äôs because you don‚Äôt want other people to have to be around you. It‚Äôs a bitch of a condition, and there‚Äôs no anti depressants that can help anywhere near as much as just genuine support from people who want to help. I think any of us would have done anything to prevent what happened to Eddie had we known."

[Meerkat]

"Tom , I struggled for a time in 2013 , had the darkest thoughts . It’s hard to know where it comes from - had, still have a loving wife and kids . That all seemed irrelevant though for a time . However I was lucky in that something in me sought help . First with my missus , my doctor and wider mental health services . I took anti d’s for 6 months and with the support of all of the above I have recovered I would say completely . It can be done - I am now in a very good place and am determined every day to be as relaxed and chilled as possible . It’s working . Loved ones are always there for you - just reach out ."

[J.Riddle]

"I don't know much about this, but have had more downs than ups over the years and know that it can affect anyone at any time. I wonder whether life in general has become so materialistic that people's expectations are too high, life has always been materialistic, but the last 20 years with the Internet there have been massive changes."