- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
You have hopefully read all the posts so far, and realised that people are not going to "fall out with you".
In 2002 I started to get depressed. I was given advice by well-meaning friends and family, unfortunately they did not like it when I did not feel able to take their advice. One of the classics was "set your alarm for six o'clock in the morning and go to the gym". Very few people seemed to be able to begin to understand how I felt. My sister in law seemed to think she could solve my problems single-handedly over a cup of tea. That she was a very small part of a very complex set of problems, never occured to her. After an abysmal 2003 and an even worse 2004, I reached "rock bottom".
I only began to understand what was happening when I read a book.
"Depression: the way out of your prison" by Dorothy Rowe. (The third Edition). She writes in a way that is easy to follow. In my case when my brain was so over-loaded and foggy, and my concentration was very bad indeed.
I would like to suggest you read this book. You may be able to borrow it from the library, or it is available on the internet. If you cannot find it, and think you might like to read it, send me a message and I will lend you my copy.
I have just "finished" receiving counselling, after seeing an excellent counsellor on average once every two or three weeks, for four years.
It is difficult to know what to say to you, because I know what it can be like to hear all this advice and still not have much of a clue as to how to start to take the small steps that will begin to lead to some improvement.
In 2002 I started to get depressed. I was given advice by well-meaning friends and family, unfortunately they did not like it when I did not feel able to take their advice. One of the classics was "set your alarm for six o'clock in the morning and go to the gym". Very few people seemed to be able to begin to understand how I felt. My sister in law seemed to think she could solve my problems single-handedly over a cup of tea. That she was a very small part of a very complex set of problems, never occured to her. After an abysmal 2003 and an even worse 2004, I reached "rock bottom".
I only began to understand what was happening when I read a book.
"Depression: the way out of your prison" by Dorothy Rowe. (The third Edition). She writes in a way that is easy to follow. In my case when my brain was so over-loaded and foggy, and my concentration was very bad indeed.
I would like to suggest you read this book. You may be able to borrow it from the library, or it is available on the internet. If you cannot find it, and think you might like to read it, send me a message and I will lend you my copy.
I have just "finished" receiving counselling, after seeing an excellent counsellor on average once every two or three weeks, for four years.
It is difficult to know what to say to you, because I know what it can be like to hear all this advice and still not have much of a clue as to how to start to take the small steps that will begin to lead to some improvement.