Posted by Karolina on April 24, 2006, at 21:55:08
In reply to I get so discouraged sometimes, posted by Dinah on April 24, 2006, at 19:57:44
Hi Dinah,
I know that's a bad, crappy feeling to have. My day has been like that today. All I've done is sleep or try to sit up and watch TV, but it was as if I couldn't even concentrate on whatever was on. And I didn't even feel like returning my friends' calls, it was like I just didn't have the energy to make conversation. When I was in NYC, the place where I worked was pretty easy to get to from my apartment. But it was like as soon as I got to work, before my day even really started, I was exhausted and wanted to collapse.
Since I've been home, I've gotten a physical exam to rule out any other problems aside from my depression and found out that I actually had a phyical problem, which was partly responsible for the exhaustion. Do you think maybe your exhaustion could be from another source besides depression? It's just a thought.
But on days when most of my pain is most definitely mental, my T tells me to just take small steps, that if I can accomplish just one thing in a day, even if it's getting out of bed and walking into another room, or walking outside in my yard - it's doing 'something.' I tend to just lay in my bed for hours dwelling on stuff in my past and it's like I can't move, so it's really hard sometimes to just make myself even get up. But I think the key to that is for people to not pressure themselves. To make small, reasonable goals.
I don't know if what I said really helps, but just wanted to say I understand that feeling and that I hope you feel better soon.
-Karolina-
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