I’ve realized I’m in the middle of a cunningly deceptive depression and that has engulfed me before I knew it and feel powerless to stop it. When I got suspended from work, possibly being terminated, a few days ago, it’s spiralled out hand now.
I’m so sorry to hear that! Depression can indeed be sneaky and take over before you realize what’s happening. And troubles at work can certainly make it worse. I sincerely hope things start looking up for you. If you are on meds, can you get them adjusted?
I slept last night straight thru for the first time at home in… I can’t remember. (Hotel sleeping is the bomb but unsustainable). My brain is mush but won’t stop. My body is exhausted. I don’t know what I did to sleep last night but I hope to replicate it tonight. Still kicking ass and taking names at work so there’s that.
Your therapist should be helping YOU make that realization. They actually have an ethical obligation not to make recommendations like that, as far as I’m concerned.
But friends are definitely supposed to tell one another what they’re seeing, that’s what friends are for!
Sometimes when my wife has to deal with hard decisions about family things, I listen but then have to tell her I’m not sure what would be the best way to handle it is. I recommend her to ask her therapist because her therapist was a social worker and has dealt with some of the situations she chooses to face.
I can be overly cautious and not want to offer any thoughts that might lead to a bad outcome.
Sometimes we explore chatgpt for answers together, but it can be awful for that. I’m glad you have a friend to talk about an insecurity with.
I’ve had lots of bad advice from friends or family that I have to just ignore, and that can eventually make me want to stop talking to people about those issues. I am a little too stoic and lean on thinking I should just toughen up.
If you have a partner it’s definitely important to be able to talk to them in a deep way, if they are short and it seems off, it might be good to see if you can extract what really might be making them act that way. Everyone has their scars.
This might be more about opening up to close people for the first time since a while and feelings that go with that, and less about any therapist or external help holding you back. It’ll always be different to discuss with close people, because they have a different place in your life compared to the psych, who is conveniently outside of it. I think this can co-exist happily.
Therapy is great, but a good social support system helps as well. They have different effects and neither is perfect. I’d recommend using both, especially if you have some good people in your life willing to listen and offer sound advice.
“Save it for Tuesday” is a shit attitude in my opinion. A little more constructive would be “I’m glad you opened up to me and here’s what I think but that also sounds like something to discuss with your therapist.”
I can’t offer any other good advice as I’ve only seen a therapist once but I’d assume it’s possible to get as much as you can out of one person and then find someone else who can help you grow further.
(Just realized this is the bipolar group and I’m depressive and anxious but not bipolar, fwiw.)
I spilled a beer the other night while manic, and I literally just yelled at the top of my lungs at it. As if it had done something wrong. I was responsible for spilling it. That’s when I really know I’m manic, the outbursts of rage.
I’m glad I was at home alone at the time lol. Fortunately I think my episode has ended after like 3 weeks.
Oh yeah. It’s not a good idea at all. I use alcohol to deal with my severe anxiety as well. It’s a bad cycle that I know I need to deal with better. But when you’re having a panic attack and you know alcohol will solve it quickly
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