topic Meeting in the Dark in Depression

Meeting in the Dark

bencal — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 11:52:02 GMT

I was just walking my dog, and as usual my head is over at the dark side, it used to only visit this side, but now it appears it is spending more and more time over there. I thought how good would it be if we could all meet on this side. No more loneliness, people to talk to with the same dark thoughts, hey we could even have a dark party. Just maybe we could see some light together.......

Meeting in the Dark

Neil_1 — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 01:35:17 GMT

Hi bencal

Welcome to Beyond Blue and thanx for providing your post.

An interesting one at that.

When you say you were walking your dog, is that your real dog/puppy? Or is it your “real black dog”? One who salivates blood and strains at the leash to get off and reek havoc?

A dark party – sounds interesting – I think we’d need for all of us to keep our black dogs on remarkably strong chains so they don’t go and ‘spoil our party’.

Cheers

Neil

Meeting in the Dark

sunlightguardian — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:49:21 GMT

Hi bencal,

I think I can relate a little bit to what you're saying. Have you ever tried to talk to anyone in person about these thoughts you're having? I think it would be very helpful to talk to someone (no matter if it's friends and family or a psychologist) and know that you have a wonderful support group around you who are always willing to help in some way.

Also, maybe consider writing you're thoughts down? It will help sort your thoughts out and understand them a bit better.

Next time, when you 'walk your dog' (whether real or metaphorical), try focusing in on your senses and appreciating even the smallest bits of nature around you. This mindfulness exercise works really well for me.

Take care,

Steph