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The daily grind

Elsie77 — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 05:13:18 GMT

I wonder frequently how I manage to keep going day in day out. The answer is there isn't any choice I guess. I'm just being carried, no, dragged along. I have for years had this visual image where I am tied to the back of a truck's tow bar and being dragged along the ground, bumped over rocks and gravel and just lying limp becoming more and more bloodied. This funnily enough has given me comfort at times. There has been the rare occasion where I have been able to pull myself up onto the back of the truck and maybe even come close to driving the truck, actually being in control. I inevitability fall off again and go back to the daily grind of being dragged along against my will. This is depression for me. Thanks for listening.

The daily grind

BluBelle — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 07:11:59 GMT

Hi Elsie, your visual portrait of depression resonates with me - even though it's bit gruesome. It can take a while to make it to the driver's seat. Perhaps in the meantime we just strap on some skates to navigate the bumps without getting torn up, and hitch a ride on the back of a truck that's headed in the direction we want to go. x

The daily grind

geoff — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 20:50:57 GMT

hi Elsie, unfortunately this is a perfect way of describing your depression and perhaps if I can describe it the way I see it, which you may not agree with but it's something to think about.
Yes, with depression we always seem to be overtaken by everyone else telling us what to do, what we should be doing, where to go and once there is someone that connects with us then we sort of feel comfortable because they are doing all the hard work, all we do is put on another bandaid, knowing that we don't have to do anything except to turn up to our appointments, and so another bandaid is put on, but our friend is sticking by us.
In other word's it's a very difficult journey along the path of our depression, but there are times when we feel as though we can connect and much better, only to know that later on we will have a relapse and go back to square one.
I may not have described it the way you see it, or someone else may have another interpretation. Geoff.