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Re: my other post "complicated life. I have found great comfort on this site but today am faced with going to work and having to see a woman l care greatly for ignore me and happily get bon with her life.
i am a mess and really dont want to take those steps backwards again. might just spend day in bed as now everything is piling in on top of me.
scared l will loose my job if l take much more time off as the past b6 months have been horrible.
now crying again. so sick of this rollercoaster
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dear Teddas, I wish I could give you some advice to help you, but I going through the same at the moment, the only difference is that I'm not as bad as you are and I'm not crying or have to go to bed.
I'm so sorry for you but when we are attracted to someone and we are knocked on the head and ignored or refused any contact it's terrible, and I'm not sure how to overcome these feelings. Geoff.
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Hi Teddas,
When I am in one of these slumps and I can't get out of bed, I find it's helpful to have a process, either in your head or written down, for the things your body would normally do automatically.
Your goal is to get to work, so what are the steps you need to take to get there? The more overwhelmed you feel, the smaller the steps. So this might be:
1. Get from the bedroom to your wardrobe.
2. Put out your work clothes on the bed.
3. Get from the bedroom to the bathroom.
4. Take a shower.
And so on. At each stage, try to concentrate totally on that task until it is completed and you can move onto the next one. Once you are at work, sit down and plan out your tasks for the day in a similar fashion so you have things to concentrate on according to your calendar.
Aside from that, it sounds like in the short term you also need to have a plan around managing your contact with this woman so as to minimise your distress. How closely do you have to work with her?
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I have been meaning to get back to you so I'm sorry-I have been pretty overwhelmed by depression myself.
I know staying in bed would be the easiest thing to do as you would feel safe. I know you are in a dark and lonely place right now and I feel for you.
My computer battery is very low so I will be cutoff soon-but I wanted to say I'm thinking of you and as soon as I've charged my computer I will write back.
Take care, I can sense your loneliness and isolation and given your living arrangements it must be so difficult to deal with rejection when you are also experiencing such loneliness at home.
If you can't go to work, try put the TV on and distract yourself. Worth a go. Sometimes we can "think" too much which just makes us feel worse as we go round in circles driving ourselves crazy with over-analysis.
Be back soon. Mares x
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Hi Teddas I just wanted to come and check how you are going? I haven't been good at all so sorry it's taken a few days but I have thought of you and wondered how your coping? Are you managing to get out of bed each day? I know it's really difficult circumstances you are facing at the moment. Your loneliness and the tensions at home must be compounding your feelings for this other woman. All I can say is yes it must be very painful, easy to feel rejectedand unsure of how to move forward. But I do feel you will experience love and compassion from the right person-it can happen when we least expect it. Please if you can-let us know how you are going? You are in my thoughts, mares x
