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Annie147
Community Member

Hello everyone, I don’t know what I’m doing so I hope I’m on the right page . I suffer from depression due to a work place injury. I have a great dr , a pain management specialist, a surgeon and a psychologist.

I feel like I am losing control over every aspect of my life and I definitely aren’t the same person I was 5 years ago and due to very high doses of medication I’m fairly sedated most of the time . I have lost interest in everything. 
I’m hoping someone can give me some tips 

thanks for taking the time to even read this 

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geoff
Champion Alumni
Champion Alumni

Hello Annie, not feeling angry or sad is part of the beginning to overcome how you are feeling, it might slip back every now and then but it will reappear once again.

Geoff.

Life Member.

Good morning The Rising 

 

Once again thanks for your message and responding.

 

I’ve got a lot of work to do to unravel why I’m feeling like this I know the medication in hospital has a way of creating that brain fog so I just need to stay strong and focus on the positive… I read a statement yesterday, right down how you are feeling and cross out all the things you have no control over and focus on the things you can control. 

I was hoping all my depression was caused by my chronic pain but unfortunately that’s that not the case . So I’ll work closely with my therapist and try to find the root cause… i have many thoughts about why it’s the case but I need to start addressing these.instead of putting them in the too hard basket .

 

NIGHTS  are the worst . My sleep is very irregular and sometimes my thoughts just run wild creating the most bizarre scenarios and the what ifs . Being an overthinking definitely doesn’t help, so when I wake up instead of thinking I now reach for my headphones and I put on relaxation music 

Annie147
Community Member

Good morning Geoff 

 

thanks for responding. Well at least that’s something positive to start my day off . Some days I try and I try and feel like I’m getting nowhere, and actually having a partner say to me the other day are you even getting anything out of these psychology sessions doesn’t help because he says to me I see no progress. It’s like I’m taking steps forward and comments like that I take one back. As long as I’m taking steps forward that’s all I can ask of myself because I’m worth it and I want happiness again