Comments on: I Say I Don’t Care, But I Do http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/ blah blah blah from the northwest side Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:34:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: 3rdtimesacharm( 3T ) http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-2199 3rdtimesacharm( 3T ) Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:56:41 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/#comment-2199 I feel for you Barb. Depression is a battle, and one thats hard to fight when you're in it. I don't have any answers, and have a hard time fighting it when I'm in it. But I'm here too, cheering you on however you chose to fight it. You're in my prayers. 3T I feel for you Barb. Depression is a battle, and one thats hard to fight when you’re in it. I don’t have any answers, and have a hard time fighting it when I’m in it. But I’m here too, cheering you on however you chose to fight it.

You’re in my prayers.

3T

]]> By: Mr. 12 Step http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-2198 Mr. 12 Step Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:34:23 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/#comment-2198 Getting through depressive episodes is tuff. You never really know what will bring you out of one. Hope things get better. Getting through depressive episodes is tuff. You never really know what will bring you out of one.

Hope things get better.

]]> By: poopydigs http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-2187 poopydigs Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:02:30 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/#comment-2187 I'm hoping things get better soon. You're in my thoughts. :) I’m hoping things get better soon. You’re in my thoughts. :)

]]> By: Donna http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-2197 Donna Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:22:48 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/#comment-2197 Hey Barb, Hopefully something helps soon. And you know what? Like you said about the class or something..if it can hold your interest it might just be good for you. Hope you have a better day today! :mrgreen: Hey Barb, Hopefully something helps soon. And you know what? Like you said about the class or something..if it can hold your interest it might just be good for you. Hope you have a better day today! :mrgreen:

]]> By: T. http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-2196 T. Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:23:50 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/#comment-2196 I really hope this episode is over for you soon. It's cliche to say it but it's always darkest before the dawn so maybe things will change soon. Wishing you peace. I really hope this episode is over for you soon. It’s cliche to say it but it’s always darkest before the dawn so maybe things will change soon. Wishing you peace.

]]> By: Elvira Black http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-2195 Elvira Black Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:07:28 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/#comment-2195 Barb, I can so relate to what you're going through. I'm bipolar and have been through partial hospitalizations, inpatient hospitalizations, shock treatments and of course the endless meds. Thing is, when I started blogging last spring, I was hypomanic and it was a writer's dream come true. The words and ideas just flowed so easily. Then I got to the point where blogging took over everything, and now I've got hell to pay because of it for neglecting my "real life." And now that the blogging/writing has begun to lose some of its luster, I have to finally face the outside world and my obligations which I've been escaping from for so long. Now that I'm hitting a slump, which I hope is not the beginnings of the big D again, I have neglected to visit my blogpals and am finding it hard to write as well. But I think I need to reach out, and the blogosphere is sometimes terrific therapy. Well, I didn't mean to make this a treatise about me, but just to say I think I understand what you're going through. It's good to hear you have a support system, and I'm rooting for you. Barb, I can so relate to what you’re going through. I’m bipolar and have been through partial hospitalizations, inpatient hospitalizations, shock treatments and of course the endless meds.

Thing is, when I started blogging last spring, I was hypomanic and it was a writer’s dream come true. The words and ideas just flowed so easily. Then I got to the point where blogging took over everything, and now I’ve got hell to pay because of it for neglecting my “real life.” And now that the blogging/writing has begun to lose some of its luster, I have to finally face the outside world and my obligations which I’ve been escaping from for so long.

Now that I’m hitting a slump, which I hope is not the beginnings of the big D again, I have neglected to visit my blogpals and am finding it hard to write as well. But I think I need to reach out, and the blogosphere is sometimes terrific therapy.

Well, I didn’t mean to make this a treatise about me, but just to say I think I understand what you’re going through. It’s good to hear you have a support system, and I’m rooting for you.

]]> By: Dana http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-2194 Dana Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:42:16 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/#comment-2194 Depression is horrible. I know. I was in a horrible funk last year, am okay now, but, it isn't that far away and is a constant concern of mine. As for something to do...do you like computer classes? I took a few last year and it seemed to help me have something to do. HP.com offers free classes in all sorts of stuff, some are 4 lesson and some are 6 lesson classes. I can give you a link if you want. Hang in there, it will get better. :D Depression is horrible. I know. I was in a horrible funk last year, am okay now, but, it isn’t that far away and is a constant concern of mine.

As for something to do…do you like computer classes? I took a few last year and it seemed to help me have something to do. HP.com offers free classes in all sorts of stuff, some are 4 lesson and some are 6 lesson classes. I can give you a link if you want.

Hang in there, it will get better. :D

]]> By: Deb_LA http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-2193 Deb_LA Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:41:46 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/#comment-2193 Barb, Believe it or not, I have been there. Forcing myself to have more interaction with the outside world was REALLY important. It sucks and it is SO hard when I was down but, in the end, it ALWAYS helped me. The class sounds good. Really anything would be good. Even a grocery store run once a day helped. You need to figure out what may be right for you though. I'm so sorry you are going through this. I didn't write a thing for 4 years and I had been writing everyday since I learned to write. In fact, my blog makes me do it now. The more pressure I put on myself to be creative, the less creative I felt. Give yourself a break. The last thing you need is to beat yourself up. Barb,

Believe it or not, I have been there. Forcing myself to have more interaction with the outside world was REALLY important. It sucks and it is SO hard when I was down but, in the end, it ALWAYS helped me. The class sounds good. Really anything would be good. Even a grocery store run once a day helped. You need to figure out what may be right for you though. I’m so sorry you are going through this.

I didn’t write a thing for 4 years and I had been writing everyday since I learned to write. In fact, my blog makes me do it now. The more pressure I put on myself to be creative, the less creative I felt. Give yourself a break. The last thing you need is to beat yourself up.

]]> By: April http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-2192 April Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:23:58 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/#comment-2192 One of the things I have learned about depression, is that if you discuss your depression over and over, it makes you more depressed. You know Barb, I wish I could be there to help you. It's so hard to figure out how to help you from such a long distance. The blogging helps, but not perfectly. One of the hardest obstacles I've noticed for people who are clinically depressed is their constant state of denial. Denial can be a powerful weapon for sinking deeper into your depression. While I realize that you are completely aware of what is wrong, and I also realize that your anxieties constantly get the best of you, I honestly feel that you need more support at home and you are not getting it. I realize that Brian is wonderful (and he is), but being home alone for that long of a period of time without intervention can make your process of climbing out of the depressive hole all the more difficult. You need to arrange it to where a social worker comes to your home Barb. It's not enough to leave the house. You need help at home, not leaving the home. You are all by yourself a lot of the time, and I think that is one of the most significant factors contributing to your progress. You need a friend or someone to call you every day and encourage you, etc. You need someone other than Brian to do these things for you, etc. One of the things I have learned about depression, is that if you discuss your depression over and over, it makes you more depressed. You know Barb, I wish I could be there to help you. It’s so hard to figure out how to help you from such a long distance. The blogging helps, but not perfectly.

One of the hardest obstacles I’ve noticed for people who are clinically depressed is their constant state of denial. Denial can be a powerful weapon for sinking deeper into your depression. While I realize that you are completely aware of what is wrong, and I also realize that your anxieties constantly get the best of you, I honestly feel that you need more support at home and you are not getting it. I realize that Brian is wonderful (and he is), but being home alone for that long of a period of time without intervention can make your process of climbing out of the depressive hole all the more difficult.

You need to arrange it to where a social worker comes to your home Barb. It’s not enough to leave the house. You need help at home, not leaving the home. You are all by yourself a lot of the time, and I think that is one of the most significant factors contributing to your progress. You need a friend or someone to call you every day and encourage you, etc. You need someone other than Brian to do these things for you, etc.

]]> By: Marie http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-2186 Marie Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:47:34 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/03/27/i-say-i-dont-care-but-i-do/#comment-2186 Gosh I know how you feel so much. I have been fighting depression off and on for the last 2 years. Before that it seemd like I was doing well. I often and even now think whats the point of all these meds. I don't think they even help at all. If I could stop taking them without my body going haywire I would.... right NOW! The mental hospital is a bunch of bolognia. They don't even give you therapy there other than group and I don't like groups. It is just basically a place to make sure you have nothing to kill yourself with. Anyways I know exactly what you are going through!!! I have no friends and I can barely do anything myself. Now I am babysitting, but it is hard, and only because I REALLY need the money. Other than that I haven't worked or done anything for the last 2 years. I wish I could tell you something that could help, but I have found NOTHING. Oh, one more thing. I have been thinking lately... if I were old or this was the last day of my life... I would think "what a tragic life I lived." It's sad. I want to be happy. Gosh I know how you feel so much. I have been fighting depression off and on for the last 2 years. Before that it seemd like I was doing well.

I often and even now think whats the point of all these meds. I don’t think they even help at all. If I could stop taking them without my body going haywire I would…. right NOW!

The mental hospital is a bunch of bolognia. They don’t even give you therapy there other than group and I don’t like groups. It is just basically a place to make sure you have nothing to kill yourself with.

Anyways I know exactly what you are going through!!! I have no friends and I can barely do anything myself. Now I am babysitting, but it is hard, and only because I REALLY need the money. Other than that I haven’t worked or done anything for the last 2 years.

I wish I could tell you something that could help, but I have found NOTHING.

Oh, one more thing. I have been thinking lately… if I were old or this was the last day of my life… I would think “what a tragic life I lived.” It’s sad. I want to be happy.

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