Depression and anxiety

[TaeRenee 26]

You are absolutely right. I realized I wasn't doing anything. So I decided to start walking, listening to music and meditating. It's only been a day, but I feel better!

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I'm good now Sassy30, IDK what that day was all about, thx though

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[domi 237]

I also find that writing my feelings in a journal helps. It helps release my anxiety and I can't eat while I'm writing.

[Frustr8 7,886]

Excellent points you've made Domi and I journal also, write poetry, whatever you find that is a tension releaser, go for it!

[HalfCourt 17]

Yes! My anxiety has been crazy, especially this week. I found out Saturday that I have a intestinal bacterial infection. I had painful diarrhea and surgeon advised to go to ER after time passed. My anxiety makes me go to worse case scenario. I was waiting for a CT scan and had convinced myself it was blockage. I was so grateful to find out it wasn’t. Then I got home and the thoughts started. First, it was if I progress to soft foods will I make things worse. Then, I was like will the next stage of food cause a intestinal blockage. I’m trying to get past my health anxiety that I was doing so great at controlling. Heck, I had this surgery to reverse some of my health worries. Now, at this time , I feel like I’ve added more to my list. I’m working on some of the cognitive therapy stuff to work myself out of it, but if anyone has any pointers, have at it. My NUT suggested that I do another week of purée, or bounce between purée and soft if I feel up to it.

[seaforest 562]

Speaking as a mental health counselor and a fellow sleever, you are all on the right track. Use distraction, get moving, music, journal, art...whatever helps your mood. The thing is we can't go to our comfort foods anymore. That's going to make this journey challenging as we figure out new (hopefully healthier) habits for when we are feeling emotionally challenged (depression, anxiety, stress, anger, etc.) Of course, I'm biased, but having someone to talk to like a therapist will be really helpful.

[Amanda Dutton LPC 217]

Speaking as a mental health counselor and a fellow sleever, you are all on the right track. Use distraction, get moving, music, journal, art...whatever helps your mood. The thing is we can't go to our comfort foods anymore. That's going to make this journey challenging as we figure out new (hopefully healthier) habits for when we are feeling emotionally challenged (depression, anxiety, stress, anger, etc.) Of course, I'm biased, but having someone to talk to like a therapist will be really helpful.

You are totally right (but I may be biased, too - LoL - also a counselor!), we lost our #1 coping tool and have to start feeling "all the things," probably for the first time in a really long time. For me, it was like being an addict (who am I kidding, I am an addict) jonesing for the next hit so I could "numb it all away."

For some of us (yes, us - even some therapists), we will always need medication. I look at it like this - the meds are like my life raft - but it's still up to me to paddle if I want to get anywhere.

~SW: 278 CW: 165~
RNY 1/5/2005
"What got you here won't get you there."