I want do overs please!
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (168256)
Boise, Idaho
October 20, 2015 6:49pm CST
Have not been feeling very good lately. This time of year my mood goes down quite a bit. It seems to be happening sooner than usual this year. Nothing really that I can put my finger on went wrong to start the down hill spiral today. Just one thing after another. Do you have days like this when things just build on themselves until you just want to STOP and start all over again?
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Oct 15
@gudheart ....Yes, and some are more sensitive to it that others.
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
21 Oct 15
yes, but i blame it on the drama from yesterday over all those wanting to complain about a silly suggest button..otherwise i'm usually very happy!
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
21 Oct 15
@celticeagle just now noticed since you brought it up..so they won..
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Oct 15
Yeah, it's too bad we had to go through that. Now we lost the button.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Oct 15
@Rosekitty ....And I have noticed that my responses and comments from others have gone down about 1/3. Ugh! Oh well, have to keep the masses happy.
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@much2say (56053)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Oct 15
Oh yes - I would be one of those people who would abuse the reset button if there were one. I do hold a grudge when it comes to certain things that have happened in my life - so I actually can pinpoint just what it is . . . it pops up in my brain at times and then I feel "sick" all over again. I absolutely hate it.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Oct 15
Have to keep busy and not let it inch into your brain. If you can catch it early enough you should be okay. It's when you let it go too far that it will grab you.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Oct 15
@much2say ...Yesh, if you get too far into your own head and start double thinking decisions and such you can drive yourself crazy in the wee small hours of the morning.
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@much2say (56053)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Oct 15
@celticeagle That's the hard part - to not let it inch into my brain. In time I know the sick feeling goes away - that's the good part. But some nights I wake up wide awake going "What the heck was I thinking" for hours. Ugh.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Oct 15
That is great that it doesn't last long. I wish that were the case for me. I have that too and it stays for a while usually. This year it has started too early.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
24 Oct 15
I am so sorry that you have to deal with pain!
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@Tampa_girl7 (50525)
• United States
23 Oct 15
I hope that you can do something to lift your spirits.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Oct 15
Thank you. I just try to catch it before it gets real bad. Sometimes I can and sometimes I can't.
@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Oct 15
Some of those side effects can be awful. I'm sorry you have to experience that.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
21 Oct 15
Yup happens to me all the time especially since it's usually due to work or something. Hope your mood gets better and life slows down a bit for ya. It's been busy for me and wearing me out i can't wait for a day to relax and do nothing.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
21 Oct 15
Yes, they can't start with just running late for work, then I drop everything or I hit every red light.. or forget something and have to go back. or all of the above and I can't find my keys... I definitely have had those days... by the end of the day I want and Ativan and my pillow. I don't handle stress well.. :)
@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Oct 15
That is so true. It just builds and builds. One thing after another. I feel like I am allergic to stress. It really does make me sick.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Oct 15
@minx267 .....Yep. Muscle aches and all fluey symptoms. Not fun! I even break out in a rash sometimes if it is really bad.
@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
21 Oct 15
@celticeagle Yes, you can actually get physically sick and all sorts of other maladies from stress.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
24 Oct 15
From heart surgeries I have suffered with depression and it can get bad for a time. My Dr. will not give me meds to cope during this time. It is something that happens to many people after heart surgery evidently - the brain is somehow affected.
I am sorry that you suffer from it too. It is difficult but you have to somehow force yourself to just keep going and find someone to call and talk to - even a hotline for people who are depressed, Get outside if possible during the daylight hours. I am so sorry that this is happening
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Oct 15
I can certainly understand how a person who has just under gone such an important surgery could get depressed.
I do make myself keep going. Have done so for 60 years or so. I don't go outdoors. My doc tells me the same thing. Doesn't make it any easier. It's one of those things like unless you walk a mile in my shoes......It's a cycle and I know it will come around to Spring again at some point.
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Oct 15
I am sorry you don't feel well. I have days like that at times, and it really stinks. Food tastes like rubber, and I just feel sluggish and just don't feel like doing anything. Those are the days, I do wish I could go back to bad and start over. Thank goodness, I do't get to many of them, as most generally, I am really healthy.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Oct 15
Glad to hear you are healthy. I have severe depression with panic attacks so I am depressed most of the time. In the winter it is the worst. Some days I just don't do well. Have slept ALOT the last few days.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Oct 15
@rosekiss ....I hope that the internet helps a little. Winter is rough. Have to keep busy and not focus on the negative.
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Oct 15
@celticeagle That is so very true. Things could be better for me, but you know, I refuse to dwell on it, and instead of a negative, I am going toturn it into a positive.
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@Lushlala (4028)
• Gaborone, Botswana
25 Oct 15
Yes, I also go through phases like this! I've noticed that my mood changes can be very closely linked to weather changes, and I believe this affects many other people. I know that persistently grey, drab and cold weather gets me down. Ever since we made the move to Botswana, where the sun shines almost all 365 days of the year, I'm not as given to these weird bouts.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Oct 15
@Lushlala ...Well, you are so lucky then. I love the full four seasons but sometimes I wonder if it wouldn't be easier on me to be a more temprant climate.
@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Oct 15
That is really good that you are in an area where the sun shines so much. Someone who is sensitive to seasonal changes needs that sun.
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@Lushlala (4028)
• Gaborone, Botswana
29 Oct 15
@celticeagle I've gone from very wet and cold UK weather to extremely hot weather in Botswana LOL But, i try not to moan too much to friends and family in the UK, because we do get a lot more sun here than they do in the UK. The drab, grey weather used to really get me down, so I don't want to seem ungrateful.
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@Gwensmom (504)
• United States
23 Oct 15
I have been having a lot of problems keeping my spirits up lately. Some days I feel really good about things and the next I am so low. Currently I am undergoing treatment for an autoimmune disease and that doesn't help. Bills go up and paycheck stays the same. Want to work and can't get a job.
I know how you feel.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Oct 15
@Gwensmom ... I will try to do just that. Thanks!
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Oct 15
It is the pits. So glad we can make a little here. Be careful not to slip too far into the doldrums. Be good to yourself.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
23 Oct 15
Hmm, so your mood gets worse in the winter. Do you get enough sunshine in the winter? I would suggest taking more vit D and getting one of those lights that mimics sunshine for one lamp you sit near. Hubby gets a touch of seasonal depression over the winters, we have found this helps
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Oct 15
I take a vit d supplement daily. I have SAD and the light therapy doesn't help.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt ....I would have to buy one and I can't see putting out good money for something that doesn't do any good, or not much any way.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
23 Oct 15
@celticeagle it doesn't' for everyone, it doesn't always for him, but it helps some.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Oct 15
@poehere ....Sleep usually does help me to some degree.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
21 Oct 15
@celticeagle Sure is. Just cuddle up in a warm bed and watch a film and mostly sleep during it. Makes the whole day feel so much better.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Oct 15
Yep. Such is life. There is a normal up and down mood. It is when it gets severe that it is pretty scary.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
23 Oct 15
I keep having my lows and ups - with the lows on the very higher side. I am quite sensitive and can even feel down reading about some one doing bad somewhere - and I have no direct relation with anything concerned. Yet I feel concerned and start getting sad/ depressed. Apart from these, I always have some nightmares, events from my past that keep haunting me. And when all seems to go smooth, the health issue arises and things flair up.
But I have learned to live with them. As long as I fight with the situation, I realized I feel more depressed. So I made arrangements and accepted these to be a part of my life. Things are somewhat smoother for now.
And no, I do not want to stop and start all over again - I do not have the heart and the courage to undergo the same scenes again, ever.
I know, that the response is not what you mean by Stop and Restart - but then, that is how things are handled easier - as far as they go with me.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Oct 15
I am very sensitive too. I get to a point that I don't watch the news because of this. I get so upset. You need to keep busy and not dwell on anything negative. If you do it will grab you.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Oct 15
That's a good way to handle it. Deep breaths help a lot of things.
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@utkarshan28 (133)
• India
25 Oct 15
Many times whenever situation is not inour hand it do happens. Cheer up!!
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Oct 15
I hope things change for her and she is able to cheer up.
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Oct 15
I have days when I feel happy for no apparent reason. I have other days when I feel sad or even anxious for no apparent reason. We're not talking bi-polar disorder type swings. Just minor variances in mood that someone else might not even notice, but that I can feel.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Oct 15
That is great that you have that. Multiply those feelings by about seven and you will know how my daughter feels from one month to the next. And my severe depression is such that I am just always sort of bummed. In the fall and winter it is much worse or if I get stressed. And bad situations will through me into a deep, dark depression. It isn't fun. I do have some good days in spring and summer.
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