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TheJadeDragon

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This is some advice I've heard. If it feels like everyone hates you, go to bed. The issue with my situation is, I know that I will still feel the same way when I wake up. That's even assuming I'll be able to fall asleep. I've been going through a bad depressive episode and I don't even have a therapist at the moment. My friends either don't say anything or give bad advice. They try but don't understand because they don't have depression. One of them even made me feel worse by making things seem so much easier than they are for me in this current state. My boyfriend is wonderful and always trying to be there for me but I'm worried I'll overwhelm him so I don't talk about it as much as I wish I could. I'm so sick and tired of always feeling sick and tired. I'm trying so so hard to be the best me that I can but there are so many things throwing me down. Even some of my own family members make me feel horrible like shaming me for what I eat and how messy my room is. It's messy because I'm cleaning and trying to get rid of things. I eat the way I do because food is one of the only joys I have right now. I'm just posting this is get it out and rant at this point. Hopefully I'll feel a little better soon. Thank you for listening.

    • Autemi

      390d

      I have some advice! To anyone you trust especially your bf, ask them if you can ask them a silly question. For example, ask your bf, "Can I ask you a silly question?" This will also become a signal to him that this is you wanting to quiet your brain and not that you truly believe your bad feeling. Hopefully your bf will be happy to answer. Maybe you feel like he hates you, so you would then ask, "Do you hate me?" Then what he should say is, "Of course not! I've never hated you." Or something similar. In a very kind voice, of course. Whenever I do this, it quiets my brain for a while. Sometimes I have multiple silly questions to ask. Thankfully my spouse loves answering my silly questions because they are easy and he understands that my brain is mean and he likes being able to stop it being mean for me. This took months btw, but now I rarely ever ask him.

    • FS_cookielove

      390d

      It took a long time for my depression to be decent

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