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Post by lollygagger on Nov 13, 2016 16:10:17 GMT
When a combination of anti-depressents, spliff and a bottle of wine obviously weren't working, I developed a little trick of when I found myself going round in a circle of negative thoughts, if I remembered to, I'd chuckle to myself at how easily I'd let myself do it, again! This broke the chain for a minute anyway and helped make a kind of space between me and the negative thoughts, it helped me disown them. I remembered to do this more and more often and sooner in the spiral. I hope I described that OK. I think a forum is a brilliant place to talk about this kind of things, it's helped me in the past. If anyone tells you to cheer up, that there are starving children in africa, or to go and wonder at the beauty of nature, it's OK to punch them.
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Post by patty on Nov 13, 2016 16:57:56 GMT
Thats sooooo kind but you know its absolutely fine I mean I wouldn't wanna have to (share my merlot) make you all come out in the cold to err Horror house with all the paster off the walls...I have a few repair jobs to botch up first...phew thinks Patty.that was close..... Yeah, but I know where you live......... and I can get there in 5 minutes! Seriously you know where I am if the need arises.. Thanks..I will be popping over soon for update..
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 13, 2016 19:33:14 GMT
Why do you want to look like a rhino?
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Post by mischief on Nov 14, 2016 11:34:54 GMT
On a more serious note; I suffer from PTSD symptoms and was just trying to work out whether I could use the forum as an additional way to cope when 'things' got bad. I hope you don't mind but I will be watching this thread with great interest so please don't ever feel you should delete it. My youngest suffers from depression and PTSD and I welcome any advice that would help me help. I feel so lost watching the suffering and not knowing what to do or say. Thank you for being brave enough to post this xxxx
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2016 12:31:37 GMT
I hope you don't mind but I will be watching this thread with great interest so please don't ever feel you should delete it. My youngest suffers from depression and PTSD and I welcome any advice that would help me help. I feel so lost watching the suffering and not knowing what to do or say. Thank you for being brave enough to post this xxxx I'm not going to delete the thread. I'll post later today or maybe tomorrow about how I cope (or don't), these are just my views and would not suit everyone and in no way should they be confused with specialist advice. I can be a bit 'flippant' on the subject - please accept that this is part of the way I cope rather than get offended. I wish you well. (I nearly replied to one of your previous posts but thought better of it - I don't have a magic wand but do understand some of what your family are going through) Time to be a bit 'irreverent' elsewhere now.
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Post by mischief on Nov 14, 2016 12:33:16 GMT
I hope you don't mind but I will be watching this thread with great interest so please don't ever feel you should delete it. My youngest suffers from depression and PTSD and I welcome any advice that would help me help. I feel so lost watching the suffering and not knowing what to do or say. Thank you for being brave enough to post this xxxx I'm not going to delete the thread. I'll post later today or maybe tomorrow about how I cope (or don't), these are just my views and would not suit everyone and in no way should they be confused with specialist advice. I can be a bit 'flippant' on the subject - please accept that this is part of the way I cope rather than get offended. I wish you well. (I nearly replied to one of your previous posts but thought better of it - I don't have a magic wand but do understand some of what your family are going through) Time to be a bit 'irreverent' elsewhere now. Much appreciated. All comments will be taken for what they are - personal accounts of what helps individuals and not misunderstood as advice.
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 14, 2016 14:47:49 GMT
No need to delete this thread, we can take it (may I be flippant also?): Didn't you notice on the plane when you started talking, I started reading the vomit bag? Didn't that give you some clue that this guy's not enjoying it? Everything's not an anecdote. You have to discriminate. You choose things that are funny or mildly amusing or interesting. You're a miracle. Your stories have none of that. They're not even amusing accidentally. Honey, meet Del Griffith. He's got some amusing anecdotes. Here's a gun so you can blow your brains out. You'll thank me for it. I could tolerate any insurance seminar. For days, I could listen to them go on and on. They'd say, "How can you stand it?" And I'd say, "'Cause I've been with Del Griffith. I can take anything." You know what they'd say? "I know what you mean. The shower curtain ring guy."
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Post by Saltysplash on Nov 14, 2016 15:39:50 GMT
No need to delete this thread, we can take it (may I be flippant also?): Didn't you notice on the plane when you started talking, I started reading the vomit bag? Didn't that give you some clue that this guy's not enjoying it? Everything's not an anecdote. You have to discriminate. You choose things that are funny or mildly amusing or interesting. You're a miracle. Your stories have none of that. They're not even amusing accidentally. Honey, meet Del Griffith. He's got some amusing anecdotes. Here's a gun so you can blow your brains out. You'll thank me for it. I could tolerate any insurance seminar. For days, I could listen to them go on and on. They'd say, "How can you stand it?" And I'd say, "'Cause I've been with Del Griffith. I can take anything." You know what they'd say? "I know what you mean. The shower curtain ring guy." RIP John Candy
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