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by JulesK
Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:20 am
Forum: New Member Introductions
Topic: Hi there, not sure if I'm facing depression right now......
Replies: 6
Views: 4181

Hi K and welcome.

I think it is normal, to feel depressed after a breakup. I hope you'll continue posting here but believe me, you'll start to feel better after a while.

Take care and let us know how you're doing.
by JulesK
Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:00 am
Forum: Other Thoughts, Feelings and Messages
Topic: w
Replies: 3
Views: 2596

Those sound like innocuous, even friendly questions to me. But I also understand thinking these questions are hostile or a set up if (like me) you've had experience with being bullied. However, if they're showing signs of stress (pupil dilation, shortness of breath) that would say they're afraid of ...
by JulesK
Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:41 am
Forum: Living with Depression and other Related Health Concerns
Topic: exhausted and frustrated
Replies: 4
Views: 3059

I hope you're still here. I actually can relate because my inner critic is VERY vocal and will even wake me up at night to tell me how awful I am. There are some days when I can't look in the mirror because I don't want a lengthy exposition on the way I look. I'll stay in because it will convince me...
by JulesK
Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:00 am
Forum: Family and Friends of People Living with Depression
Topic: My ex is feeling suicidal and is confiding in me
Replies: 4
Views: 8471

I would definitely tell his doctor what he said. I understand that it is odd having him lean on you. Personally, I don't think that + the talk of suicide is good for anyone. And, by way of full disclosure, my mom would talk about how she wished she was dead a LOT and once faked an attempt when I was...
by JulesK
Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:19 pm
Forum: Family and Friends of People Living with Depression
Topic: My ex is feeling suicidal and is confiding in me
Replies: 4
Views: 8471

If someone has said they're suicidal the best (I think only) thing you can do is inform a health care professional. Do you know his doctor's name? If not, contact a local community health center or suicide helpline. The fact that he has a plan of sorts (walking in front of a truck) should be a speci...
by JulesK
Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:37 pm
Forum: Warmsoul's Corner
Topic: A great story! Fascinating information.
Replies: 2
Views: 1959

The entire game was a Get out of Jail Free card!
by JulesK
Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:49 pm
Forum: Expressions
Topic: Newfound depression
Replies: 2
Views: 2537

When I finally went to a therapist after struggling with an MDE that started late last year, I remember being really upset when she said I was in fact experiencing an MDE. I was really ... angry, I think it is the right word. I have to deal with this AGAIN? I thought. I'm going to have to go to ther...
by JulesK
Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:44 am
Forum: Living with Depression and other Related Health Concerns
Topic: No one to talk to: alone & scared
Replies: 3
Views: 2947

Yep. That's it exactly for me. I often wish that part of my mind came with an off switch, because it is hard to hold two conversations (internal and external) at once. And yes, I still don't know how many of my life choices were me vs. the depression. But what I learned to do in therapy (Cognitive B...
by JulesK
Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:50 am
Forum: Living with Depression and other Related Health Concerns
Topic: The power of names
Replies: 0
Views: 1534

The power of names

Just a random question for anyone who might want to answer:

How did you feel when you were first diagnosed with depression?

Relieved? Alarmed? [Ahem] Defensive? :oops:
by JulesK
Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:43 am
Forum: Living with Depression and other Related Health Concerns
Topic: Is there Something Wrong with me?
Replies: 3
Views: 2854

I know part of it its my Depression but sometimes when i am in a good mood it feels like there has to be something wrong with me because i'm feeling like this even when i'm on a high? confused.com. is there anyone else who feels that or is it just me? Yes. That's depression. The professionals call ...
by JulesK
Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:13 am
Forum: Living with Depression and other Related Health Concerns
Topic: No one to talk to: alone & scared
Replies: 3
Views: 2947

Hi and thanks for sharing all of this. I think this is a great place to find support. Even though I'm not the most outgoing person I do know what you mean about being lonely. Even though I like to be alone more than most people, I find myself avoiding people because of social discomfort, which I thi...
by JulesK
Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:21 pm
Forum: Warmsoul's Corner
Topic: Lame Jokes
Replies: 6
Views: 3300

What does it mean when a drummer rings your doorbell?

Pizza's here.

To any drummers on the board: This and any other drummer jokes I may share were told to me by my husband, who was a drummer. (He also used to deliver pizza.) Please don't throw your sticks or cymbals.
by JulesK
Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:53 am
Forum: Other Thoughts, Feelings and Messages
Topic: Is there a sign on my back?
Replies: 1
Views: 1994

Is there a sign on my back?

How is it that I keep winding up with friends who are, to speak bluntly, train wrecks? I don't mean things go wrong every so often. That happens to every one and friends help each other out when things go wrong. I don't mean that they get down or even suffer from depression as bad as or worse than m...
by JulesK
Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:58 am
Forum: Music
Topic: What music do you listen to?
Replies: 57
Views: 59208

Yay, The Smiths (or La Moz solo)! I love the tounge-in-cheek humor of his lyrics. Also - NO, DM, Cake, Rolling Stones, The Clash, Hendrix, Foo Fighters, Judas Priest ... Various Blue Grass and Folk bands I pick up on a Pandora station built on Genticorum. However, I stopped listening to music for a ...
by JulesK
Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:47 am
Forum: Phobias
Topic: Driving
Replies: 4
Views: 11727

Re: Driving

Does anyone actually have this problem besides me??? You're one step ahead of me, actually. I don't drive at all because when I have tried to learn, I start to shake, my heart rate accelerates and I get too nervous to think clearly. I know it comes from a conviction that everything I do is doomed t...

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