let me off the emotional rollercoaster!!

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Registered: 01-08-2004
let me off the emotional rollercoaster!!
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Thu, 01-08-2004 - 5:07pm
I am a generally happy person who has never experienced depression before, but I guess now is my time. The most frustrating part is that I just don't understand why.

I just had a beautiful wedding this summer to the love of my life. He just finished law school and I just received my CPA license. I have plenty of loving family and friends. I know I am blessed and have nothing to be sad about.

So why do I get so sad?? Sometimes it just hits me out of nowhere.. I feel like I am going to cry (I DO cry if I am alone), get horrible headaches and start mentally bashing myself and feeling like everything is meaningless and hopeless and there is nothing to look forward to.

I do my best to listen to loud music or sweat it out on the treadmill or chit chat with a friend. These all make me feel better but eventually the pain returns.

I have really made an effort to figure out the source of this, with no luck. When the lows hit, I keep sinking lower and lower and am feeling happy less and less.

What to do?? I'm so frustrated which just seems to compound the problem.

I thought rollercoasters were fun. This just sucks.
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Registered: 04-07-2003
Thu, 01-08-2004 - 7:13pm

Welcome to the board ((((((((((((((((((((((((Jesskiddin))))))))))))))))))))))


Despite our believe to the contrary, sometimes we can have too much of a good thing. And you have made a lot of changes in a relatively short period of time. Getting married is one of the more stress filled things that can happen to a person.

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Registered: 01-08-2004
Fri, 01-09-2004 - 10:59am
Thank you so much for your response. Everything you said really makes sense. I hope you have a fab day...