I have the hardest time coping w/inertia. I totally lack motivation & the ability to move forward. I get *stuck.* I know what the book says to do. I know what others tell me to do. I know what needs to be done to move ahead. I simply cannot muster the strength to do it. Very frustrating): jan
Hmmm, I'd have to say that lack of enery and motivation is the hardest symptom to deal with. I'm generally a pretty high energy person and it drives me nuts to not have any energy.
I think I have to agree with most of the others. The hardest part of being "down" is having none of the energy needed to do the things I know I need to do.
For the run of the mill blues, the negative slant I seem to put on everything is hard to change easily and makes everything just stagnant. You know, the fact that you could have a valid complaint about everything. Ugh!
Last year, I had the most horrible physical pain with a severe depression and that alone gave me an underlying feeling of fear that I couldn't shake. I found the best way to deal with it was to allow the feeling to move through me and to believe with absolute certainty that it would go away eventually. And thankfully, it did.
Oh I can answer this right now since I am feeling so awful at this moment... I cannot deal with the feeling of being alone and not having anyone truly understanding the pain that hurts my heart (kind of like having your heart broken).
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I'll give this a whirl;)
I have the hardest time coping w/inertia. I totally lack motivation & the ability to move forward. I get *stuck.* I know what the book says to do. I know what others tell me to do. I know what needs to be done to move ahead. I simply cannot muster the strength to do it. Very frustrating): jan
Karla
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Hmmm... tough one.
My depression sympotomes are being stuck in it. I want to sleep alot. Good question, Jan. I hope this helps. Michelle
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For the run of the mill blues, the negative slant I seem to put on everything is hard to change easily and makes everything just stagnant. You know, the fact that you could have a valid complaint about everything. Ugh!
Last year, I had the most horrible physical pain with a severe depression and that alone gave me an underlying feeling of fear that I couldn't shake. I found the best way to deal with it was to allow the feeling to move through me and to believe with absolute certainty that it would go away eventually. And thankfully, it did.
Fatigue!
Molly
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