The slightest things stress me out. I am always stressed. I can't handle a job. My four year old drives me nuts. My husband and I don'g communicate because I crawl inside myself all the time from mydepression. I am just miserable. I hate myself. I want off this ride.
Most days I have too drag myself out of bed. I hate to shower. Hate to clean house. I need some serious motivation
Hi my name is susan. I go on 2 sites here, Chronic pain and depression. On the pain site the have what they call art for pain. People who do art work or write poems post them and they are put on show for all to see. This is one way they work out the stress and find away to let out how they feel. There they don't have to hide the depression or the pain they are feeling inside. It has help me a lot doing this. I also have been working on my aunt's and uncle's house for them. They are in their 70's and they want to stay in their home. It is a blessing to find a way to ease the stress and the depression. My biggest problem is my ms multiple sclerosis, the pain sucks but I do what I can. God bless you and take care there is a way around stress hang in there.
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Dear Eagleswings,
In your post you articulate well the limits of true humanity when it comes to mental health.
Stress is such a knock-out punch even when things may be going well; and stresses seem to be taking you out right now. I am very sorry that you are experiencing so much difficulty.
In my personal experience, there are days when I, too, just want the world to stop so I may rest and catch-up. It is not a suicidal thought, but a thought of thorough and complete exhaustion.
If I may be so bold as to share a thought here... when nothing seems to be working, that is a red flag for seeking out support. I am glad you reached out by posting. I do not know if you have access to any sort of counseling or treatment, but it may be of benefit to you so that you may express yourself person-to-person.
That said, I also realize that when one is exhausted (yet so completely on edge that the ability to respond goes directly to tension and stress) seeking out treatment is perhaps the last thing you want to deal with and put into action.
I do not know if there is a county mental health service provider in your area (they are listed under Department of Health and Human Services in the phone book). They usually have a crisis line available 24 hours a day, and that may be an option for a beginning to discuss the way you are currently feeling, and then, if you feel it is appropriate, they will work with you to move the ball forward to set-up an appointment.
Your response of stress may be your body (mind's) way of letting you know that trying to function at this extreme level is taking a severe toll on your well-being. And this feeling may be allieviated through treatment (talk therapy or group support or even medication if that is something that may be of benefit).
Discovering what options are out there by calling this line may be a start.
Please keep us posted, as feeling the way you are right now is a familiar feeling to many of us, and moving beyond this feeling can be done. This is a community of people who "get it" and hear you and desire to be of support in whatever way that may look like.
Best,
Kimberly Tyler