Every since I got hurt at work in 2001, things have just went down hill. I was declared disabled in 2004. I stay at home and my depression is getting the best of me. I don't feel as if I have a life and I'm not motivated at all. In my mind, I can still do things like work but my body just can't. I feel to young to be going through this. I don't have many friends and I feel very alone. I just don't know how to "get a life."
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11/12/08 9:29pm
Hey there
It is totally understandable that you would feel grief about all this. This is a major life transition. Allow yourself the time to just feel as you feel.
I cannot walk in your shoes but I am in a sort of similar circumstance. I just got diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis last year. My body will never be the same again. I find myself going through all the stages of grief...sometimes all in one day. But then I say to myself...hey...I am still me despite all this. I am still in here.
As much as we don't want to...it is a time to start over. But by taking baby steps.
Is there something you still enjoy doing? Try doing that thing...even for five minutes. Allow yourself to feel some joy again.
I find my salvation in writing. It is a way for me to express myself and to give back. You need to find your special way of coping.
Just take things day to day...moment to moment. Survival is a very worthy goal!
Thank you for sharing here and for reaching out.
11/11/08 10:11pm
Maybe you need to find a job you can do at home, web page design is good.Your depression will take you over untill theres nothing left.I to don't have many friends, but you have to learn its not the end of the world.My saying is there's always someone worse of then you.When my Dad died, I thought that was it, I would die too. But as you can see i didn't. I'm not happy but what are you going to do.
You just have to work through it one day at a time.Sorry its not really great advice, but know someone is thinking of you.
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