Comments on: Soulful shade of blue

By: BbCredtCard

BbCredtCard — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:42:23 +0000

I go to Ukraine. When I get there I go to the British Embassy and I may have to stay in longer and will want money. Could you please advise on best thing to do, I would personally think a credit card. They say.

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By: gusgreeper

gusgreeper — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:11:18 +0000

no no no im just talking in a general paranoia sense…i don’ think i’ve tried to talk to you without you being there.

By: gusgreeper

gusgreeper — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:08:28 +0000

thank you very much for your comments! i appreiate them all and all of your opinions, they do generally help me put a lot of things back into perspective.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:08:15 +0000

My messenger signs me in when I’m not even here, so I hope you’re not offended by me…

By: rilah

rilah — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:19:08 +0000

stephanie: no, i wasn’t trying to be minimizing or patronizing. from experience and from talking with cor, i know one of the worst things about hitting a low is the feeling of impotence - that’s it’s not in your control. i was basically trying to say that she does have some hand in how she feels. not necessarily if she’s in a low point, but how she looks at that low and whether she wants to sit there and take it and feel worse about sitting there and taking it (because often, we feel guilty for “allowing ourselves” to feel depressed) or if she wants to say “fuck it, this isn’t working” and temporarily do whatever will work for her - with a feeling that SHE made the decision to do so.

sometimes locus of control can mean everything.

By: capegirl

capegirl — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:11:28 +0000

p.s for more practical advice:

try some Bach’s Rescue Remedy. it helped me a lot when i came off my meds and went a bit (well a lot) psycho. it’s useful when the body undergoes an extreme change like this. and it’s cheap and won’t harm you.

By: capegirl

capegirl — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:55:42 +0000

when will it ever end huh? depression makes you feel very c*nty, and trying to heal yourself and this “evidence” of “failure” makes you feel even c*ntier. this is the plain truth really. just bear in mind that a drop in the dosage will do this, so you are not you right now, the drug is talking for you. that’s not fair either is it? it’s really just hard to know what to do when the drugs don’t always work, coming off them works even less and staying off them is a crap shoot. you have the right to deal with your issues in the way you see fit.

this stuff (depression etc.) (i.e. endless traumatic crap) is not for the faint-hearted and you’re still you underneath it all, and everyone is a little selfish. in fact you could maybe be a bit more selfish even! just go easy on yourself sweetie and i for one am rooting for ya. tommorrow may even be a better day for you. i’m hoping so anyway. or if not, give up the fight for a while, give in for a while. the railing against it sometimes just escalates it. pretend you have the flu, you’d lie down for a week and not hate yourself right? pretend it’s mind-flu.

By: thefunkybee

thefunkybee — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:29:32 +0000

Corinna - we all go through rough spells and that’s okay. You are allowed to be down. You are allowed to sleep all day. You are allowed to have horrible thoughts (as long as you don’t act on them lots of people love and need you). You and I both know that you’ll get through this one like all the other’s before it and things will get better - easier said than done, I know. Maybe you need to up the med’s back to where they were. There is no shame in taking meds to make you feel good and balanced. You need to stop putting so much emphasis on that. I know it’s hard but once you’re ready, go speak to the doc and do whatever you need to do to feel better. I’m sending you good wishes and hugs!!

By: Jacki

Jacki — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:02:52 +0000

I think we all wish we could just wave a magic wand and make you feel better!

Hang in there, things will get better even though right now you are thinking they won’t.

By: Brett

Brett — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:15:04 +0000

Corrina, you rock.

I agree with Liz. I really love reading your posts. All I can offer is to keep you in my prayers. Take care, and feel better soon.