what do u do when u feel like the world is caving in on u?

[skeetelmore65]

I feel like I am going out of my mind...I just pray. You know, while I am praying I feel so much better..it's just I let myself get into this crying rut and I feel so down. I have never felt this way in my life. How can things get so out of sync?Please tell me if there is anything that would help me feel any better. I think it could possibly be hormonal.you think? Man.............I will be back ..sleepiness hit hard and I got to get up in 2 hrs. to get my son ready for school. I will bb to discuss everything.
                                           Thanks, Karen

[skeetelmore65]

I am sorry first that it has taken me so long to get back. I really appreciate that there are good people out there still and I am happy just to know that. I usually am so positive, but pain can bring out the negetivity in you. I mean I was so upbeat of a person that I always had a smile and some people that I worked with actually asked me why I smiled all the time. I told them I was happy. I asked one girl I worked w/why she didn't smile and she said she didn't have anything to smile @.I find myself frowning a lot now. I just have a lot on my mind, my mom just got diagnosed with a heart murmur, that is what the heart doc. said and she doesn't go back until the 28th of next month. When she had her first EKG and it was abnormal...the nurse came in and told me that her Atrial, the top part of the heart, was working too hard. It scared me to death. I mean that's my mom.I am an only child and she is all I know and of course I am still lucky to have my dad. My mom is 67 and my dad is 71. Both still very active and my dad owns his own amusement co.I wish he would retire though. He is a diabetic and has high BP, and has had colon cancer. He is tough and so is my mom. Say a prayer if u would for my mom. She has such a big heart ...a lot of love...tough love sometimes. I know, only child, everything. No,I was raised right...I learned to work when I was young. PIcked peacans, mowed lawns...I was a tomboy.I sure hope she and my dad hang around for a long time still. I love them so much.
Oh, @ going to doc., I got so much going on with my nerve damage and chronic pain that I haven't even taken the time to go to OBGYN...need mamogram and pap..been 4 yrs. I  will call and get it set up though,all of them. I sure will be living at the doc.office if I don't watch it......oh,I forgot I am just @ doing that now.
Well, thanks again...sorry for venting a little or a lot..:)..God Bless,Karen

I wrote this little saying today and truely the way I feel....
SOMETIMES LIFE TREATS YOU LIKE SH*#...
YOU ON THE OTHER HAND ...HAVE TO SMELL LIKE ROSES!!

[whodunnit]

Hi there,

Very hard to say much of use erxcept what's been said really. Have you seen a doc? What did that doc say/suggest etc?

Could it be hormonal? Doctor question only really.

Praying may feel helpful to you and that's great but a far better option is medical advice and potential treatment. Which could simply be talk therapy. Don't be afraid of a diagnosis as that's actually the first step in resolving a problem, not a sentence as many fear. I can't tell you how relieved I was years ago when I finally got a diagnosis that made sense to me. It made things feel "normal" if you like. Or at least I could see why things went as they did.

When we are as down as you sound the way out is firstly to hang on in the knowledge so many have been there before you and made it out. So you can too. It's taking those steps needed to find help that are critical as the longer we delay that the harder treatment becomes. We fear the trugh but often it's much simpler than we imagine and just knowing can relieve most of the stress.

See your doc!! I think you get the message!!!!

[LoosyLucy]

I'd say meditation, relaxation, and acceptance. Don't fight against depression or feel like there's something wrong with it--just let it go through you and pass, because it will pass. I myself have had long term, deep depression, from the age of 9, and I've been in hospitals and on meds and all of it. I will not go on meds anymore, but it depends on what you feel is best. Basically, though, I think that it's best to simply accept that you're depressed at certain times, and that you'll have to let it pass, which it will in time. For me it's almost like a sickness; it's draining to feel so sad. And it can depress others around me.
Sometimes, leaving your surroundings really helps, like going to visit an old friend and doing something you enjoy, even though you don't feel like it at the time. You might be in a rut. You talk about prayer, which is like meditation I suppose... Meditation really, really helped me. But you know that if you can take your mind off of your depression for awhile, it will help a great deal.
I'm most depressed, I've found, when I'm having insomnia, or when it's hormonal. Just relax and know it's okay to feel bad sometimes, and think about the things that are positive and what you'd like to get accomplished, and start doing those things.

[Mark1313]

Karen,  Have you talked to you're Dr.?  You may be depressed and there are meds that may help.  The first step is to call and make an appointment.  I waited much to long to call and found myself in a deep hole.  I was worried about the whole being weak thing, and being a male didn't help.  If you are depressed I doubt you will pull out of it yourself.