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Hello Faith number 1.

I'm sorry to hear you are struggling a bit at the moment. I had noticed you were a bit quiet on here and wondered if you were okay.

I'm glad you have such a supportive doctor. It makes such a difference if you can talk to someone and get the help you need. I hope you get an appointment soon and that it's helpful for you.

You know, we have much more than a name in common! Like you I've always been a coper, being able to deal with all the poop that life has thrown at me, and like you I'm not good at admitting I can't cope sometimes now. My best friend calls it 'brain overload'. Like you I'm not good at voicing my problems to others, tending to go off on my own. So well done for going to the docs and asking for help. Sending you lots of virtual hugs. XXXXX

Ian, it's nice to see that you have such good taste in names for your daughter.:D XXXXX
 
Hi Faith
I went to my GP with depression a few years back, and like you I wasn't inclined to 'open up' to a stranger -especially when I couldn't pin down myself what was the problem. I was signed off work for a few weeks - the first time in 25 years. I found it hard at first as a reasonably intelligent person I searched for a logical cause to this feeling, but nothing had altered in my life to account for it.
I went for CBT after a few weeks wait, I think it was once a week for around six weeks, I was given some 'homework' each week which helped me to explore how I reacted to events or situations, to consider my habitual thinking etc..but like another poster I couldn't really tell you all I went into. Each week I went back and my counsellor talked about what I had found in my homework...I don't remember it being intrusive - I felt I could reveal as much or as little as I wanted..but mainly it was about me understanding myself.
I don't claim that I don't still fall into my old ways and try and take everything on to my shoulders..but it made me more aware. I was diagnosed with type 2 about a year later and am on metformin. I think the combination of medication and the constant 'control' that I felt diabetes had over my life has had a knock on effect..
But the good news is that I have never felt as bad as I did in that first 'episode' and now if I feel the glooms creeping up on my normal happy self I just accept that is how it is today but that it will pass and use a lot of the techniques that the CBT pointed me to usually help - for me it is being outside digging the garden, walking by the sea or a river , swimming or being with my animals and my partner! I find that ironing makes me down o I try to avoid it at all times !
A long reply, but go with the flow and don't push yourself, use it as time to take stock of life and keep your chin up - and have a hug from me.
Pat
 
Hi Faith
I went to my GP with depression a few years back, and like you I wasn't inclined to 'open up' to a stranger -especially when I couldn't pin down myself what was the problem. I was signed off work for a few weeks - the first time in 25 years. I found it hard at first as a reasonably intelligent person I searched for a logical cause to this feeling, but nothing had altered in my life to account for it.

I went for CBT after a few weeks wait, I think it was once a week for around six weeks, I was given some 'homework' each week which helped me to explore how I reacted to events or situations, to consider my habitual thinking etc..but like another poster I couldn't really tell you all I went into. Each week I went back and my counsellor talked about what I had found in my homework...I don't remember it being intrusive - I felt I could reveal as much or as little as I wanted..but mainly it was about me understanding myself.

I don't claim that I don't still fall into my old ways and try and take everything on to my shoulders..but it made me more aware. I was diagnosed with type 2 about a year later and am on metformin. I think the combination of medication and the constant 'control' that I felt diabetes had over my life has had a knock on effect..
But the good news is that I have never felt as bad as I did in that first 'episode' and now if I feel the glooms creeping up on my normal happy self I just accept that is how it is today but that it will pass and use a lot of the techniques that the CBT pointed me to usually help - for me it is being outside digging the garden, walking by the sea or a river , swimming or being with my animals and my partner! I find that ironing makes me down o I try to avoid it at all times !

A long reply, but go with the flow and don't push yourself, use it as time to take stock of life and keep your chin up - and have a hug from me.
Pat
 
Thank you for your kind comments, Happyfeet - that's a lovely name ! I love the film having watched it with No 1 grand-daughter.

It's very pleasing to read so many comments from friends on here about their good results with CBT. I had some experience of bereavement counselling some 16 years ago when my first husband died suddenly very young but this time it's different - I'm in a bit of a fog and need a helping hand to stop myself feeling so self-pitying. Here's hoping.

Thank you for the hugs too. All the very best, 😱
 
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