Comments for Lift My Depression http://liftmydepression.com What to do about depression Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:54:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Can you smell depression: 5 facts why having a good ability to smell really matters? by Don http://liftmydepression.com/blogs/information/loss-of-smell-depression-5-facts/#comment-1143 Don Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:54:16 +0000 #comment-1143 I have a decreased sense of smell since about June of 2011. I had a cold that lingered for four-five weeks that had my nose running like a faucet and somewhere during that time my sense of smell was lost. I have since regained it minutely, but I don't know if it'll ever be the same. On a separate note,I have been very depressed for a long while also. I nearly lost my son to an accident about a year + 1/2 ago. I don't know if that contributed to my loss of smell, but he recovered about 90 % except he lost his sense of smell and has a drop foot. Maybe all a coincidence - maybe not. I have a decreased sense of smell since about June of 2011. I had a cold that lingered for four-five weeks that had my nose running like a faucet and somewhere during that time my sense of smell was lost. I have since regained it minutely, but I don’t know if it’ll ever be the same.

On a separate note,I have been very depressed for a long while also. I nearly lost my son to an accident about a year + 1/2 ago. I don’t know if that contributed to my loss of smell, but he recovered about 90 % except he lost his sense of smell and has a drop foot. Maybe all a coincidence – maybe not.

]]> Comment on Why planning your day is important in lifting depression? by anne http://liftmydepression.com/blogs/information/why-planning-your-day-important-lifting-depression/#comment-1105 anne Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:50:41 +0000 #comment-1105 i have had the worst depressive episode and am still living it. i don't know what happened to me but for the first time in my whole life i have had to be signed off work. it's been 4 months and every day i try so hard. i exercise every day, meditate and force myself to voluntary work. i just never feel my mood lifting and am dragging myself through the day. i would really like some positive stories that i am going to recover and feel happy again. i haven't had a trauma but there is mental health problems in my family. from a very low and desperate anne i have had the worst depressive episode and am still living it. i don’t know what happened to me but for the first time in my whole life i have had to be signed off work. it’s been 4 months and every day i try so hard. i exercise every day, meditate and force myself to voluntary work. i just never feel my mood lifting and am dragging myself through the day. i would really like some positive stories that i am going to recover and feel happy again. i haven’t had a trauma but there is mental health problems in my family.
from a very low and desperate anne

]]> Comment on 14 ways to hurt yourself when you are depressed by Samantha http://liftmydepression.com/blogs/inspiration/14-ways-hurt-yourself-when-you-are-depressed/#comment-1042 Samantha Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:11:38 +0000 #comment-1042 Hey kat, I'm Samantha I'm A freshman in high school and I was reading your aticle and I do have some of these symptoms , my dad went to prison when I was 5 and I'm almost 15 and he has been in there for 10 years and I never was able to speak my mind when I was younger and I guess I never got the courage to speak and I don't know how to and well about august of 2011 I broke up with the one guy I never wanted to loss and I found out he was going to get married to one of his ex girlfriends and I feel so hard in depression and I started thinking about the most stupid suicide thoughts and when I whent to school I acted normal and that everything was fine and then I went online and found this and I found out I'm not the only one that has depression and this made see the world different I see it as a happy place now thanks for showing me the right path Hey kat,
I’m Samantha I’m A freshman in high school and I was reading your aticle and I do have some of these symptoms , my dad went to prison when I was 5 and I’m almost 15 and he has been in there for 10 years and I never was able to speak my mind when I was younger and I guess I never got the courage to speak and I don’t know how to and well about august of 2011 I broke up with the one guy I never wanted to loss and I found out he was going to get married to one of his ex girlfriends and I feel so hard in depression and I started thinking about the most stupid suicide thoughts and when I whent to school I acted normal and that everything was fine and then I went online and found this and I found out I’m not the only one that has depression and this made see the world different I see it as a happy place now thanks for showing me the right path

]]> Comment on 14 ways to hurt yourself when you are depressed by Jenny http://liftmydepression.com/blogs/inspiration/14-ways-hurt-yourself-when-you-are-depressed/#comment-1010 Jenny Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:34:26 +0000 #comment-1010 Hi Kat Im in a state where im so depressed that i dont feel like i want to bear the pain anymore. My husband cant accept his child im currently bearing due to him being not prepared at his age. He brings up divorce and we love each other alot, but something is making us part and im not sure of what it is yet. We have been together for 3years and now we are falling apart. I love him and dont want us depart cause it causes so much pain, he wants me happy but its hard to know if its true, i try make him happy but fail. I just cant bear the fact of him leaving me just because i bear his child. Please help, i cant stand this pain anymore i get restless after our bad conversation over divorce. Hi Kat
Im in a state where im so depressed that i dont feel like i want to bear the pain anymore. My husband cant accept his child im currently bearing due to him being not prepared at his age. He brings up divorce and we love each other alot, but something is making us part and im not sure of what it is yet. We have been together for 3years and now we are falling apart. I love him and dont want us depart cause it causes so much pain, he wants me happy but its hard to know if its true, i try make him happy but fail. I just cant bear the fact of him leaving me just because i bear his child. Please help, i cant stand this pain anymore i get restless after our bad conversation over divorce.

]]> Comment on The risk of recovering from depression vs. the risk of living with depression. by Kat http://liftmydepression.com/blogs/inspiration/risk-of-recovering-from-depression/#comment-1004 Kat Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:40:55 +0000 http://liftmydepression.com/?p=246#comment-1004 Hi Wendy, Thank you so much for your comment. I don’t think there are negative things about recovery. I described some possible (perceived by our minds) risks and excuses that subconsciously whisper to us: ‘Do you know what is going to change if you recover? Are you prepared for that change? Are you prepared to work hard on yourself and be totally honest and self-disciplined? Are you prepared to let go and surrender to recovery and be uncomfortable with the unknown?,etc.’ These whispers keep us stuck. We become paralysed. We get into this ‘frozen’ mode, hoping that somehow things would get better without us doing anything and life would unfold on our terms. We try to control the outcome by being depressed. (At least I did when I was depressed! :)) Yes, some risks (like losing a friendship etc.) might turn into reality; but while we build our illusions regarding how our life should be, we are not experiencing our life fully. We are on pause… I doubt that anyone can benefit from staying stuck for too long. Thanks for the comment once again. Love and healing, Kat Hi Wendy,

Thank you so much for your comment.

I don’t think there are negative things about recovery. I described some possible (perceived by our minds) risks and excuses that subconsciously whisper to us: ‘Do you know what is going to change if you recover? Are you prepared for that change? Are you prepared to work hard on yourself and be totally honest and self-disciplined? Are you prepared to let go and surrender to recovery and be uncomfortable with the unknown?,etc.’

These whispers keep us stuck. We become paralysed. We get into this ‘frozen’ mode, hoping that somehow things would get better without us doing anything and life would unfold on our terms.

We try to control the outcome by being depressed. (At least I did when I was depressed! :) )

Yes, some risks (like losing a friendship etc.) might turn into reality; but while we build our illusions regarding how our life should be, we are not experiencing our life fully. We are on pause…
I doubt that anyone can benefit from staying stuck for too long.

Thanks for the comment once again.

Love and healing,

Kat

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