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Discussion & help on depression & mental health related issues

Woolverhampton_Blue said:
A few weeks ago I was in a very bad place and came here to share and the support was terrific. Thank you to everyone who helped me.

Currently in a much better place and would have to say I’m the happiest I’ve been in quite some time. It’s still early days but hopefully things keep improving.

To all the posters who offer support and kindness in here - you should be immensely proud of yourselves.
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Woolverhampton_Blue said:
Getting the drink and drugs under control was the start. I’ve had a slip up but it was minor and haven’t let it derail me.

Managing my daily routine has helped enormously. Downloaded an app called Lists To Do. Within it there is two ‘lists’ which are ‘Goals’ and ‘Tasks’. The tasks one is things I need to do that day - at first it was as basic as ‘shower’ ‘medication’ ‘laundry’ etc. Helped to make sure I was taking care of the basics each day and not spending days in a hole. The goals one covered things like ‘reading’ ‘language study’ ‘exercise’. That’s helped me feel I’m consistently working towards something I enjoy and that is important to me.

The exercise and improving my diet has been massive and has undoubtedly been a large part of me feeling better.

Lastly having friends and family to spend time with makes it all much easier. This is just my very unscientific observation, but I think modern life has increasingly lead us away from the sort of human interaction that has been a cornerstone of human evolution. Finding ways to consciously connect with people is more important than ever.
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Blue well done fella. " Little blip ..." is all part of the recovery process. Your post refers to very simple things like laundry, shower but when things like these have become a challenge, and you " restart " them it's a victory. My students often ask when they will know when people are getting better, I very often say when the client starts to shave, clean their teeth and change their clothes, it's a great sign. They are getting their self respect, self esteem back. Little steps but so so important. So I say well done blue I'm so pleased for you and remember your going to have " blips " but it's how you bounce back that matters. So pleased for you.
 
Spotty said:
Blue well done fella. " Little blip ..." is all part of the recovery process. Your post refers to very simple things like laundry, shower but when things like these have become a challenge, and you " restart " them it's a victory. My students often ask when they will know when people are getting better, I very often say when the client starts to shave, clean their teeth and change their clothes, it's a great sign. They are getting their self respect, self esteem back. Little steps but so so important. So I say well done blue I'm so pleased for you and remember your going to have " blips " but it's how you bounce back that matters. So pleased for you.
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Thank you. You’re a teacher?
 
Woolverhampton_Blue said:
Getting the drink and drugs under control was the start. I’ve had a slip up but it was minor and haven’t let it derail me.

Managing my daily routine has helped enormously. Downloaded an app called Lists To Do. Within it there is two ‘lists’ which are ‘Goals’ and ‘Tasks’. The tasks one is things I need to do that day - at first it was as basic as ‘shower’ ‘medication’ ‘laundry’ etc. Helped to make sure I was taking care of the basics each day and not spending days in a hole. The goals one covered things like ‘reading’ ‘language study’ ‘exercise’. That’s helped me feel I’m consistently working towards something I enjoy and that is important to me.

The exercise and improving my diet has been massive and has undoubtedly been a large part of me feeling better.

Lastly having friends and family to spend time with makes it all much easier. This is just my very unscientific observation, but I think modern life has increasingly lead us away from the sort of human interaction that has been a cornerstone of human evolution. Finding ways to consciously connect with people is more important than ever.
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That is amazing. I'm really happy for you. Keep going. Couldn't agree more about human interaction - we are social animals at heart.
 
Woolverhampton_Blue said:
Getting the drink and drugs under control was the start. I’ve had a slip up but it was minor and haven’t let it derail me.

Managing my daily routine has helped enormously. Downloaded an app called Lists To Do. Within it there is two ‘lists’ which are ‘Goals’ and ‘Tasks’. The tasks one is things I need to do that day - at first it was as basic as ‘shower’ ‘medication’ ‘laundry’ etc. Helped to make sure I was taking care of the basics each day and not spending days in a hole. The goals one covered things like ‘reading’ ‘language study’ ‘exercise’. That’s helped me feel I’m consistently working towards something I enjoy and that is important to me.

The exercise and improving my diet has been massive and has undoubtedly been a large part of me feeling better.

Lastly having friends and family to spend time with makes it all much easier. This is just my very unscientific observation, but I think modern life has increasingly lead us away from the sort of human interaction that has been a cornerstone of human evolution. Finding ways to consciously connect with people is more important than ever.
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Great news mate. Even Muhammad Ali had a few little blips, and he was the greatest! :) Keep it up mate.
 
Woolverhampton_Blue said:
A few weeks ago I was in a very bad place and came here to share and the support was terrific. Thank you to everyone who helped me.

Currently in a much better place and would have to say I’m the happiest I’ve been in quite some time. It’s still early days but hopefully things keep improving.

To all the posters who offer support and kindness in here - you should be immensely proud of yourselves.
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That's brilliant to hear mate. So pleased for you. You should also be immensely proud of yourself for turning things around.

Keep talking and keep up those human interactions.

All the best mate. ?
 

Woolverhampton_Blue said:
Getting the drink and drugs under control was the start. I’ve had a slip up but it was minor and haven’t let it derail me.

Managing my daily routine has helped enormously. Downloaded an app called Lists To Do. Within it there is two ‘lists’ which are ‘Goals’ and ‘Tasks’. The tasks one is things I need to do that day - at first it was as basic as ‘shower’ ‘medication’ ‘laundry’ etc. Helped to make sure I was taking care of the basics each day and not spending days in a hole. The goals one covered things like ‘reading’ ‘language study’ ‘exercise’. That’s helped me feel I’m consistently working towards something I enjoy and that is important to me.

The exercise and improving my diet has been massive and has undoubtedly been a large part of me feeling better.

Lastly having friends and family to spend time with makes it all much easier. This is just my very unscientific observation, but I think modern life has increasingly lead us away from the sort of human interaction that has been a cornerstone of human evolution. Finding ways to consciously connect with people is more important than ever.
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sounds like you and me were/are in a similar place my friend. I would lose days after a big couple of days on it. Then the self-loathing would begin and the negative thoughts. Its all temporary though and good to hear you're getting yourself out of the hole mate. Best of luck to you.
 
witchdoc187 said:
sounds like you and me were/are in a similar place my friend. I would lose days after a big couple of days on it. Then the self-loathing would begin and the negative thoughts. Its all temporary though and good to hear you're getting yourself out of the hole mate. Best of luck to you.
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Ive never tried " hard " drugs but have worked with a lot of people who have a duel diagnosis. One fella once asked " I've got to the stage where I'm pinching money from my boys piggy bank to buy drugs ". I felt heartbroken and he and I made a plan, and it was very simple. Our " target " was get to a point where he woke up and his first thought was to have cereal. If he could wake wake up and not think about drugs.

It was very hard but the fella worked so so hard. There was a very positive outcome, after much heartache he made it to the point where normality for him meant experiencing everyday normal things a lot of us take for granted. There is a lot of people who are very judgemental about " druggies ", why they are " that " way, and in my humble opinion their views come a position of ignorance. Who are we to cast assertions on why people use hard drugs. Many I believe self medicate, use the drugs to cope with feelings and thoughts about horrific past experiences they would rather forget. My admiration for folk who " make it to the other side " following drug addiction knows no bounds. The guys on this forum are commendably non judgemental, and if I can have half the character that the likes of Wolverhampton Blue and Witchdoc have shown, that will do for me.
 
Spotty said:
Ive never tried " hard " drugs but have worked with a lot of people who have a duel diagnosis. One fella once asked " I've got to the stage where I'm pinching money from my boys piggy bank to buy drugs ". I felt heartbroken and he and I made a plan, and it was very simple. Our " target " was get to a point where he woke up and his first thought was to have cereal. If he could wake wake up and not think about drugs.

It was very hard but the fella worked so so hard. There was a very positive outcome, after much heartache he made it to the point where normality for him meant experiencing everyday normal things a lot of us take for granted. There is a lot of people who are very judgemental about " druggies ", why they are " that " way, and in my humble opinion their views come a position of ignorance. Who are we to cast assertions on why people use hard drugs. Many I believe self medicate, use the drugs to cope with feelings and thoughts about horrific past experiences they would rather forget. My admiration for folk who " make it to the other side " following drug addiction knows no bounds. The guys on this forum are commendably non judgemental, and if I can have half the character that the likes of Wolverhampton Blue and Witchdoc have shown, that will do for me.
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my weak point has always been cocaine. I thought moving to the middle of nowhere in a rural Spanish village might help the temptation go away but its actually worse. So many people are on it its unreal.

Have you done any research into the effects of magic mushrooms on addiction? Some very interesting info out there.
 
witchdoc187 said:
my weak point has always been cocaine. I thought moving to the middle of nowhere in a rural Spanish village might help the temptation go away but its actually worse. So many people are on it its unreal.

Have you done any research into the effects of magic mushrooms on addiction? Some very interesting info out there.
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Its addictive because its good isnt it thats the bloody problem
 

Woolverhampton_Blue said:
Getting the drink and drugs under control was the start. I’ve had a slip up but it was minor and haven’t let it derail me.

Managing my daily routine has helped enormously. Downloaded an app called Lists To Do. Within it there is two ‘lists’ which are ‘Goals’ and ‘Tasks’. The tasks one is things I need to do that day - at first it was as basic as ‘shower’ ‘medication’ ‘laundry’ etc. Helped to make sure I was taking care of the basics each day and not spending days in a hole. The goals one covered things like ‘reading’ ‘language study’ ‘exercise’. That’s helped me feel I’m consistently working towards something I enjoy and that is important to me.

The exercise and improving my diet has been massive and has undoubtedly been a large part of me feeling better.

Lastly having friends and family to spend time with makes it all much easier. This is just my very unscientific observation, but I think modern life has increasingly lead us away from the sort of human interaction that has been a cornerstone of human evolution. Finding ways to consciously connect with people is more important than ever.
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Good to hear mate. What exercise are you doing, biking?
 

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