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Discussion & help on depression & mental health related issues

Hey friends.

Just dropping in to say hi basically. I've only had the 1 therapy session so far, next one is next week due to commitments by both me and the therapist.

Anyway, I'm feeling... okay. Or rather, feeling more. She left me with a lot of food for thought and I've been enjoying it to be perfectly honest. I've also overworked myself, but feel perfectly fine about it? Might be because I genuinely enjoy my job. A bit tiring and not a lot of spare time, but I've felt extremely productive and important at least.

Strange feeling for me, to be "okay", or "content". I've also decided I'm gonna research going back to uni but probably not into engineering but into something I myself pick and enjoy (something to do with finance or insurance probs).

Hope everyone's doing fine.
Good stuff "Malaka".
Are you still in Bulgaria? Things are better there?
 
Seem to be struggling at the moment. Have little interest in doing anything other than lounging around.

Been a hard few months work wise but has eased off so hoping it's just my bodies way of saying i need a rest and nothing else

Just can't be bothered with anything.
 
Seem to be struggling at the moment. Have little interest in doing anything other than lounging around.

Been a hard few months work wise but has eased off so hoping it's just my bodies way of saying i need a rest and nothing else

Just can't be bothered with anything.
Drag your arse down to the gym or go for a run. ( as much as you don`t want to ).

It`ll give you that lift, to get your arse back into gear ;)

* I suspect the prolonged hot weather could have a lot to do with it.
 


They absolutely have mate but it has left it's mark for sure. Also becomes quite tough to accept good times are happening after years of crap. It impacts your ability to trust and let go. It's a constant battle really but I'm working on it. All aspects of my life, on paper, are now perfect.

Try and look at the positives that may have come out of bad times mate.

Sounds mad, but going through some bad times can make you a much stronger person and makes you appreciate the things in life that really matter, like family, your kids and the mates who stuck by you.

Rather than " stuff " and money, that the rest of the world is so hung up on.
 
I do run but finding that hard work to be motivated at the moment.

Meant to be doing one today and haven't yet. Guess I should get sorted and go out and try and sort myself out as being feeling this way for a few weeks now.
I run and have those issues from time to time. Force yourself to at last go for a long walk in the Summer weather mate. Try and stay active.
 
Not so much a mental health thing at all, just need some advice.

I've been looking for a job for the last few weeks. All of a sudden, I have effectively been offered two. One with one I applied for (1) and the other is a firm I used to work for (they just rang me up and asked if I would come back - 2).

So, the first one is very well paid and in London. A 15% bonus, work from home a few days a week and would involve international travel. It would be setting up a new process, the team would be in India. It sounds good on paper but I have real reservations that it will be much more than a 9-5 job and there is also an element of sales involved (which I really wouldn't like). Because the main team are based in India, I feel it would be a very individual job and it is a very big corporate firm. I would get around £600 a month more than I do now

The second is with my former employer. The wage is around 20% less (not based in London and the commute will be half as much). The person who I really disliked, and one of the main reason I left, has now gone. I have some good mates there and I am know I am highly thought of in a small-ish firm of 150 people or so. I know the job is very much 9-5 (no thought needed after working hours), I can work from home too with flexitime. They are growing and I'd be working with people I really get on with. I'll still be head of a department but I won't be shoved on my own in an office all day. Even through I would taking a small paycut on what I am on now, I would get around £150 more a month than I do now as the commute is cheaper.

I've always said I'd go for happiness/quality of life over money but this is the first time I have been faced with such a difference. I don't particularly need that much more money, but there is a good chance my partner and I will be starting a family soon and the money could help - but do I want the stress of travel/targets/probably working loads with that? That much more, to me, is a life changing amount but at the same time I like the idea of still a decent job working with some good makes and know I am highly through of... Just seems very hard (or stupid) to turn down that much money? I don;'t know.

Help!!
 

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