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Discussion & help on depression & mental health related issues

I feel like my life is in total crap at the moment, this is the lowest I've felt for ages.

The job front has me worried to the death, the girl thing has really disappointed me, my relationship with my best friend has completely sank, I'm all alone for the next two weeks. I just feel like my life is utter, utter s-word and it won't ever get any better because it never does. Every time I get even the slightest hint of something good it never pans out in a good way, it always just unravels and leaves me feeling awful. I can't find joy in anything right now.

If I feel this way tomorrow I'm going to have to call Samaritans, it has to stop.
Call them now if you can . I’m sure it’s 24 hours . If you are in Liverpool have a look into going the life rooms on rice lane . Loads of courses to help deal with MH . It’s a nice place to relax and have a coffee too .
 
Paul, I hope you reach out for help soon. It seems like you have some obsessive compulsive behaviors manifesting, but that's better diagnosed by a trained professional. It's similar to what I went through that sparked my trip down mental health lane. My dad had died after suffering immensely for a year or so. I was in a new place with no close friends. Job sucked. Etc etc. Those things all do suck. Other things also contribute to how well you are able to handle these stressors.

Stress predisposes a person to mental health issues - https://news.berkeley.edu/2014/02/11/chronic-stress-predisposes-brain-to-mental-illness/.

Managing your physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, etc stressors is so helpful.

The crap thing about obsessive compulsive is it's just slightly more difficult to slow down. Dopamine is one of the body's excitatory brain transmitters, vital to everyday life. If the body is given too much dopamine through anything like behavioral addiction, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, etc. The pathology of many diseases come from the body's amazing ability to adapt. Too much chronic stimulation of dopamine leads the body to become used to producing so much. The downside of this is that overproduction of dopamine also causes receptors to shrink in number, because they are easily overstimulated. Receptors bind with neurotransmitters like dopamine. If there aren't as many receptors, there's a lot of this excitatory dopamine floating around and you get things like OCD and other things like this - https://bebrainfit.com/dopamine-compulsive-behavior/.

Do your best to manage your stress levels and relax. Things like self harm OCD or suicidal ideation are not necessarily desires of yours. When your body is in a heightened state or stress or stimulation, emotions tend to take over. Emotions drive a lot of memory and behavior. So when something fearful like death or self harm come up, the sucky cycle of not being able to distinguish your desires from your fears can really have that fight or flight mechanism rolling.

Practice mindfulness, practice managing your stress, practice good nutrition, practice everything that helps your body help you. And kick ass.
 
I feel like my life is in total crap at the moment, this is the lowest I've felt for ages.

The job front has me worried to the death, the girl thing has really disappointed me, my relationship with my best friend has completely sank, I'm all alone for the next two weeks. I just feel like my life is utter, utter s-word and it won't ever get any better because it never does. Every time I get even the slightest hint of something good it never pans out in a good way, it always just unravels and leaves me feeling awful. I can't find joy in anything right now.

If I feel this way tomorrow I'm going to have to call Samaritans, it has to stop.
Hang in there mate. Try to remember that things can always change for the better, no matter how low things get. Are you able to get access to any kind of counselling? It can be so helpful in dealing with unhelpful thoughts.
 

I feel like my life is in total crap at the moment, this is the lowest I've felt for ages.

The job front has me worried to the death, the girl thing has really disappointed me, my relationship with my best friend has completely sank, I'm all alone for the next two weeks. I just feel like my life is utter, utter s-word and it won't ever get any better because it never does. Every time I get even the slightest hint of something good it never pans out in a good way, it always just unravels and leaves me feeling awful. I can't find joy in anything right now.

If I feel this way tomorrow I'm going to have to call Samaritans, it has to stop.
Have a listen to the lyrics of this song I'll put up a long with the words Everybody hurts by REM, it helps an huge amount of people, Everybody hurts, sometimes, everybody cries.. It really let's you know that what you are feeling is not abnormal and that everybody goes through very tough situations in their lives which gets them down, anxious or depressed, if it wasn't common then there wouldn't be a song about it. This helps me when I'm feeling down
 
I feel like my life is in total crap at the moment, this is the lowest I've felt for ages.

The job front has me worried to the death, the girl thing has really disappointed me, my relationship with my best friend has completely sank, I'm all alone for the next two weeks. I just feel like my life is utter, utter s-word and it won't ever get any better because it never does. Every time I get even the slightest hint of something good it never pans out in a good way, it always just unravels and leaves me feeling awful. I can't find joy in anything right now.

If I feel this way tomorrow I'm going to have to call Samaritans, it has to stop.

I read what your writing and you sound just like me 3 months ago. Everyone's circumstances are slightly different but when I was reading it I thought I could have written that. If you can get yourself just a small goal of something to achieve it helped me. If you want ro message you can PM me on here don't suffer on your own. I do recommend speaking to someone professionally as soon as is possible. However if you need someone to get things off your chest to right now my phone is never out my sight. Hope your ok pal.
 
I feel like my life is in total crap at the moment, this is the lowest I've felt for ages.

The job front has me worried to the death, the girl thing has really disappointed me, my relationship with my best friend has completely sank, I'm all alone for the next two weeks. I just feel like my life is utter, utter s-word and it won't ever get any better because it never does. Every time I get even the slightest hint of something good it never pans out in a good way, it always just unravels and leaves me feeling awful. I can't find joy in anything right now.

If I feel this way tomorrow I'm going to have to call Samaritans, it has to stop.

Keep on in there and do call Samaritans if you need to - reaching out and talking helps. I've been there when life feels utterly topless with no outlets, but it does get better. I don't know your family context, but talk to them- hardest thing I ever did but so glad I spoke to my mom when I was in meltdown.
 
Keep on in there and do call Samaritans if you need to - reaching out and talking helps. I've been there when life feels utterly topless with no outlets, but it does get better. I don't know your family context, but talk to them- hardest thing I ever did but so glad I spoke to my mom when I was in meltdown.

Just twigged your family are on holiday- seriously if you are feelinglike that call them and tell them. You aren't doing anything wrong, I'm sure they'd want you safe and well above all else.
 
I can relate to all the what's written here. A few years ago I had what appeared to be a perfect single man's lifestyle but deep down though I was so unhappy, the night of the Grand National 2012 i was in town drinking, chatting up a lady but inside I was so depressed. I walked along Dale St towards the flyover and had thoughts of throwing myself off it, seriously. I didn't go through with it because of my family. I realised I had to do something about it, went the doctors who in turn put me in touch with a counsellor.
Best thing that happened to me, just talked and talked. Gave me food for thought and in turn gave me a new lease of life. I urge anyone to speak to proffessionals, it turned my life around and it could for you.
 

Had a better day today, not had any bouts of overthinking and didn't need to call anybody. Just tried to chill out and get back to some sort of normalcy.

Things with my friend appear to be sorted, we spoke on the phone and got a lot of things out we each had to say. We agreed to differ on a few things but ended on a good note and will hang together soon.

Thanks for prayers, advice and kind words everyone, hopefully the storm has blown itself out and passed now.
 
Hi guys

Having some big problems with my little sister at the moment. She is 30 years old and has suffered with depression for a couple of years and has become dependent on alcohol.

There is no obvious explanation for her depression and she now becomes anxious when confronted with very simple day-to-day scenarios. She has tried counselling sessions and AA meetings and there has been periods of short term improvement but she keeps relapsing.

Her health has been effected. She has pain in her live and has numbness in her arms. She has 2 kids so is terrified of seeking medical help because of concern about losing the kids. We are trying to weigh up whether to intervene at this stage as she has had suicidal thoughts. Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated.
 
Hi guys

Having some big problems with my little sister at the moment. She is 30 years old and has suffered with depression for a couple of years and has become dependent on alcohol.

There is no obvious explanation for her depression and she now becomes anxious when confronted with very simple day-to-day scenarios. She has tried counselling sessions and AA meetings and there has been periods of short term improvement but she keeps relapsing.

Her health has been effected. She has pain in her live and has numbness in her arms. She has 2 kids so is terrified of seeking medical help because of concern about losing the kids. We are trying to weigh up whether to intervene at this stage as she has had suicidal thoughts. Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated.

the alcohol won't be helping her state of mind as it's a depressant. most people overlook this basic truth, and the relapsing is common. helps to talk to a professional about this as it could just be a case of a learnt behaviour and learning your triggers for this and then developing coping strategies. it's a hard journey but with self motivation and the right support it can happen.
 

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