Getting out of the pit :)

[Some_guy]

Hey guys,

I feel like sharing my success with you. Yesterday I went to school and asked to join, after having spent 2 years+ of doing NOTHING, barely leaving the house.

It's pretty late already to join so I really dunno if they'll accept me. I really hope so.

I still feel depressed but even though I have those feelings and thoughts, I manage to ignore them and to go on regardless, something I was not able to do earlier.

I'm following the Uncommon Knowledge's Depression program and even though I'm only at the beginning of it, it seems to help already. One thing I now do is picture depression as a character called Depresso, who constantly tries to bring me down. I now ignore this silly character. I believe the personification of depression alone helps me a lot.

As of anxiety, I did not experience it much. It went really fine. That's probably because I went there without thinking too much about what was gonna happen. I'm also starting to accept more and more the fact I can at times be anxious (like anyone else can feel anxious, for that matter). I think I'm much less ashamed of it than I was before.

Either this afternoon or tomorrow I'll take the bus and go to town to buy a new MP3 player (usually I'd ask my mom to go for me), and probably have a drink in a cafe just to get some more exposure.

That's about it for this post, thanks for reading me and do cross your fingers for me so that my school takes me back

 

[JonnyD]

Great! we need more sucefull stories to inspire us!

keep it going and good luck

 

[GloomySunday]

Fantastic post. Well done. I've never heard of using "personification" for depression before, that seems like a very good way of addressing it. For most it's an invisible "presence", a part of their character, something intangible. I think Winston Churchill, back in World War Two, referred to his melancholia as "the Black Dog".

I really believe that facing your fears and going out into the world, doing the things you fear is the way forward. I'm doing it more and more now, getting back to being the person I once was. Through doing this, you realise that the things you feared are either not real or are massive distortions of reality.

Last week, I went to see a comedy show with some friends. The day after we had a meal. This week I'm going to see a concert and the day after to the cinema.

The last two things I would have normally done alone. One of my biggest fears was asking people to do things with me, as I feared rejection more than anything. But, when I asked some people if they wanted to come along, I was surprised when they said "yes". It really helped me to boost my confidence and will make me more likely to try again in the future...and if they say "no" then I will try not to let it upset me.

I have to realise that sometimes they'll accept, sometimes they'll decline...but I shouldn't automatically assume it will always be a negative response.

 

[Some_guy]

Fantastic post. Well done. I've never heard of using "personification" for depression before, that seems like a very good way of addressing it. For most it's an invisible "presence", a part of their character, something intangible. I think Winston Churchill, back in World War Two, referred to his melancholia as "the Black Dog".

I really believe that facing your fears and going out into the world, doing the things you fear is the way forward. I'm doing it more and more now, getting back to being the person I once was. Through doing this, you realise that the things you feared are either not real or are massive distortions of reality.

Last week, I went to see a comedy show with some friends. The day after we had a meal. This week I'm going to see a concert and the day after to the cinema.

The last two things I would have normally done alone. One of my biggest fears was asking people to do things with me, as I feared rejection more than anything. But, when I asked some people if they wanted to come along, I was surprised when they said "yes". It really helped me to boost my confidence and will make me more likely to try again in the future...and if they say "no" then I will try not to let it upset me.

I have to realise that sometimes they'll accept, sometimes they'll decline...but I shouldn't automatically assume it will always be a negative response.

Great, nice to hear! You should try personifying depression if you ever struggle with it, works great.

Anyway, the school phoned and it's too late... I can't join.

 

[Ashiene]

i often have personified my SP as an evil side of myself and i do battle with it every day. each battle won (stepping out of house/talking to someone, etc) makes me stronger!