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Anyone else feeling some holiday depression?
I have been in a funk for the past couple of weeks, hitting a very low point late last week, and it's still here. I was able to be a bit chipper over the weekend, but I'm back in the dumps today.
DH thinks it's hormonal - it very well could be. He said he has noticed me getting in pretty big sob fests (my words, not his) right around my cycles. I think it's possible, but I also wonder how much of it is our living situation (with MIL), having a slew of physical maladies this year, being overall pretty strapped financially, and then just being uber stressed on the holidays.
Not sure where this is going... I'm probably going to call my PCP and see if I should talk to someone. I hate-hate-hate the thought of having to get on some kind of medication if that winds up being a potential solution. But I know I also hate feeling like this.
So... maybe I'll feel better after the first week of January and the holidays are over? Can anyone else relate? Anyone.. Bueller???
Re: Anyone else feeling some holiday depression?
Yep. I've tried really hard to be positive and happy for DD, and since if I don't no one will. But honestly, our lives suck a lot right now. DH has been desperately job hunting for months, I've had exactly one interview in almost 7 months and it was a phone interview that lasted 10 mins. We are dangerously close to not being able to pay bills, and DH's unemployment is going to run out soon and I don't know what we're going to do then. It's stressful and scary and really, really depressing - and the holidays just make it worse.
Talk to someone if you need to - and there's no shame in medicating a problem. I just keep praying something turns around, and hopefully the end of the holidays will mean an upswing in life in general. You are not alone, my friend.
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Depression is a medical illness. If you had heart disease or diabetes would you resist taking recommended medications because you just didn't want to?
I've been very up and down the past couple of months but have turned a corner the last few weeks. I don't get weepy, I just shut down and don't want to do anything at all. But it sucks to feel not yourself. Go see your doctor and do whatever you need to do to treat it. In the mean time (((hugs))). Hopefully it will be short lived.
this.
I think it is sad that so many people resist depression and anxiety medication because of the stigma around it when it can make all of the difference in the world. You dont have to be on it forever.
Hope you feel better soon. I second talking to someone (doesn't mean you have to go on meds, but that's ok if you do). In the meantime, try getting out in the sunshine and going for a walk by yourself. I've recently been meditating for just 10 mins a day and have been so impressed with how much that has helped my stress levels, that may help you as well.
Agreed!
I get the blues a bit around the holidays mostly because of missing my dad and being here in our childhood home all together and he isn't makes me sad, but overall haven't felt overly weepy this year so that is good.
Hugs to you R!
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I had been doing really poorly all month, culminating in a huge meltdown on Xmas Eve. Between my dad being in poor health, money being very tight, and not being able to spend the holidays with my family again, I was miserable.
But seeing how much fun V had yesterday (and still today) has really helped improve my mood. Hopefully it stays that way.
ETA: ditto the rest, depression is an illness and meds DO help. There is no shame in taking meds. You'll be amazed with how much better you will feel.
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