It takes a strong person to:
- Admit they can't sleep
- Email their Uni to ask for help with studying (because they can't sleep)
- Ask their doctor for a change of anti-depressant medication (because they can't sleep)
- Ask their doctor for sleeping tablets (erm...because they can't sleep)
- Know that they have friends and family right round the corner who love them
- Pretend on Facebook that all is fine...
- ...and then remember that Facebook is full of people with the same issues and decide to make this public instead of hiding
- Know that finding it hard to get out of bed is normal and natural when you have depression especially when your medication is not quite right
- Know that it's okay to cry now and again at what you have lost even though you don't miss it AT ALL (makes no sense, I know)
- Know that's it's okay to feel lonely sometimes even when living in a flat full of people
- Know that it's okay to panic and stress about everything that is going on with the rest of your family and friends
- Know that it's okay to have mad bouts of energy where EVERYTHING gets done in 5 minutes
- Know that it's okay to keep reordering your pens by colour.
- Know that it's okay to ask for help.
Just saying. February has been a hard month, that's all.
4 comments:
Thank you for sharing. I read it and I nodded my head in agreement with most points. xx
It's nice to know we're not the only ones :-)
I hear ya!
My doctor changed my meds to ones that include a sedative which is wonderful but it leaves me with such a short temper.
Next appointment on Friday so we'll see what she has to offer this time :)
Let me know how you get on Jen :-)x
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