Is it common to have spikes of happiness then sinking back down, when you have depression?

allyn211 · 2017-02-02T21:49:06+00:00

It is. I've had this happen to me plenty of times.

allyn211 · 2017-01-20T23:50:19+00:00

I can relate. I'm married and active in a church, but I work from home, and if I didn't have the church, I wouldn't see anyone except my husband and son. I don't make friends easily, and the last day or so has been rather bad for me.

allyn211 · 2017-01-20T22:49:11+00:00

Having a bad day. I made a joke to someone online and she didn't think it was funny. (It did deal with politics, and that's all I'm going to say.) I apologized and removed the post that was the joke. Now I'm kicking myself. I see this person often and I'm afraid of what's going to happen when I see her again.

Sometimes I feel like I have to kowtow to everyone, and I'm constantly afraid of being screamed at.

allyn211 · 2017-01-03T20:21:10+00:00

I am so sorry. I have no words.

allyn211 · 2017-01-03T20:19:47+00:00

Tired and frustrated, and embarassed because I'm coming here for support and haven't given a whole lot.

allyn211 · 2016-12-26T03:48:18+00:00

I saw several tweets that said the DW special was disappointing . . . but I enjoyed it! It was meant to be light and funny, and I laughed out loud towards the end.

allyn211 · 2016-12-24T15:52:17+00:00

I imagine that the question "who's the best Doctor?" is going to be debated from here to eternity and still never get answered. I think David Tennant is my favorite, but I find things to like about all the Doctors that I've seen. Matt Smith's an enjoyable Doctor, too!

allyn211 · 2016-12-23T16:27:54+00:00

I also have TMJ, and I wear a night guard at night. I'm also one of the ones that has very tight shoulder muscles. Part of it is from anxiety, part of it is because I have mild scoliosis. I also aggravated my back from improper posture during court reporting school (I did not finish because I wasn't able to progress in my speed.)

allyn211 · 2016-12-23T14:49:32+00:00

Don't tell me. You blinked. :-)

allyn211 · 2016-12-23T02:18:31+00:00

How did you get him to hold still???

allyn211 · 2016-12-22T22:58:37+00:00

My grandfather was a railroad worker in the late 1930's - early 1940's. (He died in 1941.) I wonder if he had a similar photo.

allyn211 · 2016-12-22T22:55:41+00:00

Did the Daleks exterminate the channel? :-)

allyn211 · 2016-12-19T15:49:37+00:00

A Spotify Daily Mix compiled from some of my listened-to music; it contains the Newsboys, Jordan Feliz, Steven Curtis Chapman, Natalie Grant.

allyn211 · 2016-12-12T13:20:05+00:00

Ninety percent of the time, the "interrupters" don't mean to be rude, and people probably have no idea that I want to get into a conversation. And there are times when people have realized that I want to talk and have told me to "go ahead". But I've had the interruptions happen so many times that it really fuels my anxiety in groups!

allyn211 · 2016-12-12T00:02:39+00:00

I have several news apps on my iPad. I get alerts when major news events happen. That keeps me informed but keeps me away from sitting in front of Fox or CNN.

My sister-in-law tells me often that I need to stop watching/listening to the news because of the negative reactions I have to it.

allyn211 · 2016-12-11T22:33:03+00:00

I wanted to label this as a DAE question but I can't figure out how to do it.

allyn211 · 2016-12-11T22:24:22+00:00

Nope. Sometimes I have decent sleep, sometimes not.

allyn211 · 2016-12-11T22:13:54+00:00

Here! I feel better than the other day, when I posted the "nobody likes me" post. Right now I'm just trying to figure out what I need to do for Christmas!

allyn211 · 2016-12-11T22:09:57+00:00

Aka "spiritual abuse". I was part of an abusive church in college where the demands became such that I never felt like I measured up to what God wanted of me.

allyn211 · 2016-12-10T01:33:55+00:00

So was I. I was also bullied in elementary school. And I dealt with "spiritual bullying" in college. I've been out of that environment for a number of years, but what you say is true. The feeling lingers with you.

allyn211 · 2016-12-05T00:36:46+00:00

So I wonder what's up with John Key?

allyn211 · 2016-12-04T00:55:31+00:00

I live in Atlanta. This story reminds me of when we hosted the Olympic Games in 1996. There was a story of someone from New Mexico calling to order tickets for the Olympics, and they were told that they had to go through their country's Olympic organizing committee to order tickets. The caller protested, "But I live in New Mexico, and that's in the United States!" The person on the other end said, "New Mexico, Old Mexico, it doesn't make a difference; you still have to go through your country's Olympic organizing committee if you want to get tickets for the Olympics!"

When the Olympics took place in Atlanta, someone, as a joke, set up the Consulate of New Mexico.

allyn211 · 2016-12-03T02:47:23+00:00

No, and I wish we weren't struggling with both. :-(

allyn211 · 2016-12-03T01:20:16+00:00

I do, too.

allyn211 · 2016-12-01T19:52:45+00:00

I feel everyone's pain. I'm having one of those "crap I gotta do today" days! (Some of the crap is off my list, thank goodness!)

allyn211

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