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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
This is where stoicism as a mindset can help. All we can control is how we respond to things, but I guess that's sort of the issue for you at the moment.
I feel you. I get like this sometimes too, and I've also been feeling a little like this lately. It's also potentially part of the winter doldrums. Late February is the worst, especially because you've had a lot of low light and cold weather, and you still have another month of that to go in Calgary. It can be draining.
It might seem silly, but writing this out here or in a journal can be quite helpful. It at least gets the thoughts out and put down some place concrete. That allows you to let go of them a little once they've been articulated. It can also give you time to reflect on the reasons behind the feelings and start to cognitively process whatever is bringing you down so that you can begin to move through it.
Two things that I find helps when I'm in this state: Gratitude and meditation.
Writing down things you're grateful for, even something as simple as a hot cup of good coffee in the morning, or a peaceful place to live (in comparison to other parts of the world), can help to give you perspective. It won't make you feel good exactly, but it lessens the intensity of those negative feelings.
Meditation has lots of clinical evidence behind it now. Just 20-30 minutes a day can significantly increase mood and reduce anxiety. There are plenty of apps to guide you through meditation if you're unfamiliar with it. I do this on the regular, and it helps to also ease the intensity of negative feelings. Again, it won't fix everything for you, but it will ease your suffering to some degree.
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It doesn't seem silly. Part of why I wrote it out is because I haven't done that in awhile, thought it might help. I do try to find things to be grateful for, and there are many things. It hasn't seemed to snap me out of it I've had ups and downs, but I've never lost interest in everything quite like this before. I don't get excited about much, and consistent anxiety is a fairly new thing for me
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I'll give meditation a shot as well. I've never tried that myself.
To be fair I know what some of the problems truly are, I don't want to write them down because they are a little personal dealing with relationships etc, but I think it's that a resolution is starting to look impossible. Nothing is the entire cause it just seems like a lot of things are hitting all at once in the past 6 or 7 months.
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Originally Posted by Titan2
As a certifiable internet brain doctor, I would suggest you are exhibiting signs of depression. I am hesitant to suggest anything but I think you should start with your family doctor and go from there. I think once you are in the 'can't get out of bed' stage you may be require external assistance.
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Definitely. I can get out of bed, but I'm finding it harder. Days where I have nothing important I can easily not get up, and don't really want to. I wake up exhausted, and I can easily go back to sleep within a couple hours. So I don't want to make it sound like I can't, but I have noticed that it's become more difficult.
I do still try to work out a fair amount, but that has slowed, so I'm working on getting back to that consistently like I used to, at least 4 days a week.