this is MY challenge

climb a fence?i havnt tryed in a while but im sure it wouldnt be easy,if possible.
i talk to the birds,wonder about my neighbors.
i talk to my plants,sub-vocaly,unless there misbehaving.
or im misbehaving.
i do talk to weeds,but its not very civil talk.
and i talk to the girls,a dixie mix and a chiwawa mix.we talk alot.

Den,
you're a poet in disguise as a gardener.

pisces

doxie mix,thats susppose to be doxie mix.
im all mix ed up.
ya really think im poetic?gosh(blush)

It's nice to see such an open conversation about depression. I find it easy to relate to and talk to my dogs, and my plants. I call them my kids or my babies. A few of my family members can't understand any of what i'm going through, and feeling, or not feeling. I'm so tired of hearing the same old words from many..you know
....cheer up
...don't worry, it will pass
...why don't you ever want to do anything anymore
...why don't you ever answer the phone
..what's your problem
I'm hoping all of you have more sympathetic people in your lives..oh yea, another good one
...snap out of it
I guess it's nice to know that while I wouldn't wish my state of mind and heaviness of heart on anyone, it's nice to know I'm not alone
Thanks
Sandy

Sandy,
perhaps it might be a good idea to sit down with your family with some literature on depression. It's a very common misconception that depression is nothing more than the blues. Maybe once they understand the nature of your illness, they can be more supportive, if not more helpful?

Sounds like you're in a really bad spot right now. I know that when you're feeling this low, you don't even want to bother with the effort of trying to climb out of it, or riding the wave until the storm abates a little. But *please* don't stop answering your phone. It's a pain in the bummy-bum, I know, to talk to people when you barely want to talk to yourself, but by not answering the phone, you're not giving your family the chance to try to understand what's happening to you. And if they're still calling, they still want to understand.

Please post back soon, Sandy, and let me know if I'm out of line here.

thinking of you this morning,
pisces

No Pisces...you're not out of line. I simply get tired of everyone trying to drag me out to go do things that I don't want to do...not that there is anything that i do want to do anyway. They seem to think that if they just get me out ..then i will "snap out of it". I come from one of those families where everyone thinks they know everything and they are too busy trying to run your life, rather than tend to their own.
Sandy

Ohhhh... yes, yo comprendo. But it's all 'cause for love, right? :) The best intentions of mice and men....

hearts n' hugs n' a-wallaballoo,
pisces

Yes, they do have good intentions

My 2 cents worth...I have had chronic depression since at least 1973 (that is when I started seeking help for it, anyway!!) with part of the problem being childhood abuse and part being chronic pain. Prozac really helped, but I seemed to develop a resistance to the drug and now none of the new antidepressants are working.

Something else that really helped - and you might call it crazy, but a licensed psychologist at a major clinic did it. I underwent past-life regression, and afterward was much better! Even if the experiences I remembered were purely my imagaination, IT WORKED!!