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Anxiety and/or depression discussion.

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    #632
    Roquentin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    Joya wrote: »
    well my cousellor say that i probably developed it in my early teens..
    and i didn't like when she said that i will be fighting it for the rest of my life... but that's what she said..

    chronic anxiety is generally thought of as a disorder and disorders can generally be rectified through habitual changes in livestyle. however some psychologists, particularly in america would classify anxiety as a disease of the mind and i would agree. You would often hear such psychologists label ocd a disease rather than an anxiety disorder.

    If you had cancer lets say, it means the body is producing too many cells that are out of control. Now in this stream of thought, if you have ocd or gad, the mind which can be thought of as an organ is producing too much anxiety, particularly when it shouldnt.

    Now maybe i am biased because i suffer chronic anxiety myself, but i would see it as a disease. When i am put in a situation, it flares up, just as someone with asthma experiences flare ups in dust.

    Unfortunately there is no on and off switch, because it is designed to protect you, but the junctions in your mind have become askew.


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    #633
    sezyboo
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭sezyboo


    I am a long time sufferer from OCD and panic disorder. I have also had bouts of depression over the years. It can be so hard and I feel sometimes like as if everyone else is normal except myself. I am getting better with coping slowly but surely but it has been a long process. Most people do not understand what it is like until you've been there and I am thankful that most people do not understand as I would not wish it on anyone. The panic attacks and the OCD obsessions have been the hardest to deal with.


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    #634
    Joya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,365 ✭✭✭Joya


    shezer wrote: »
    GAD, Panic attacks, adjustment disorder with depressed mood. Apparently you can have multiple disorders without having to fit in the one bracket

    yes...


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    #635
    Hugo Stiglitz
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    shezer wrote: »
    Apparently you can have multiple disorders without having to fit in the one bracket

    I suspected as much. It must make diagnosis and treatment difficult.


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    #636
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    shezer wrote: »
    Which in turn makes it difficult to understand for family and friends.

    I can imagine yeah. I'd say that that has been the case for a lot of us here.


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    #637
    Joya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,365 ✭✭✭Joya


    yes my counsellor told me that medication would never work without combination with therapy and say mindfulness and conscious work on the issues.. but they would help in that process..
    so there is work we have to put in ourselves if we want to see the change...

    but i still notice whenever i "want" to do something, anything, it is as i am pushing myself to do it..

    she also advised me to talk with my professors and more importantly, with my family..
    it was very hard to tell my family though perhaps even more than to my professors..
    i love my family so much specially my younger brother and i know how many issues he has and have to do for his family so i always thought id just go through everything on my own, without bothering anyone..

    thats why me going to counsellor was when i could not go on anymore i had to search for help..


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    CZ 453
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    Joya wrote: »
    yes my counsellor told me that medication would never work without combination with therapy and say mindfulness and conscious work on the issues.. but they would help in that process..
    so there is work we have to put in ourselves if we want to see the change...

    but i still notice whenever i "want" to do something, anything, it is as i am pushing myself to do it..

    she also advised me to talk with my professors and more importantly, with my family..
    it was very hard to tell my family though perhaps even more than to my professors..
    i love my family so much specially my younger brother and i know how many issues he has and have to do for his family so i always thought id just go through everything on my own, without bothering anyone..

    thats why me going to counsellor was when i could not go on anymore i had to search for help..

    Why did you need to talk to your professors? Was there not a disability support service in college?


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    #639
    Joya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,365 ✭✭✭Joya


    shezer wrote: »
    Why did you need to talk to your professors? Was there not a disability support service in college?

    i had to cause they are responsible for a decision
    when i say professors i mean they were also course directors


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    CZ 453
    Registered Users Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭CZ 453


    Joya wrote: »
    i had to cause they are responsible for a decision
    when i say professors i mean they were also course directors

    Did they do much for you?


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    #641
    Joya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,365 ✭✭✭Joya


    shezer wrote: »
    Did they do much for you?

    yes they did..

    btw when our sessions were over she advised me to continue with it and gave me some contacts.. but i still did not do it but think i will soon.. it meant for me to be able to talk with someone completely openly... and tbh what i went through in the last four to five years i'd only want to talk with a professional...


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    #642
    Hugo Stiglitz
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    How is the weekend treating ye all?


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    #643
    lukesmom
    Registered Users Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    Hugo Stiglitz wrote: »
    How is the weekend treating ye all?

    Just trying to get through it as best I can even though I feel a bit off the past few days. Going with the flow but it's tough as usual.

    How are you?


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    Hugo Stiglitz
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    lukesmom wrote: »
    Just trying to get through it as best I can even though I feel a bit off the past few days. Going with the flow but it's tough as usual.

    How are you?

    Kinda bored here. I find being bored causes the mind to wander a bit and that can sometimes be bad.


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    #645
    sezyboo
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭sezyboo


    I hate that restless type of feeling of bored. I get that sometimes during the day as if I want to run but I don't know from what.


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    #646
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    sezyboo wrote: »
    I hate that restless type of feeling of bored. I get that sometimes during the day as if I want to run but I don't know from what.

    That is a very befitting way of saying it I must say.


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    #647
    lukesmom
    Registered Users Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    sezyboo wrote: »
    I hate that restless type of feeling of bored. I get that sometimes during the day as if I want to run but I don't know from what.

    Describes it perfectly !


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    #648
    sezyboo
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭sezyboo


    I often dream of being in a little bunker encapseled (spellt wrong) away from the world with a star trek replicator a big cosy bed and a 1000 channels TV and that you were totally self sufficient and nobody could reach and hurt you unless you let them. Weird huh.


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    #649
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    sezyboo wrote: »
    I often dream of being in a little bunker encapseled (spellt wrong) away from the world with a star trek replicator a big cosy bed and a 1000 channels TV and that you were totally self sufficient and nobody could reach and hurt you unless you let them. Weird huh.

    No way! I do the same! I include a holodeck in my lair too! :D:o


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    #650
    sezyboo
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭sezyboo


    Can't believe I didn't think of the holodeck :-)


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    #651
    Roquentin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    sezyboo wrote: »
    I often dream of being in a little bunker encapseled (spellt wrong) away from the world with a star trek replicator a big cosy bed and a 1000 channels TV and that you were totally self sufficient and nobody could reach and hurt you unless you let them. Weird huh.

    yea i often dream of being on an island away from it all like tom hanks in castaway


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    #652
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    sezyboo wrote: »
    Can't believe I didn't think of the holodeck :-)

    You gotta include the holodeck! :D
    Roquentin wrote: »
    yea i often dream of being on an island away from it all like tom hanks in castaway

    If you had good supplies, entertainment and shelter it might not be a bad escape to be fair :)


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    #653
    Roquentin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    Hugo Stiglitz wrote: »
    You gotta include the holodeck! :D



    If you had good supplies, entertainment and shelter it might not be a bad escape to be fair :)

    yea thats the problem. id have to have coffee and cigarettes in plentiful supply:)


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    #654
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    Roquentin wrote: »
    yea thats the problem. id have to have coffee and cigarettes in plentiful supply:)

    That's what the star trek replicator is for! :D


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    #655
    Gremlinertia
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,192 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Wow I'm not very space age so, I always want to be a forest farmer in somewhere Scandinavian with decent Internet connection.. :o


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    #656
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    Gremlinertia wrote: »
    Wow I'm not very space age so, I always want to be a forest farmer in somewhere Scandinavian with decent Internet connection.. :o

    Sounds very peaceful :)


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    #657
    Gremlinertia
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,192 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Hugo Stiglitz wrote: »
    Sounds very peaceful :)

    True but now I want a holodeck and replicater damn it..

    Fairly down at the minute, consequence of keeping up the happy happy act for a little too long.. I'll never learn.


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    #658
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    Gremlinertia wrote: »
    Fairly down at the minute, consequence of keeping up the happy happy act for a little too long.. I'll never learn.

    *hugs*


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    #659
    sezyboo
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭sezyboo


    My advice is be how you feel if you need to be. The people who love you and cherish you will accept you just how you are.


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    #660
    Vince135792003
    Registered Users Posts: 5,045 ✭✭✭Vince135792003


    I'm back to work on Monday and am filled with worry. 29 eleven year olds and 1 very anxious teacher. I usually pull myself together on the day but am sick of the panic and worry.


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    #661
    Gremlinertia
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,192 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    sezyboo wrote: »
    My advice is be how you feel if you need to be. The people who love you and cherish you will accept you just how you are.

    Oh I understand that and thanks, circumstances didn't lend themselves to it, firstly working with the public then a friend had a funeral of a family member so needed support more than I did. Don't worry, I'm spoiling myself for a few days now, earned it..


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