Does anyone else have the type of depression where it's difficult to do even basic tasks?
Yes and it really sucks. It makes me feel like such a lazy slob.
dysfunctional
Arcanist
- Oct 26, 2018
- 459
Yes and I used to be highly active so its really devastating.
Deleted member 17949
Visionary
- May 9, 2020
- 2,238
I often do. If it wasn't for my parents making me do things I'd just stay in bed.
Yea I got to that point again. I have nothing going on. No social life, no job, no energy. I used to have a more fun life but now it's really bad. I'm poor and living in middle of nowhere. I lay in bed most of the day. I threw away my amphetamine pills so I'm even more lethargic now. No more hormone replacement so feel all depressed again. No sex, no nothing. Very close to ending it because I feel like I don't have a choice. I have to periodically get up because your body kinda hurts from laying down too long lol!
Im oposite. Im so depressed i cant sit or stand still. I cant cook or watch tv or play games either. Basicaly i cant do anything but walk around the house in circles. From 5am till 9pm my day is mostly walking and scrolling these forums. I do my chores through the day, but i already cleaned and fixed everything.
If i sit and theres nothing to do i start panicking and crying. I cant sleep and im so tired. Cant do anything meaningful anymore. Whatever this is, it sucks
If i sit and theres nothing to do i start panicking and crying. I cant sleep and im so tired. Cant do anything meaningful anymore. Whatever this is, it sucks
Yeah. It's difficult for me to get out of bed and do all those tasks that were easy before all this. Today is the day I realized this depression will finally kill me someday. I cannot beat it. Now I'm desperate and with huge need to ctb but I chose to stay for today. I know it's hard but have you ask for help? Have you seen any therapist?
I think I'm beyond help. I've tried with life but I just feel ready to go.
Raminiki
Iustitia Mortuus
- Jun 12, 2020
- 269
Yes. I used to be active and exercised as therapy. I sit in bed all day scrolling and gaming just now, doing the bare minimum to stop things piling up. My muscles have atrophied and I've lost a bit of weight. Occasionally I drag myself out of bed and weed in the garden or walk for an hour. I'm trying to get out of the rut, but not with much enthusiasm. Coronavirus restrictions haven't helped. Hope you feel better soon. Try little things at first and build up gradually. Don't force yourself to do too much.
Yes. It is absolutely exhausting. I thought I had severe depression before but I see now it was only moderate. Now even getting in the shower is tiring. I am terrified of the idea of trying to hold down a job or relationship with this newer higher level of depression. Hence ctb.
SpottedPanda
I'm all about coffee and cigarettes
- Jul 24, 2019
- 612
I don't know if I know depression, like I'm not fully familiar with the feeling of loneliness. I was given Sertraline to help with my 'low mood'.
I think it's my antipsychotics that do it, but I have zero desire to move. I just remain glued to my laptop, only changing position when I get pains in one leg from the blood pooling up. I literally do nothing 90% of the time.
I feel relatively unexcited, or unphased. I feel little. I've been that way for so long I've almost forgotten what is was like to be upbeat and active.
I think it's my antipsychotics that do it, but I have zero desire to move. I just remain glued to my laptop, only changing position when I get pains in one leg from the blood pooling up. I literally do nothing 90% of the time.
I feel relatively unexcited, or unphased. I feel little. I've been that way for so long I've almost forgotten what is was like to be upbeat and active.
You really should try meditation. You are a perfect candidate to benefit from that. You have to start out small like try to sit for like 5 to 15 mins listening to soft meditation music and doing deep breathing in, hold it for a moment than slow let it out. Keep doing this for the entire duration. Eventually it might begin to take effect to calm the anxiety. U don't have to sit in the uncomfortable meditation pose, just sit on the floor on a pillow even comfortably, prop back against something if u need to, close eyes. Do the breathing. It's weird at first but it should gradually work. The goal is to make it to like an hour a day if not longer. If u have headphones it's ideal to block out annoying distractions and only hear the soft music. Breathe in through nose and into chest not stomach. Breathe out through mouth. You might cry during meditation and have racing thoughts or intrusive thoughts and it's totally normal.
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geogaddi
Member
- May 30, 2020
- 24
Yes and the worst thing is that I have 0 people to talk to about it. I usually overthink until I burn myself out and then just lay there wanting to die. My meds (amitriptyline) have probably saved my life but inside I am already dead.
GiveMePeace
Member
- Jun 26, 2020
- 12
I can't even really remember the last time I actively did something. I just spend my days in bed. At this point I feel like I'm already dead and my body just hasn't caught up to my mind yet. Ironically that's probably what is keeping me alive because I simply don't have the energy to off myself.
suffering
Too p*ssy to end it, too suicidal to leave
- Aug 17, 2018
- 398
I spend a few days almost completely inert and I ended up having severe constipation due to lack of exercise, dehydration, depression and bad diet (it was so bad I ended up at the emergency room). Now I try to stay active :(
Dead beat dad
Enlightened
- Mar 5, 2019
- 1,030
In a nutshell yes. I was thinking about this earlier while laying down spinning in the void.
It makes it worse when you're in this situation but the relentless demands of the spinning world drag you along, for want of a better expression utterly fucked, like some kind of zombie.
Feel you pain brother.
DBD
dysfunctional
Arcanist
- Oct 26, 2018
- 459
You might be in a bipolar mixed state. Sounds alot like what I went through a year and a half ago. Pretty intense. Do you have racing thoughts?
Cosmiq
Student
- May 7, 2020
- 197
Yeah it varies, like yesterday I slept for almost the entire day. I only got of bed to pee, and to take my dog out to pee. I tried to stay awake by browsing the internet and watching tv but couldn't really make through even doing that.
dysfunctional
Arcanist
- Oct 26, 2018
- 459
Thats what it was like for me. Antipsychotics and mood stabilizers slowed the thoughts down for me. Not sure what you're trying to do, just something I went through.
Not at the moment, but I've had several episodes like that and I know how hard it is.
I remember how even lifting my arms to brush my hair seemed like climbing Mount Everest. Things such as loading the washing machine, or making a cup of coffee - these the simplest of tasks - had become big projects for me that took all the self discipline I could muster.
My depression was the result of chronic pain & fatigue and so I was both mentally and physically broken. I often thought I would paralize, such was the state I was in.
So, yes, I understand perfectly well what it's like to have the type of depression you mention. It's a bad place to be in.
All the best to you @No_more !
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