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Posted 1/22/2015 9:03 AM (GMT 0)
Hi all... I'm just sitting here thinking and I'm wondering what would happen if my depression were to go away? I almost feel like it's such a part of me that I would miss it in a weird sort of way. My depression has gone away before and I was able to work and be functional for quite a while but now it's back and my life has changed. I'm on state disability now, thinking of applying for federal disability if, however, I were to start feeling better I would have to change my whole game plan. I want to be healthy and work. I don't want to go back to work and feel like crap every day like I did before. It's confusing sometimes because there are days I feel good and I think that I'm going to be fine then some days it just turns around on me and I feel like crap again. What's a girl to do?
Posted 1/22/2015 11:29 AM (GMT 0)
my old mantra is in effect 'slow and steady wins the race'. are you able to do some voluntary work, when you are able; before going back to work. just a bit to get your mojo happening. good for your cv too. if you are volunteering disregard what i said. i know i feel the same with my pain. learning to adjust when well-to staying well is all about management-just the same as getting better i guess.
Posted 1/22/2015 12:44 PM (GMT 0)
Great idea.

go to voluntermatch.com

great site, I entered that I looked booked and 20 things pop up in my area., I chose to read books to 5yrs 1hr a week.

Feeling better on our healing journey is in thing, remembering not to over did and max out multitaxing as we did when we worked full time is another!

Peace
Trina
Posted 1/22/2015 2:45 PM (GMT 0)
Not working does not equal not useful. I am on ssd, miss 'working' for many reasons, but have found ways to use my experience, my knowledge, my time. I accept that there will be days when I just 'can't' suit up and show up. I also accept that each day is only 24 hours and will pass no matter what. I never know from one day to the next how I am going to feel. That's ok today. Yes, I make plans to do things, with the understanding that very few things are 'written in stone'. Plans change. Hope you come up with a solution that works for you.
Posted 1/22/2015 3:57 PM (GMT 0)
Not knowing how I am going to feel from one day to the next has taught me to live in the moment. Nothing I do is written in stone either. I take life as it comes and no more...

It is kind of freeing...

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 1/23/2015 6:43 PM (GMT 0)
I am looking into volunteering at the church I go to. I should find out sometime this week.
Posted 1/23/2015 8:35 PM (GMT 0)
Awesome!!!
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