always depressed

Postby cuag2312 » Sun Mar 07, 2004 5:51 pm

So I am yet to go see a proffessional. I wonder if what I feel is normal or actually requires medical attention. It seems recently i feel constantly depressed. What's confusing to me is that I excersize regularaly, eat healthy, am motivated at work, never let others affect how I feel, still ambitious, never get stressed, realize i have so much going for myself but feel so down and alone.

I live by myself with my closest family 3000 miles away and although I have many friends who will do anything for me, i can't help but feel completly alone and depressed. I second guess myself all the time and have been loosing my self esteem a lot. I realize it is starting to affect my interaction with men. Whenever I go out I constantly seek male attention, and although I will not go as far as a one night stand, I need to attention, the flirting, the physicalness or I go home even more depressed. And I am sure that because of how I feel, i end up putting myself in the position where any guy who shows interest is currently in another relationship and that just makes me a little more depressed. I get the whole "your perfect, everything i have ever wanted, but I am going to go home to someonelse" situation which just worsens how I feel about myself.

I blame myself for a lot of things and have recently tried to find anything I can change to make myself more appealing. I always look down on myself and cant spend a second alone without getting depressed. Its starting to affect my interactions with my friends and I have noticed I have started drinking more as well.

What the confusing part is that if I am out with friends, I am ok for the most part, at work I function great, still succeedding and accomplishing a lot, am motivated, inspired etc. Its just at night or alone times I get thinking.

What should I do?
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Postby andy » Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:27 pm

Hi cuag2312.

Take a look at this page about the 7 basic needs for emotional wellbeing. It might be helpful to think of ways to address some of these.

Have you been single for long? - and what's different about the times when you've been happier and single?

Andy.
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Postby cuag2312 » Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:35 pm

I think when I was single and happy, I had just gotten out of a relationship and wanted nothing to do with them. Now I do and want a family and feel like its not going to happen
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Postby andy » Tue Mar 09, 2004 12:48 am

Hello again,

It sounds like you're putting a lot of pressure on yourself. Your life sounds pretty good in a lot of respects and this one issue has overshadowed all those other good things.

You need to find a way to feel good in yourself again. Sometimes when we focus too hard on something it makes it harder to obtain, which in turn makes us more frustrated. The trick is to stand back from this and to stop struggling and often things fall into place naturally.

It might be an idea to make your home more comfortable. Perhaps put on some music you like, change the furniture around, that kind of thing. And treat yourself to doing something nice all by yourself. Take a bath, read a book, cook some tasty food, and just allow yourself to enjoy your own company again. Take some time out to just let go.

Andy.
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