Doing something with your hands could help you distract yourself and relax (like draw, paint, knit, complete an old-school (physical parts puzzle), make a bracelet, a collage, fix a broken phone, reorder something around the house or garden or sports.. just something, anything you like). It should make a difference.
I'm sorry. I've dealt with both since childhood, long before I knew what either were. Meds and self care have been the biggest help. Don't get disappointed if you don't find the right meds at first though. It takes time. I hope you find something that helps you soon. Activit(ies) have been mentioned. Nature is my biggest healer and falls under my "self care".....
@MoonlightLullaby I like things to do with jewelry sadly I don’t have the money to buy like beads to make bracelets. Something I tend to do is put earrings to stuff animals I started in my teens when I found this really cute earring and I tend to buy packages of 3 dollar the max with a lot of earrings and I put them to my stuff animals for the anxiety but it’s been a while I haven’t bought earrings cus no money. I also like dressing up Barbie dolls and collect them it relaxes me my cousin an elderly woman gave me a bunch last year and I dressed them up and added them to a collection. I got maybe like 30 old school Barbie’s not including the ones I have since a kid I’m lucky I got all my stuff animals and toys since I was a little kid. I even sleep with my big stuff animals my dad got me when he was alive on Valentine’s Day but a couple of weeks ago I had to switch from my queen bed I had slept in for years cus it was already messed up for a full size and in struggling cus it don’t fit all my stuff animals which half of them where given to me or bought by my dad. The the last one I have was got by my dad in Valentine’s Day of 2021 sadly by February of 2022 he would be passing away 😢😭
I understand. I miss mine a lot. I try to keep in mind that he wouldn't want me to be sad. I don't think it ever goes away, we just learn better ways to cope with the loss.🪻💟
I can't relate to months of depression it sounds like seasonal or situational. My depression is chronic since 15 years back but I think the coping process is the same. Did something happen that made your anxiety hit this hard? Are you on any medical treatment or in therapy ? If not that might be a good idea especially since it's the end of the summer soon and depression usually don't get better during fall and winter periods.
@Queendragonfly none of the above my father passed away in February of 2022 and everything went to worse I feel pretty lonely 😔 everyone seems so fake. I can’t seem to find a job where I can work at. I have a mess up lower back and I can’t be standing up for long period of times. I worked at a Provier but that was my dad and when he passed away I got ptsd from it. I’ve taken antidepressants pills in the past but they made me feel worse always sleepy for that I don’t need that crap. I feel emotionally, physically and emotionally exhausted. I have dogs cus my house robbed in 2009 and fkn cops didn’t do shit. We knew it was some crappy next door neighbors anyway that people left in 2011 and that place was alone for years. In 2021 some other people worse than the ones that lived there came to live here . I owe tickets cus of them abd now my mother got one a month ago we verly making it in living we are living hard times and I am frustrated cus idk what to do anymore
That is really hard , I feel you 🤗 Just try to avoid thinking about the situations of the past that led you into this and keep positive and hoping for the best and you shall be set free again 🕊️
