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Lunch Time

Its lunch time on the psych ward but I dont feel like eating their food again.
I had breakfast. But I get fed up and dont want to eat lunch. Maybe the less hospital food i eat the better.
Trying to shake of this depression.
Its tough. Feeling bit drowsy and like I need to take it easy. I had a goal of going to the postoffice which I achieved .
Next goal is to get myself ready to go for,a swim. Also ive not been calling my keyworker Or let myself be vunerable around a friend/s who care and want to be there for me. Reaching out is difficult.
My friend is a bit timid too so ill need to be the one in charge of the small plans.
Im just feeling in need of a break from the ward now. Also lonely. I know people go through worse or similar experiences.
But im struggling to stay active.

# Depression #Anxiety

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When Loneliness Feels Heavy but Hope Still Lives

Fighting loneliness isn’t easy. Some days it feels like I’m doing okay, and other days it hits harder than I expect. It’s tough trying to stay strong when all I really want is someone to be there, someone who makes the quiet feel a little less heavy. It’s not that I can’t handle being alone—it just gets tiring sometimes.

There are moments when I just want someone to hold me. Not to fix anything or make everything perfect, but just to be there. That kind of closeness means a lot. It’s about feeling safe, feeling like I matter to someone. Sometimes a hug or a few kind words can make all the difference.

I try to keep myself busy, to push through the lonely days, but it doesn’t always work. There’s still that part of me that wants to hear someone say I’m needed, that I make a difference in their life. It’s not about attention—it’s about connection. Everyone wants to feel like they belong somewhere.

Loneliness doesn’t always mean being alone. It’s that feeling of being surrounded by people but still feeling unseen. I think what I really want is someone who gets me, who listens and stays, even when things aren’t easy. That kind of connection feels rare, but it’s what I hope for.

Even with all of this, I still have hope. Wanting someone to hold me and tell me I’m needed just reminds me that I still care, that I still believe in love and connection. It’s hard sometimes, but I know those feelings mean my heart’s still open—and that’s something worth holding onto.

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So, I try to stay as positive as possible with my posts here, but I think it's safe enough to open up a bit. I've struggled a lot these past few years, and it's all come to a boiling point recently.

My anxiety has affected my stomach to the point where I'm nauseous every day at random, and now getting random headaches. This morning I woke up to an excruciating migraine that brought me to tears.

There are a lot of things going on in my life that I'm uncomfortable talking about openly here, but I feel like this all stems from anxiety and my inability to process certain unresolved traumas. I'm considering medication at this point. I've been on Zoloft and Wellbutrin, but ended up with brain zaps and as an side-effect.

Are you taking meds? Are you not? Whats working for you, if anything at all? Can anyone relate to this? I'm feeling pretty isolated and alone in this because I hate to feel like a burden to others...

#MentalHealth #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder #Depression #Loneliness #PTSD #ComplexPosttraumaticStressDisorder #Trauma #Addiction #ADHD #AutismSpectrumDisorder #Autism #Caregiving #Relationships #CheckInWithMe #MightyTogether

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tired

i have a lot of auto immune diseases and chronic illnesses. i recently had to get a surgery done and my body reacted very poorly to it making the healing and recovery very traumatizing. during my recovery i got sick from some family members even though they know of all of my illnesses and my surgery as well as how poorly i was doing afterwards. i’m finally starting to get past the worst of the healing from the surgery and being sick but i still have a lot of residual symptoms. today i wanted to sit on my balcony and enjoy the warmer temperatures before it gets cold again. i ended up falling and getting really hurt. i just sat there and cried and cried. i am so tired of always being sick. of having no friends. of always being alone. always being in pain. and never catching a break. i feel so lonely and so depressed and so heartbroken. i just wish i could feel normal and do the things that i want to do. i just wish i could catch a break. i’m sorry for the rant, i don’t have anyone to talk to.

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Lost in my head

OK mighty Warriors. I need you and I need you back. For some reason I can’t get out of my head. I’m missing my dad my mom, my brothers my sister my uncles my odds. It seems like everybody that I love. I lose my best friend is now approaching a years anniversary of her death . Her birthday is also coming up and I’m so anxious. I need something to focus on to take my mind out of my head. I’ve took my meds. It doesn’t seem to be helping right now. I’ve done some prayers. I’ve done some meditation. I don’t know what else to do right now. I’m home alone. My family‘s at work. It seems like everything on TV helps me to bring back the memories of all of those that I lost every song, I listen to brings back the memories of those that I’ve lost. I’m feeling so alone and I know that I’m not alone. I know that God is with me for some reason right now I’m not feeling him. I know he haven’t forgotten me. I know he’s looking down on me. I know he has his hands on me because even though I’m feeling this lonely, I haven’t thought about ending it. I’m struggling.
People ask, are you OK? They really don’t wanna know they’re just trying to be polite. I don’t understand why these gates keep opening up and flooding me. I feel like I’m drowning I wanna sleep, but I wake up every 30 minutes as if I’ve slept for hours the catnaps are getting to me because I’m tired, but I can’t sleep. I can’t stop thinking and all of my thoughts are not good thoughts I need help and I need it bad.

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Why is it so hard to cry? #Depression #Anxiety #Hope #tears #Relationships #MentalHealth

I wonder why it is so hard for some people to cry? I don’t struggle to cry, if, I am watching an emotive movie, and I am 100% all alone, or I am at the very edge of my pain tolerance, but again, I must be all alone.

Perhaps it is our upbringing. Crying when I was growing up was forbidden and would normally invoke a warning of physical punishment if we didn’t stop crying, on demand.

Last night I realised I had forgotten to get my Wife to get a prescription filled for the nerve pain medication I am currently taking. The other pain meds I am don’t bring any relief when it is specifically nerve pain. As I tried to drift off to sleep last night everything within me was crying out, but no tears were forthcoming.

In examining myself last night I realised that the physical pain was seriously uncomfortable but that the emotional pain was compounding that physical pain too.

I was feeling lonely, frustrated that there are still so many things I can’t physically do.
I am tired of being so dependent on others for the majority of things I used to take for granted.

Tears would have been very welcome.

Do you struggle to cry?
Have you overcome your reticence to cry? If so how?

I believe that “real” men do cry. I don’t believe there is anything masculine about holding back tears at cost.

I just wish that truth would go from my head to my heart.

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