Hearing the podcasts and the situation of Jennifer: bipolar, depressed, and suicidal -- when she was telling her story, her feelings to the first person in the group, I found myself with streaming tears while listening to her.
These podcasts are wonderful tools for learning, studying Feeling GOOD Therapy.
I am happy these are available. Thank you.
Pratibha Gramann, Ph,D.
Tom - 9 years ago
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carole harvey - 10 years ago
i feel the same about sadness as melanie guion I feel trapped. I was sent home from my full-time job on april the ninth and told to get profession help. I was put on Sertaline anti-depressant and I saw no end in sight my counseling i have been told is a six week waiting. My doctor thinks it is best to wait until counseling starts. I am not sure about my future I do need to keep my job although I know the way I feel about others who do not fully understand what is happening to me I have said I would not hurt anyone or myself. I probably have taken things on a personal level, but cannot help this pattern of thought. Three years ago I had started a full time job after having my dismissal invented in my part time job under new management of son & his new wife I was accused of doing things i did not and they'd reduced my hours to three a week after working 15 hours a week I was of work with stress for 14 weeks at this time. My mother had three months to live after being diagnosed with brain cancer and my uncle who was like a father to me died 9 weeks after mum he was being cared for by my mum who was his carer my uncle had a lot of illnesses and was on many tablets but he died on the ward in hospital of a heart attack I am now three years later after ignoring my feelings am again away from work only this time with depression as result of black thoughts of how everything came around in the situation it all became to much to take on board all i did was shut every one off i did not feel as if i was living but just a surviving I put everything into my work and kept hiding away crying and not caring enough about grieving for mum and for uncle they had been a huge part of my life. Bless them both. I feel as if I have to become strong and carry on my life to be well again I feel alone and am not alone depression is a most unique one persons thoughts
thank-you for listening.
carole harvey - 10 years ago
i feel the same about sadness as melanie guion I feel trapped. I was sent home from my full-time job on april the ninth and told to get profession help. I was put on Sertaline anti-depressant and I see no end in sight my counseling i have been told is a six week waiting. My doctor thinks it is best to wait until counseling starts. I am not sure about my future I do need to keep my job although I know the way I feel about others who do not fully understand what is happening to me I have said I would not hurt anyone or myself. I probably have taken things on a personal level, but cannot help this pattern of thought. Three years ago I had started a full time job after having my dismissal invented in my part time job under new management of son & his new wife
Melanie Guion - 10 years ago
I saw your appearance on the Home and Family Show today (3-4-14) and what you said makes so much sense. I learned years ago (before depression) to "fake it 'till you make it" really works so I know how the mind over matter can turn things around. However, currently I have ALL 5 of the depression symptoms you listed and am taking 4 medications for it . Because of my past experience with changing my attitude towards something, I have tried many times to get rid of my sadness like that and it might work for a couple of days but always goes back. It doesn't seem to work for me now. It seems like the method still tries to work but I can't seem to stay on it long enough to make the sadness go away even for more than a couple of days once it starts. Example: I hear about a child who is murdered or dies from abuse or neglect and I mourn for that child but ALSO for EVERY other child that has EVER died that way. The sadness is so heavy and deep that sometimes I feel like I might not continue to will myself to live. I could never do anything to hurt myself but I think sometimes I could just die from the sadness if I didn't will myself to live. I don't know the child personally and I tell myself it's OK to be sad because it IS sad and unfair but why do I hurt SOOOOO deeply that I can't get away from the doom and gloom. My house is a mess and my personal appearance is dumpy because I just can't care. I used to be obsessive about both. I don't want to continue taking meds that are expensive and that may not be helping me, perhaps even hurting me in the long run. I want to overcome my depression by just pulling myself up by my bootstraps so to speak. My point in all the above verbiage is that if you ever have any studies held about testing your methods could I please be a participant. Or do you have any suggestions for people like me who seem to be hitting a brick wall.
Hearing the podcasts and the situation of Jennifer: bipolar, depressed, and suicidal -- when she was telling her story, her feelings to the first person in the group, I found myself with streaming tears while listening to her.
These podcasts are wonderful tools for learning, studying Feeling GOOD Therapy.
I am happy these are available. Thank you.
Pratibha Gramann, Ph,D.
The email address specified is not working. Please provide a valid one.
i feel the same about sadness as melanie guion I feel trapped. I was sent home from my full-time job on april the ninth and told to get profession help. I was put on Sertaline anti-depressant and I saw no end in sight my counseling i have been told is a six week waiting. My doctor thinks it is best to wait until counseling starts. I am not sure about my future I do need to keep my job although I know the way I feel about others who do not fully understand what is happening to me I have said I would not hurt anyone or myself. I probably have taken things on a personal level, but cannot help this pattern of thought. Three years ago I had started a full time job after having my dismissal invented in my part time job under new management of son & his new wife I was accused of doing things i did not and they'd reduced my hours to three a week after working 15 hours a week I was of work with stress for 14 weeks at this time. My mother had three months to live after being diagnosed with brain cancer and my uncle who was like a father to me died 9 weeks after mum he was being cared for by my mum who was his carer my uncle had a lot of illnesses and was on many tablets but he died on the ward in hospital of a heart attack I am now three years later after ignoring my feelings am again away from work only this time with depression as result of black thoughts of how everything came around in the situation it all became to much to take on board all i did was shut every one off i did not feel as if i was living but just a surviving I put everything into my work and kept hiding away crying and not caring enough about grieving for mum and for uncle they had been a huge part of my life. Bless them both. I feel as if I have to become strong and carry on my life to be well again I feel alone and am not alone depression is a most unique one persons thoughts
thank-you for listening.
i feel the same about sadness as melanie guion I feel trapped. I was sent home from my full-time job on april the ninth and told to get profession help. I was put on Sertaline anti-depressant and I see no end in sight my counseling i have been told is a six week waiting. My doctor thinks it is best to wait until counseling starts. I am not sure about my future I do need to keep my job although I know the way I feel about others who do not fully understand what is happening to me I have said I would not hurt anyone or myself. I probably have taken things on a personal level, but cannot help this pattern of thought. Three years ago I had started a full time job after having my dismissal invented in my part time job under new management of son & his new wife
I saw your appearance on the Home and Family Show today (3-4-14) and what you said makes so much sense. I learned years ago (before depression) to "fake it 'till you make it" really works so I know how the mind over matter can turn things around. However, currently I have ALL 5 of the depression symptoms you listed and am taking 4 medications for it . Because of my past experience with changing my attitude towards something, I have tried many times to get rid of my sadness like that and it might work for a couple of days but always goes back. It doesn't seem to work for me now. It seems like the method still tries to work but I can't seem to stay on it long enough to make the sadness go away even for more than a couple of days once it starts. Example: I hear about a child who is murdered or dies from abuse or neglect and I mourn for that child but ALSO for EVERY other child that has EVER died that way. The sadness is so heavy and deep that sometimes I feel like I might not continue to will myself to live. I could never do anything to hurt myself but I think sometimes I could just die from the sadness if I didn't will myself to live. I don't know the child personally and I tell myself it's OK to be sad because it IS sad and unfair but why do I hurt SOOOOO deeply that I can't get away from the doom and gloom. My house is a mess and my personal appearance is dumpy because I just can't care. I used to be obsessive about both. I don't want to continue taking meds that are expensive and that may not be helping me, perhaps even hurting me in the long run. I want to overcome my depression by just pulling myself up by my bootstraps so to speak. My point in all the above verbiage is that if you ever have any studies held about testing your methods could I please be a participant. Or do you have any suggestions for people like me who seem to be hitting a brick wall.