Having a low day. Can anyone give me some words of encouragement please?

[naswm]

I woke up feeling low today. . I am very tired (which I know is not helping) and I will get an early night tonight to try to nip it in the bud(you have permission to shout at me if I am on here after 9.30pm tonight).

But I worried I am slipping again. Atm I am definitely on the right side of the black hole. Can anyone else tell me anything to helpe let myself stay there??

TIA

naswm

what's up?

aww thanks SS - I may well do that. I think I can see why this could be happening, and I am trying to counteract it as much as I can, but at the back of my mind there is this massive worry that I will slip of the edge and end up at the bottom of the pit unable to drag myself out . I really dont want that to happen....

I don't know your background, naswm, but you sound as though you have experience of depression. Did you manage to get some sleep last night? Are you on AD's or is this something you might consider?

I don't know what to say to encourage you, except that you're very much not alone. There are lots of us on here who know what the 'pit' feels like. I hope you're feeling a bit better today, hon. (((hugs)))

naswm, if you've been there before, you know it'll pass.
((((((((((((((naswm)))))))))))))))))

Thanks! I do feel better today tbh. Although I did have a late night last night. I am learning to deal with the usual day to day ups and downs, and not panic every time I get out of the wrong side of the bed that I am going to fall down flat again. I am also recognising that overtiredness makes me feel worse so I need to be more disciplined about getting to bed earlier.

It is a worry though isnt it? When you've been at the bottom of the pit and have climbed up a ledge or two you know what it feels like at the bottom and so youo really dont want to go back down there again. ATM I just worry so much that I will get a sudden push from somewhere and slip so far i wont be able to hold on. And I really dont want to have to start climbing all over again, and again, and again.........