Can you have good and bad days?

[Hazmac1]

To cut a long story last week I went to my doctor and he said I have pnd, been struggling with anxiety, feeling very down wanting to run away, can't sleep and when I can I have nightmares, feelig like a can't cope for a long while. He has put me on a waiting list for counselling. I went away last week and after a few days away I started to relax and feel almost normal again. Have I been making a fuss over nothing, can pnd go away over night like that or will it return now I'm back home into my daily routine? I'm so scared to feel that way again and have started to get the sick feeling in my stomach again and I've only been home for a few hours?! Can you have good days if you have pnd??

I would say it's totally normal to get good/bad days, it definitely doesn't mean you're making a fuss when you're feeling crap.

I haven't had any experience of PND but I have other shit going on and try to take the calmer bits as they are and 'enjoy' them, but sometimes you can feel anxious about not having something to feel anxious about Surely there must be something??

It's great you were able to get away and relax, can you use that to work out what it is in your daily routine that's causing you so much stress? Are any of them things you can change?

Have you been on google and had a look at what kind of advice/support there is? Sometimes it can help when you know you're not alone and what has helped other people.

I have good and bad days, yes. If you have counselling, you get to recognise where you are at with your emotions. And importantly,why.when I had pnd I had cycles where I felt ok and then it would hit me.

Thank you. Feel less like I'm not going mad now that I know that you can have good and bad days. It just freaked me out getting a letter from a 'mental health' department it's a massive thing for me. I know it's not easy for anyone. But you can't help but feel alone. It doesn't help that I don't have family that I feel I can talk to either. So thank you for taking time to answer :)

Hey. I have suffered with mental health issues for years.

Perfectly normal to have good days and bad days. I am thankfully, at a point now that my good days FAR outweigh my bad days. I find lots of positive and reassuring quotes help me to keep my anxiety in perspective ("its not a bad life, just a bad day") and I have found ways of trying to raise myself when I feel I am dipping.

I use free apps on my phone by a guy called Andrew Johnson. Its basically guided relaxation. When things get beyond for me, I use EFT Tapping. look on you tube. I find it really helps me.

I also get out and walk...easy to do with a baby in a buggy. I walk a long way on pretty routes and try and take in what I can see and concentrate on the here and now, rather than all the muddled shit inside my head. Sort of like Mindfulness.

I too was referred for psychiatric support. It does feel funny, but the staff that I saw were very lovely and kind and often made me cry in a good way! I saw it as a positive step and a way to making myself better.

If you have a broken arm, you go to trauma clinic. If you have a broken mind, you go to see a doctor in a different department.

I hope you're feeling better soon. x

I think the thing people forget is EVERYONE has good/bad days whether you have a mental illness or not.

I have had 3 lots of serious depression. I would say at the moment I'm about normal for me. I have days I sit and cry. I have days I love life and everything in it.

PND is a sod of a thing! Had it twice. It still comes and goes. I think I've learnt that if it stays about for more than a few weeks for no particular reason its time to do something about it!

You sound normal