How are you feeling today?

[Buttercup]

Have managed to drag myself out of bed, to move onto sofa with duvet  :)

[KateG]

Well done for getting to the sofa Buttercup. It seems such a small thing, but it's not &*(

[Sweetpea]

I agree with Kate Buttercup, please take care of yourself.

 &*( for you.

S x

[Liv]

Feeling much more positive today. My interview went well and I have a trial shift tomorrow. Well done for getting yourself out of bed Buttercup, Kate good luck with getting out and about (but don't push yourself too much!), glad you are feeling positive as well Shaz. Thank you so much to everyone who has replied on my journal. The main reason I write there isn't so other people read but it makes me smile to read other peoples' comments. xxx

[KateG]

Glad your interview went well Liv, good luck for tomorrow!

Feeling better than I did earlier

[Sweetpea]

Glad your interview went well and hope you get on ok tomorrow with your trial shift.

Pleased that you are feeling a bit better Kate.

S x

[Zaf]

At last I've stopped feeling wheezy and grotty, just an itchy rash on my arms to clear up now 

&*(  to all that need them xx

[Buttercup]

Glad you're feeling a bit better Zaf  &*(

[Sweetpea]

Glad you are feeling better and that the rash clears up  &*(.

S x

[Zaf]

Thanks shaz and buttercup :)

[CharleysAngel']

My mum has just basically told me that everyone feels the way I do and that I'm no different to every other teenager out there. She doesn't get it at all. I feel that because of my age I'm not really taken that seriously

[Buttercup]

For you Icelolly &*(

If it helps, I haven't told my mum everything, I tried but she doesn't understand. I was talking about this to a friend who also has depression, she was saying her mum is the same.
I think that people who don't have depression don't understand what we go through.

Take care xxx

[CharleysAngel']

Thanks buttercup, that does help x

I just feel like everyone acts the same, so yeah I'm 16 and life will be tough, but not like this. I feel totally different to how I felt this time last year. I know that the things that were 'big problems' are nothing compared with what I am going through now

[Buttercup]

You need to think of number 1 Icelolly, and that's you. I didn't deal with things that were going wrong in my life when I was your age, I bottled it all up and hoped it would go away. It didn't and has caught up with me. I've been unhappy for a long time, I never seemed to be good enough.

 I married fairly young and eventually got away from the problem. I'm happily married with 4 wonderful children, but my past was still there, it never went away, then last year it all came crashing in, I had a breakdown and am still in a mess.

What I am trying to say is keep pushing for the help that you have a right to. I agree that you shouldn't have to push but keep going, you seem to have the support of your GP and that counts for a lot.

Take Care xxx

[smirfy21]

Thanks buttercup, that does help x

I just feel like everyone acts the same, so yeah I'm 16 and life will be tough, but not like this. I feel totally different to how I felt this time last year. I know that the things that were 'big problems' are nothing compared with what I am going through now

Hang in there Ice lolly and keep fighting and asking for help a lot can change in a year, its really hard to get to that point where your problems seem huge and unbairable but with time they will get smaller and you just have to believe that things will get better.
you are in my thoughts
smirfy