Your Mental Health

[Happyhonkaman]

Moe , dont know you but even posting here is good , chat to your partner and your friends.
I find at times i over catastrophise stuff and worry too much , of course that's the way i feel at that instant but often looking back i say OK well that actually wasn't so bad or it never turned out as bad as I originally thought.
As an exercise when im down i get a sheet of paper and draw a line vertically down the middle.
Then I list the good and not so good things in my life, you will know your own things , even if they are little they will mean something to you .hopefully you will find the good list is an easier one to fill out and it reminds you of who you are and why you are loved.
you mention the world we live in and sometimes it can seem like its all bad and oppressive but as with the list there is a lot of good too. Don't be alone with your thoughts , chat them out even with a friend , take care of yourself

Fair play Knock, that’s a decent post

MOE, I’m no expert on depression or anxiety, but try see a GP about this fella. Hopefully encouraging posts here are helpful, but you need to see the people that can really help you. You have been posting about work and the hassle you are having there, it is obviously affecting you and needs to be dealt with away from the high stool.

and talk to your missus.. if she has resigned herself to making babas with you then you obviously have a decent person there who will only want the best for you

Take care

 

[Matlock]

@MerchantOfEnnis - Go to your GP. First port of call. What you are describing sounds like depression and passive suicidal ideation can become active suicidal ideation quite quickly if left untreated.

Please do keep talking to us, and to your friends in real life.

Tell your wife how you are feeling.

Try to double down on the things that you know make you feel better. The basics really are trying to sleep enough, trying to eat relatively healthily, try to get out and move your body (in daylight if at all possible), knock the drink on the head for a few weeks.

None of those things alone are the solution, but they can all incrementally make small differences to help make life more tolerable.

But above all else, go to the GP.

 

[jimmym]

@MerchantOfEnnis - Go to your GP. First port of call. What you are describing sounds like depression and passive suicidal ideation can become active suicidal ideation quite quickly if left untreated.

Please do keep talking to us, and to your friends in real life.

Tell your wife how you are feeling.

Try to double down on the things that you know make you feel better. The basics really are trying to sleep enough, trying to eat relatively healthily, try to get out and move your body (in daylight if at all possible), knock the drink on the head for a few weeks.

None of those things alone are the solution, but they can all incrementally make small differences to help make life more tolerable.

But above all else, go to the GP.

Well said, Keep posting humourous stuff here, maybe keep away from the heavy emotional stuff here though? Exercise is great,
Just leave the house and walk even if for half an hour,

 

[Great-Bit-O-Stuff]

Walking is definitely good. He said he walks a lot anyway so that's positive.

 

[Clubber_Langer]

Wanking is definitely good. He said he wanks a lot anyway so that's positive.

But how many steps?

 

[Great-Bit-O-Stuff]

But how many steps?

He wouldn't be as annoying as me at all.

 

[Clubber_Langer]

He wouldn't be as annoying as me at all.

Using 2 hands gets in more steps.

 

[Two Pour Bore]

Good article about mental health in The Echo, today.

Breaking down the stigma of mental illness

October is Mental Health Awareness Month, and while we’ve come a long way in being more open about it, stigma remains, says MIRIN MOONEY, a ...

www.echolive.ie

Very straightforward and to the point, it really emphasises how mental health issues are something a lot of us will deal with, at some point. Some in more severe ways than others. And they're not in any way a failing of the person, just something the whole of society would be better for should people get the support they need.

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

@MerchantOfEnnis Some great posts with some great advice here fella. If I may add one thing, Turn off the fucking news.

Seriously, there's not much any of us can do about it, but constantly imbibing the negativity is of no help to anyone, especially if they're not feeling so great themselves.

Good luck, hope things turn soon for you and for anyone not feeling that good.

 

[Happyhonkaman]

@MerchantOfEnnis Some great posts with some great advice here fella. If I may add one thing, Turn off the fucking news.

Seriously, there's not much any of us can do about it, but constantly imbibing the negativity is of no help to anyone, especially if they're not feeling so great themselves.

Good luck, hope things turn soon for you and for anyone not feeling that good.

This is something I do, it's one of the main reasons I dont bother with social media, news apps etc. I have all notifications bar the actual texts/whatsapps etc turned off on my phone, laptop, iPad etc. The last thing i want are constant newsflashes popping up because the content is generally more destruction and misery that you cannot control. I read RTE and the IT each day to keep up and thats it

We are utterly bombarded via our devices, take control of it and shut it down.. you are missing nothing


My poor youngfella had the misfortune of taking me on last night as to why he cannot have TikTok on his phone etc.. I actually felt sorry for him by the end of the social/political/mental explanation he got! I'd say I bought myself a few months as well before he tries again, although I told him he would be 16