@Don26
How do I deal with my depression during this challenging time?
I spent so many nights crying, hugging my pillow tight, convincing myself that everything will be all right but the responsibilities, played a huge role in my depression. I am pre-occupied with worries in life. The bills to pay, do we have enough food to eat, how can we survive? what's gonna happen tomorrow? all of this, in my head, every single night. How do I deal with my depression during this challenging time? I listen to music, I meditate a lot, I re-evaluate myself. I always tell myself that this is not the right time to quit. Whenever I felt like giving up, I think of all the things that I should be thankful for. Our home, my mom, my family, source of clean water, comfortable bed, internet connection and good health. This pandemic has given me a lot of time and realizations. I start to value things that I'm taking for granted. I start to realize how short life is. I start to connect more with my family which I rarely do because I'm too busy with work. I am now able to try that recipes that I saw on youtube and I do the things that I really want. The world will never be the same anymore but everything will be fine soon.
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Quitting may be the best option, but it is never be the best solution. I know how you feel. I was once a suicidal too. But I tried to stay strong as much as possible. Don't worry, there's always hope for those who believe. :) God bless you!
Yes. Let's try our best not to quit. It's just funny how I always give advice to my friend while I know that I'm struggling too.
Hahaha true.
Many will recognize this. The sleepless nights, calculating, thinking, trying to find a way to make it all work, kicking yourself and telling it will be better soon. I hope it will and that heavy feeling disappears. I think you do well by investing time in yourself, things you never had time for and family. 👍💕 P.s. perhaps you like to submit this to the community self-motivation?
Hi @wakeupkitty sorry for the late response. I just learned how to filter replies. I still don't know how to submit articles to the community, can you teach me how? much appreciate. Thanks
Don't worry about when you answer. I am happy to read you and of course I can help you. Before you can submit to a community you need to join that community first. There is a long list of communities, hundreds of them. The last time I checked (2 months ago) over 400. After you joined a communities of your interest you add a community to your article. If you click on that option you see the communities of your choice. You can scroll through your list or type a part of the name if you know it and it shows up. If you already wrote an article you can submit to a community too. If you submitted to a community and want to change it you can remove it and change it. So your first step is finding those communities of your interest. If you cannot find one you can considering starting one yourself. If so be specific. Choose for one topic, one language and set rules. Communities I join are: The fanart corner https://read.cash/c/the-fanart-corner-2fc1 The anime clubhouse https://read.cash/c/anime-clubhouse-f44f SYT: Creativity - drawings https://read.cash/c/syt-creativity-96be Craftworks https://read.cash/c/craftworks-f37c Contests/Challenges https://read.cash/c/contests-challenges-c22c Psychology https://read.cash/c/psychology-c98b (short) Stories / Tales https://read.cash/c/short-stories-tales-c00f Freewriting https://read.cash/c/freewriting-c99e Self-motivation (freewriting) https://read.cash/c/self-motivation-freewriting-ca66 Alcohol effects (freewriting) https://read.cash/c/alcohol-effects-c5c2 Parenting https://read.cash/c/parenting-c55d Diaries https://read.cash/c/diaries-cc77 Introduce Yourself https://read.cash/c/introduce-yourself-c32c Traveling https://read.cash/c/traveling-cc04 Politics - The voice of the people https://read.cash/c/politics-the-voice-of-the-people-cc97/settings Share Some Thoughts (SST) - Values https://read.cash/c/share-some-thoughts-sst-89db SST: Columnist https://read.cash/c/sst-columnist-94cc SST: Christianity https://read.cash/c/sst-christians-4c9e Use "Christians" in the title Share Your Talents (SYT) - singing https://read.cash/c/share-your-talents-f01d SYT: Creative smartphone photography https://read.cash/c/syt-creative-smartphones-photography-9cd6 SYT: Recipes from your kitchen https://read.cash/c/syt-recipeswrite-from-your-kitchen-ef89 SYT: Poems https://read.cash/c/syt-poems-bd19 Farming techniques https://read.cash/c/farming-techniques-58fd Valores https://read.cash/c/valores-f7f9 The creative world https://read.cash/c/the-creative-world-7ca7
wow, thanks for that.
Dear RC readers & commenters I like to invite you to read and comment. I thank you in advance. 👍🏻🍀 @charmingcherry08, @Clarissa_KG, @esciisc, @gerl, @Hanzell, @Jane, @Jdine, @lioness777, @Mehedi01, @psychie, @Urmeelaurmee122, @Xzeon
Thanks for promoting my article @wakeupkitty appreciated much.
I will read it in a few. I will save it for now. I'm cooking right now haha
You can read, when and if you like? It is not a must but appreciated. There's no community because we cannot add content to it. Communities should be for specific topics and most likely we read everything. What are you cooking?
It's a must for me. hehe. Just finished my recording for my job and will read everything when I get home. time check (4:41am) Hopefully I still have enough strength haha
Thank you for your tag,,,I subscribed him because i liked the way of how he said his things . 👍🏻
Thank you @wakeupkitty for mentioning me . Actually I also suffer some anxiety during May and June . I don't know why I had a feelings that sudden emotions that I cannot control. I easily get sad/lonely when everything seems so quit and cry in my room too. Thinking about can we supply food and milk for my babies. How to pay dept ,bills and etc. Until I experienced headache for how many days thinking of this things. But I thank God he never leave us.
Well, things are slowly normalizing and i can see that people are starting to live with the situation. Eventually things will get easier and that you'll also get used to the situation soon. For now, you just enjoy your time with your family and do what you can at the moment