What do you do when you're depressed to pull yourself up?

[canadiancutie]

Boy 12

Girl 14 but she looks as tall as me already and MUCH older.

Great kids!

Fury

aww that's cool. My little sister is 15 and looks way older too, they should be friends haha

 

[Killishandra]

There are a variety of other sleep disorders that make one sleepy, and don't involve snoring.

I myself have PLMS. If you've heard of Restless Legs Syndrome, PLMS is Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep. It's like RLS's little sister. My legs twitch about every 30 seconds, and then occasionally they kind of go crazy and wake me up - not fully, but they bring me out of the deep sleep, and that limits its restorative powers. I now take a medication to let me sleep through it. I always wondered why my fitted sheets wear out so fast...

Depression is really something that you need to discuss with your doctor. As well as clinical depression, it can be a symptom of many illnesses. And if you're slipping again while on meds, you may need to be on a different one or have your dosage adjusted. As well, many things such as decongestants can interfere with the levels in your blood. It took me almost 10 years to find the right one for me, and I nearly had a nervous breakdown on Effexor (I really thought I was going crazy).
The best advice I can give is that you need to take care of yourself. It's hard to do, but it's necessary to monitor yourself and react when things seem to be getting out of hand in any way. But I'm digressing.

Sorry to go off topic, FF, but...

I'm just wondering if anyone has a problem I have, involving sleeping. Sounds similar to what's quoted above, but different.

Sometimes when I'm falling asleep, I am almost there (or maybe have been for a few seconds) when I jerk awake,heart pouding, and totally panicked. I always have the same "feeling", as if I was walking and suddenly the ground in front of me is gone and as I take the next step, I plummet. As I fall into the pit, I jerk violently awake, and then have to deal with the immense panic until I can calm myself down enough to try sleep again.

Anyone else go through this sometimes? I have a few weird sleeping problems, but this one continues to baffle me.

 

[canadiancutie]

Sorry to go off topic, FF, but...

I'm just wondering if anyone has a problem I have, involving sleeping. Sounds similar to what's quoted above, but different.

Sometimes when I'm falling asleep, I am almost there (or maybe have been for a few seconds) when I jerk awake,heart pouding, and totally panicked. I always have the same "feeling", as if I was walking and suddenly the ground in front of me is gone and as I take the next step, I plummet. As I fall into the pit, I jerk violently awake, and then have to deal with the immense panic until I can calm myself down enough to try sleep again.

Anyone else go through this sometimes? I have a few weird sleeping problems, but this one continues to baffle me.

That happens to me but not very often, and usually it's when I'm in a really deep sleep that I do the jerk awake thing

 

[FurryFury]

Sorry to go off topic, FF, but...

I'm just wondering if anyone has a problem I have, involving sleeping. Sounds similar to what's quoted above, but different.

Sometimes when I'm falling asleep, I am almost there (or maybe have been for a few seconds) when I jerk awake,heart pouding, and totally panicked. I always have the same "feeling", as if I was walking and suddenly the ground in front of me is gone and as I take the next step, I plummet. As I fall into the pit, I jerk violently awake, and then have to deal with the immense panic until I can calm myself down enough to try sleep again.

Anyone else go through this sometimes? I have a few weird sleeping problems, but this one continues to baffle me.

Hi Killishandra!

No problem going off topic!

Happens all the time.

What you described? Yes, this happens to me pretty frequently.

The worst is when I think I'm awake and working out a solution to something, then "jerk" awake.

The missing a step thing happens to me often.

I don't know why. Often it's when I have a LOT (meaning even more than usual) on my mind. I've written entire movies while thinking I was awake only to find out I was asleep and can't remember the great details I had in mind. When I wake I jump about a foot high with my WHOLE prone body! WTF? *chuckles* When I first starting my online addiction? This was the ONLY way I slept! Gak!

My personal theory is that dreaming does a "back up" of our mental hard drive of the events we have been through. LOL.

Fury

 

[Killishandra]

Hi Killishandra!

No problem going off topic!

Happens all the time.

What you described? Yes, this happens to me pretty frequently.

The worst is when I think I'm awake and working out a solution to something, then "jerk" awake.

The missing a step thing happens to me often.

I don't know why. Often it's when I have a LOT (meaning even more than usual) on my mind. I've written entire movies while thinking I was awake only to find out I was asleep and can't remember the great details I had in mind. When I wake I jump about a foot high with my WHOLE prone body! WTF? *chuckles* When I first starting my online addiction? This was the ONLY way I slept! Gak!

My personal theory is that dreaming does a "back up" of our mental hard drive of the events we have been through. LOL.

Fury

Not my theory. Not with the nightmares I have.

 

[FurryFury]

Not my theory. Not with the nightmares I have.

Good point. Nightmares suck and bite, not in a good way.

*pouts*

Another half baked theory gone.

Fury

 

[FurryFury]

I've been getting better. Not quite able to write what I usually do yet.
Heard from the one I was missing today. Finally. Yes, it was his life situation that was keeping him away. So that means it wasn't me. Still I would have at least sent a quick note.

Not sure when or if that will ever get back to what it was.

Fury

 

[Marquis]

I do the "miss a step" thing all the time. Although for me I'm often climbing a ladder and miss a rung.

 

[Killishandra]

I do the "miss a step" thing all the time. Although for me I'm often climbing a ladder and miss a rung.

hmmm. Shall I say:

You're missing a rung all right, Marquis.

OR

You're definitely one rung shy of a ladder.

 

[Marquis]

Sometimes I wake up in shock and torment because I dream of reaching for the last french fry in my happy meal and it is gone.

 

[Killishandra]

Sometimes I wake up in shock and torment because I dream of reaching for the last french fry in my happy meal and it is gone.

Case closed.

Come forward and receive your red "INSANE" stamp on your right hand, please.

 

[chris9]

Case closed.

Come forward and receive your red "INSANE" stamp on your right hand, please.

Maybe you could put it on his forehead, more of a warning to others

On another note: I do the falling down feeling while falling asleep, too, sometimes. Not sure when or why.

 

[Marquis]

Then everyone will know!

I think I have at least a few people fooled.

 

[Killishandra]

Maybe you could put it on his forehead, more of a warning to others

On another note: I do the falling down feeling while falling asleep, too, sometimes. Not sure when or why.

I was actually considering the forehead, but he's insane after all... he might try to bite my hand while I was reaching up.

(Besides, haven't you seen that episode of The Simpsons? lol)

 

[chris9]

I was actually considering the forehead, but he's insane after all... he might try to bite my hand while I was reaching up.

(Besides, haven't you seen that episode of The Simpsons? lol)

Tie him down first
(I don't have a TV, and even when I had (with my parents) we didn't get the canal that showed The Simpsons)

 

[catalina_francisco]

Sorry to go off topic, FF, but...

I'm just wondering if anyone has a problem I have, involving sleeping. Sounds similar to what's quoted above, but different.

Sometimes when I'm falling asleep, I am almost there (or maybe have been for a few seconds) when I jerk awake,heart pouding, and totally panicked. I always have the same "feeling", as if I was walking and suddenly the ground in front of me is gone and as I take the next step, I plummet. As I fall into the pit, I jerk violently awake, and then have to deal with the immense panic until I can calm myself down enough to try sleep again.

Anyone else go through this sometimes? I have a few weird sleeping problems, but this one continues to baffle me.

Yes, and exactly as you describe. I have heard a variety of explanations for it but can't recall one right now. Oh yes I can, one was something to do with your astral travelling and for some reason dropping back into the body suddenly and before time causing you to wake with a start and to experience the falling sensation. I have it fairly regular, perhaps once a week to fortnight.

Catalina

 

[graceanne]

Sorry to go off topic, FF, but...

I'm just wondering if anyone has a problem I have, involving sleeping. Sounds similar to what's quoted above, but different.

Sometimes when I'm falling asleep, I am almost there (or maybe have been for a few seconds) when I jerk awake,heart pouding, and totally panicked. I always have the same "feeling", as if I was walking and suddenly the ground in front of me is gone and as I take the next step, I plummet. As I fall into the pit, I jerk violently awake, and then have to deal with the immense panic until I can calm myself down enough to try sleep again.

Anyone else go through this sometimes? I have a few weird sleeping problems, but this one continues to baffle me.

I do that, sorta. I dream that the bed is tipping to the side, and I'm falling off. I hate that.

I also have nightmare of being on this huge bridge. It's like longer than the one in the florida keys. And you have to climb a ladder to get to the top, and then their's no guard rail or anything. It's horrible. And I have to walk to the otherside to get . . . wherever - I'm never sure where I'm going. I always wake up in a cold sweat about halfway through.

When I was a child I had a recurring nightmare about drowing. I dreamed that me and my sister were in a huge bathtub, taller than both of us. The water was filling up, and it was already to my neck. I was holding Miss up, to keep her from drowning. But since I was holding her, I couldn't make it to the faucet to turn the water off. I either had to drop her and let her drown, or hold on to her and we'd both drown. *shudders* And in my dream Miss had no idea that we were about to drown, she was happily splashing in the water. I always woke up scared to death, and unable to go back to sleep.

I also have nightmares about the anti-christ pretty regularly.

 

[Marquis]

I also have nightmares about the anti-christ pretty regularly.

Well I have nightmares about you too!

Jees.

 

[bridgeburner]

I do escapist fiction either in book or movie form --- usually book.

I also pray at the church of arts and crafts and have recently found my favored denomination.

I drive up the coast road with my dog and sit in the ionized air at the beach.

I dance or clean house or walk or anything else I can think of to get my blood moving. Physical movement can often bring your brain and emotions back from depression or apathy. Of course the challenge is that you don't FEEL like moving so you have to look at it like an aspirin for a headache or something. Just get up and do it and it won't take long before it makes you feel better --- seriously, five or ten minutes can make all the difference in the world.


-B

 

[catalina_francisco]

I do escapist fiction either in book or movie form --- usually book.

I also pray at the church of arts and crafts and have recently found my favored denomination.

I drive up the coast road with my dog and sit in the ionized air at the beach.

I dance or clean house or walk or anything else I can think of to get my blood moving. Physical movement can often bring your brain and emotions back from depression or apathy. Of course the challenge is that you don't FEEL like moving so you have to look at it like an aspirin for a headache or something. Just get up and do it and it won't take long before it makes you feel better --- seriously, five or ten minutes can make all the difference in the world.


-B

OK, you are reading my mind?...I was just contemplating putting you on the 'Has Anyone Seen' list in Cafe!!

Catalina

 

[bridgeburner]

Oh, yeah, duh, I do friends too. Sometimes it helps me to get out among the people and other times not. I tend to swing back and forth between gregarious and hermit-like.

-B

 

[bridgeburner]

OK, you are reading my mind?...I was just contemplating putting you on the 'Has Anyone Seen' list in Cafe!!

Catalina

Hi Catalina! Yeah, I've been wandering a little bit and lately I've been very busy at work and then putting out fires in the meatspace of my personal life. I'm currently running the mantra "this too shall pass" on perpetual background loop. I'm trying to get enthused about the life lessons I might take away from it. ;->


-B

 

[catalina_francisco]

Hi Catalina! Yeah, I've been wandering a little bit and lately I've been very busy at work and then putting out fires in the meatspace of my personal life. I'm currently running the mantra "this too shall pass" on perpetual background loop. I'm trying to get enthused about the life lessons I might take away from it. ;->


-B

LOL, sounds as if we are in a similar space in time then...nice to see you here again though.


Catalina

 

[bridgeburner]

Good to be seen --- peace to you in your endeavors. ;->


-B

 

[Kajira Callista]

Good to be seen --- peace to you in your endeavors. ;->


-B

purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr it's BB