Anyone else ever have this problem?Moved to a place thousands of miles away.Landscape like mars and smallest town you have ever been to.?Then you keep busy getting your house together and things that you need.All of a sudden you find yourself in a depression and wonder what happened.You loved it when you first moved there but now can't seem to ever enjoy anything .Your projects are going but there doesn't seem to be interest no matter how hard you try?You cant move,but you don't seem to care.You wonder where the depression came from since you are easy going and never worried about anything.Anybody else ever felt this way and if so how did you get over it?
2007-01-20 14:20:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Yep. I have just moved 10,000 miles from the UK to Australia. It is very hard adjusting to this relocation. The first 6 weeks were absolutely awful (its week 8 now). The things that are bringing me through it now are that my cat have arrived and my furniture is soon to arrive (making your surroundings remind you of home can help).
There is also the boredom factor, whereby you don't really know anyone, you don't really know the place you live or the resources available. Everything is new - the culture. And you don't really have a support system around you set up (yet).
My plan of action is to get my environment reminding me of home, when all my furniture arrives. I am also going to volunteer in my local community to get to know people. I have joined the local club (the only place you can get a beer around here) and the library too. I think that you have to make a real concerted effort to fit in. The town I live in is only small too, but there is transport (as I don't have a car yet) to more heavily populated places.
My advice is; now that the house is organised and you are set up, make some friends (its hard I know), get involved locally. It sounds like you are spending quite a lot of time on your own, which could result in depression.
If you want to chat anytime, send me an email (see my profile).
Good Luck.
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2007-01-20 15:15:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think hard and appreciate the things you have and the future you could have.
Count your blessings!
Rejoice! for this is the day that was made for you. Enjoy life. Get a hobby or find an interesting subject to research.'
But above all be thankful
You are not terminally ill with cancer, aids, nor are you blind , sick, nor i s someone is trying to kill you and almost they did and they are looking for you right now.. etc.
What if you were right now 97 years old with heart disease? How depressed would you be then?? Life IS depressing at times. When the world throws lemons at you make lemonade.
Good luck
2007-01-20 22:34:38 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. love 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely ... when my job forced me to transfer out of state, away from family and friends, it was VERY depressing. We spent our first Thanksgiving in a restaurant wondering what the family was doing so far away. The food seemed horrible and we just couldn't enjoy it. When we were finally able to get some vacation and go back to see the family, we felt like we were being treated like total strangers. From that point forward, we resolved to make the best of it and came to the realization that we were on our own. We joined some civic groups and did some volunteer work to make new friends and eventually got over the depression. We spent 10 years there. But then we got transferred AGAIN, this time to Houston. It was a wonderful place to live, but I totally HATED my job, so I lapsed into a deep depression again but this time it took its toll on me physically. I developed diverticulosis and had frequent attacks of infection. I still remember spending the holidays in bed because the pain in my abdomen was so intense that I wasn't able to sleep, eat or walk. After 3 years of misery, I was finally able to get a transfer back home. But since the relatives still treated us like strangers, we learned to live on our own again, but at least we were back to our "roots".
2007-01-20 22:38:48 · answer #3 · answered by Bill P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been to 7 schools and i'm in the 8th grade. I've had to move from house to house, city to city, state to state, and country to country. It gets tough sometimes and i'm moving again in June to New Mexico...Yeah, I do get depressed sometimes, but it usually turns out for the better....sometimes....
2007-01-20 22:25:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you put yourself out there
find the nearest coffee shop, restaurant, community centre, bar, whatever.
make some friends.
keep in touch with your friends from before the move
2007-01-20 22:30:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋