What do you do when you feel like you want to sleep forever?

Question

When you are depressed, do you succumb to the feelings and just lay in bed until it passes? Do you force yourself to do something? What is the best way you have found to help yourself start living again? What if you had no one to talk to about it because you were disabled and couldn't leave the house so you had no friends at all? What would you do?

Answer 1

First check with Dr. to see if it is something medical. Don't watch, read or listen to things that produce negative thinking or stress. Find something to do that has a purpose and requires concentration such as learning something new. You may have a hard time at first, but keep at it and any progress will produce positive results. You can't concentrate on more than one thing at a time, so you won't be thinking about being depressed. Soothing music can have a calming effect.

Answer 2

Well, whenever I forget my medicine for a couple days, I definitely struggle with this very feeling. I do succumb way too often. I am disabled, don't work, and go to school on-line. My husband travels for work from Monday through Friday every week. We moved into this area just a couple years ago, in the country, so I have no friends or family here, either. It is very hard and so many people that I have tried to explain this to (my husband and mother) just cannot comprehend my situation.

What works best for me is to force myself to get out of the house. Even if it's for a drive, it helps me, especially if it's sunny outside! It's really hard to get myself out there, but if I tell myself and pray enough, I do get out there in the public.

BTW, I have tried many different meds and Wellbutrin is the best for me (whenever I remember to take it!).

Answer 3

When you are depressed, you reach out, and hold on to anyone who will help you......until you feel you can reach out and live
again on your own.
No, do not lay in bed until it passes, as it may not pass. It may
just grow. No need to do that, and give it a life of its own, right?
Yes, from time to time you do force yourself to do something....
make a phone call, send a note, send a card....to someone you know who is ill, depressed....someone who needs a lift at least as much as you do......because it will get you to thinking
of others rather than just yourself and how depressed you
are.
The best way I have found to help myself start living again
is to LIVE. However and with whatever you have left to give,
give it to living your life as fully as you are able to do!
If I had no one to talk to about it because I am disabled (and I am) and can't leave the house (sometimes I can't when I
am going through a flare)......ah! Make some new friends! But I do have friends.
I have held on to my friends because I love them like family,
and they have stood by me through so very much.
I have been ill since 1991, and disabled on social security
since 1997.
I have been so sick at times I've had to be hospitalized, and
I suffer from a lot of different things that cause a great deal
of pain.
My husband is also disabled; he had strokes the day after
Christmas, 2001. He is blind on the left of each eye and
has distorted vision on the right. He cannot drive nor work,
nor do many of the things he once took for granted.
So we are both often homebound, to be honest.
What have we done?
We have continued to reach out to others. To help others in
any way we can. To share from our experiences to help
hold out hope to others, that if we are able to continue on,
so can they.....though we also have much compassion for
the suffering of others and communicate that as well.
To have a friend, dear, one must be a friend.
There are so many wonderful people in this world to get to
know---and so many ways to come to know them.
If you are homebound, then find a group on yahoo to join
and get to know the people within that group.....that is
one thing I have done. I crochet, I love incredimail, I love
graphics, etc.....and I have contacts, new friends, who also
love the same.
I have maintained friendships I have made over the years, too. They knew me when I was an active RN, they knew who
I was and what I was willing to do then to help others....
my church knew me and my activities.....and they have been
there to help my husband and me when we've really needed help, especially at the beginning of his own illness when our income went to practically nothing.
As long as we live, there is something we can do. When I was very severely ill and mostly bedridden, some of my
friends reminded me that my praying for others was a wonderful gift I had to share.....so we can begin with things
like that......
But do not give up, do not give in. There are so many
lonely, sad, and ill people who long to have contact with
someone----you can be their someone!
I know you can do it!
God bless you,
Doris
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Answer 4

Even if you are diabled, isn't there some way to get around, go out?

I think you can contact some organization to help you, look in the phone book locally.

You need to get out and get a life for yourself honey.

Answer 5

I will try to make friends online or read a book and learn something. There are a lot of help/support foundation online that can help you and entertain you.

Answer 6

If this is you, you should go to see your doctor and tell him how your feeling. he may be able to arrange for you to see someone about it. i was feeling very similar a while back, and I was very sceptical about talking to anyone professional, but it's very helpful.

Answer 7

i would make some friends

Answer 8

get meds...or just get busy with something, anything!