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"BrianNCSU30" |
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11 Feb 2004 04:27:54 AM |
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!! no energy to speak !! |
i don't know what's happening to me i just feel like i am totally shutting
down. it could be the all the depression over the years, all the anxiety, all
the grief, all the alcohol and drugs, etc... i'm not sure but it has taken its
toll on me. the last time i have had a healthy check up was over a year ago.
i'm 25 years old, and it seems my life just gets worse and worse as the years
go by. i have been depressed ever since i can remember. i can remember being
very young and always feeling unhappy and screaming out for help and telling
people i did not want to live. i don't know what is wrong, i have always felt
trapped in a sense in my life. i could probably have everything i've ever
dreamed of wanting and still be unhappy. i've tried therapy, in patient
clinics, pills, psychologist, psychiatrist, doctors, you name it. nothing has
helped.
anyway enough of all that. the real reason i came in here was to ask a
question about speech. i literally feel like i have no energy to speak. i'm
not sure what it's caused from. but over the years it seems as if it's gotten
worse. i'm just wondering if anybody else has had this problem. i literally
feel like i am shut down when it comes to talking. it seems like it takes so
much energy. im usually very sluggish with my talk, almost like i mumble,
sometimes i get stuck in sentences, very low tone. also i get this weird light
headed feeling when i talk. i just have become very uncomfortable now when i
talk. it's almost gotten to the point that i think about it so much i can't
talk. i'll start thinking about it when i talk.
anyway just more problems for me to worry about. i don't know why god put me
on this earth, my life is a living hell. can't wait for the day i go back home
and live in peace, i feel lost here in this life.
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| User: "Used2Be" |
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| Title: Re: !! no energy to speak !! |
12 Feb 2004 03:55:57 PM |
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"BrianNCSU30" <brianncsu30@aol.com>
<snip>
anyway enough of all that. the real reason i came in here was to ask a
question about speech. i literally feel like i have no energy to speak.
i'm
not sure what it's caused from. but over the years it seems as if it's
gotten
worse. i'm just wondering if anybody else has had this problem. i
literally
feel like i am shut down when it comes to talking. it seems like it takes
so
much energy. im usually very sluggish with my talk, almost like i mumble,
sometimes i get stuck in sentences, very low tone. also i get this weird
light
headed feeling when i talk. i just have become very uncomfortable now
when i
talk. it's almost gotten to the point that i think about it so much i
can't
talk. i'll start thinking about it when i talk.
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Brian, this is not uncommon when depression is severe. Even the psych's
will look at your demeanor when they are examining you to see if your motor
skills are slowed at all. My previous (and favorite) shrink would always
pay close attention to that aspect of my behavior so that he could tell how
severe the depression was at the time. It's a great and very telling
indicator of how you are doing mentally.
I understand exactly what you are saying when you describe that feeling of
not being able to speak. It's a feeling like the weight on one's chest is
so huge, you can't imagine being able to get words out. It's like having a
monstrously heavy wet blanket over you. And concrete blocks on top of your
chest. It's a very real sense of suffocation. And speaking is just too
much effort.
I hope the feeling passes soon!
u2b
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"Change your thoughts and you change your world." ~ Norman Vincent Peale
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| User: "." |
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| Title: Re: !! no energy to speak !! |
14 Feb 2004 07:49:31 AM |
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BrianNCSU30 wrote...
i've tried therapy, in patient
clinics, pills, psychologist, psychiatrist, doctors, you name it. nothing has
helped.
Perhaps be more specific. For starters, which pills have you tried?
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Regards,
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| User: "sumire" |
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| Title: Re: !! no energy to speak !! |
11 Feb 2004 05:56:16 PM |
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Hmm, brian, so you are telling you are unhappy and screaming out for help in your mail. You ARE able to communicate, else you would not have done so this way. You have taken steps and seen all those psychologists, doctors, etc.
So you have articulated your state of mind. The one who reaches out for help has done a first big step.
If this did not help, just try something else. Why not accept your condition as the one given to you. Basta. If help could not come from outside - maybe there is some just inside you?
Think of yourself as a big house with many rooms. You have opened so many doors inside you and found nothing but sadness and desperation. Okay. Accept it. And I am sure there is some door you have not yet opened. Fancy a big surprise behind it. Somehing positive. Something beautiful.
Come on and open it.
I am sure there is something you like, something that makes your life beautiful. If you do not see it at once just look around. Then you might find it is a sunny day. And if it is raining cats and dogs you might find a smile in someone's face that encourages you. Don't tell me life does not have those little nice surprises.
And if the brian you have been so far cannot enjoy those little happy moments, then try to act like a happy brian. Just tell yourself: hmm, now I do as if I were happy. Try out the feeling. Imagine you are a happy person. Okay, you know how it is when you are sad - but open that door in the far end of your heart and look for the nice hings. They DO exist. Put yourself into a happy person's state of mind.
Fancy how it might feel. Cultivate this moment.....and then tell your unhappy self how nice it is to even think about being positive.
Or something else might work: Okay, you accept you are unhappy. But if it doesn't work that you make yourself happy, then try a smile for someone else. Try to behave towards others like you want to be treated. Tell them the positive things you would like to hear from them.
Facit: Do ANY positive step you can think of. And if you just do it in kinda playful approach. Say: Okay, I'm unhappy. But Let's play happy. Result: Radiating something positive - and if it is only your little show - you will get back something positive. The positive things get reflected back on you.
Now you must learn to accept them and bring them into circulation.
It's those little steps. And you know what? They have helped me and still do when I am in the bottomless pit again ;-)
I will never rid my basic melancholic personality - I am grateful because it gives me a depth orthers don't know.
But I have leart to enjoy those little moments.
Hmm, and as to speech - you need not be a chatterbox ;-) A few words also will do. They will come by themselves when you experiment around with the positive things. In fact it is the body talk that counts. So:
get the big hug you need ;-)
sumi
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| User: "sumire" |
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11 Feb 2004 05:56:40 PM |
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Hmm, brian, so you are telling you are unhappy and screaming out for help in your mail. You ARE able to communicate, else you would not have done so this way. You have taken steps and seen all those psychologists, doctors, etc.
So you have articulated your state of mind. The one who reaches out for help has done a first big step.
If this did not help, just try something else. Why not accept your condition as the one given to you. Basta. If help could not come from outside - maybe there is some just inside you?
Think of yourself as a big house with many rooms. You have opened so many doors inside you and found nothing but sadness and desperation. Okay. Accept it. And I am sure there is some door you have not yet opened. Fancy a big surprise behind it. Somehing positive. Something beautiful.
Come on and open it.
I am sure there is something you like, something that makes your life beautiful. If you do not see it at once just look around. Then you might find it is a sunny day. And if it is raining cats and dogs you might find a smile in someone's face that encourages you. Don't tell me life does not have those little nice surprises.
And if the brian you have been so far cannot enjoy those little happy moments, then try to act like a happy brian. Just tell yourself: hmm, now I do as if I were happy. Try out the feeling. Imagine you are a happy person. Okay, you know how it is when you are sad - but open that door in the far end of your heart and look for the nice hings. They DO exist. Put yourself into a happy person's state of mind.
Fancy how it might feel. Cultivate this moment.....and then tell your unhappy self how nice it is to even think about being positive.
Or something else might work: Okay, you accept you are unhappy. But if it doesn't work that you make yourself happy, then try a smile for someone else. Try to behave towards others like you want to be treated. Tell them the positive things you would like to hear from them.
Facit: Do ANY positive step you can think of. And if you just do it in kinda playful approach. Say: Okay, I'm unhappy. But Let's play happy. Result: Radiating something positive - and if it is only your little show - you will get back something positive. The positive things get reflected back on you.
Now you must learn to accept them and bring them into circulation.
It's those little steps. And you know what? They have helped me and still do when I am in the bottomless pit again ;-)
I will never rid my basic melancholic personality - I am grateful because it gives me a depth orthers don't know.
But I have leart to enjoy those little moments.
Hmm, and as to speech - you need not be a chatterbox ;-) A few words also will do. They will come by themselves when you experiment around with the positive things. In fact it is the body talk that counts. So:
get the big hug you need ;-)
sumi
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| User: "." |
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14 Feb 2004 07:47:47 AM |
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sumire wrote...
Hmm, brian, so you are telling you are unhappy and screaming out for help in your mail. You ARE able to communicate, else you would not have done so this way. You have taken steps and seen all those psychologists, doctors, etc.
So you have articulated your state of mind. The one who reaches out for help has done a first big step.
If this did not help, just try something else. Why not accept your condition as the one given to you. Basta. If help could not come from outside - maybe there is some just inside you?
Think of yourself as a big house with many rooms. You have opened so many doors inside you and found nothing but sadness and desperation. Okay. Accept it. And I am sure there is some door you have not yet opened. Fancy a big surprise behind it. Somehing positive. Something beautiful.
Come on and open it.
With all due respect, your post was really gay.
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| User: "sumire" |
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11 Feb 2004 05:57:08 PM |
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Hmm, brian, so you are telling you are unhappy and screaming out for help in your mail. You ARE able to communicate, else you would not have done so this way. You have taken steps and seen all those psychologists, doctors, etc.
So you have articulated your state of mind. The one who reaches out for help has done a first big step.
If this did not help, just try something else. Why not accept your condition as the one given to you. Basta. If help could not come from outside - maybe there is some just inside you?
Think of yourself as a big house with many rooms. You have opened so many doors inside you and found nothing but sadness and desperation. Okay. Accept it. And I am sure there is some door you have not yet opened. Fancy a big surprise behind it. Somehing positive. Something beautiful.
Come on and open it.
I am sure there is something you like, something that makes your life beautiful. If you do not see it at once just look around. Then you might find it is a sunny day. And if it is raining cats and dogs you might find a smile in someone's face that encourages you. Don't tell me life does not have those little nice surprises.
And if the brian you have been so far cannot enjoy those little happy moments, then try to act like a happy brian. Just tell yourself: hmm, now I do as if I were happy. Try out the feeling. Imagine you are a happy person. Okay, you know how it is when you are sad - but open that door in the far end of your heart and look for the nice hings. They DO exist. Put yourself into a happy person's state of mind.
Fancy how it might feel. Cultivate this moment.....and then tell your unhappy self how nice it is to even think about being positive.
Or something else might work: Okay, you accept you are unhappy. But if it doesn't work that you make yourself happy, then try a smile for someone else. Try to behave towards others like you want to be treated. Tell them the positive things you would like to hear from them.
Facit: Do ANY positive step you can think of. And if you just do it in kinda playful approach. Say: Okay, I'm unhappy. But Let's play happy. Result: Radiating something positive - and if it is only your little show - you will get back something positive. The positive things get reflected back on you.
Now you must learn to accept them and bring them into circulation.
It's those little steps. And you know what? They have helped me and still do when I am in the bottomless pit again ;-)
I will never rid my basic melancholic personality - I am grateful because it gives me a depth orthers don't know.
But I have leart to enjoy those little moments.
Hmm, and as to speech - you need not be a chatterbox ;-) A few words also will do. They will come by themselves when you experiment around with the positive things. In fact it is the body talk that counts. So:
get the big hug you need ;-)
sumi
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| User: "sumire" |
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11 Feb 2004 05:57:11 PM |
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Hmm, brian, so you are telling you are unhappy and screaming out for help in your mail. You ARE able to communicate, else you would not have done so this way. You have taken steps and seen all those psychologists, doctors, etc.
So you have articulated your state of mind. The one who reaches out for help has done a first big step.
If this did not help, just try something else. Why not accept your condition as the one given to you. Basta. If help could not come from outside - maybe there is some just inside you?
Think of yourself as a big house with many rooms. You have opened so many doors inside you and found nothing but sadness and desperation. Okay. Accept it. And I am sure there is some door you have not yet opened. Fancy a big surprise behind it. Somehing positive. Something beautiful.
Come on and open it.
I am sure there is something you like, something that makes your life beautiful. If you do not see it at once just look around. Then you might find it is a sunny day. And if it is raining cats and dogs you might find a smile in someone's face that encourages you. Don't tell me life does not have those little nice surprises.
And if the brian you have been so far cannot enjoy those little happy moments, then try to act like a happy brian. Just tell yourself: hmm, now I do as if I were happy. Try out the feeling. Imagine you are a happy person. Okay, you know how it is when you are sad - but open that door in the far end of your heart and look for the nice hings. They DO exist. Put yourself into a happy person's state of mind.
Fancy how it might feel. Cultivate this moment.....and then tell your unhappy self how nice it is to even think about being positive.
Or something else might work: Okay, you accept you are unhappy. But if it doesn't work that you make yourself happy, then try a smile for someone else. Try to behave towards others like you want to be treated. Tell them the positive things you would like to hear from them.
Facit: Do ANY positive step you can think of. And if you just do it in kinda playful approach. Say: Okay, I'm unhappy. But Let's play happy. Result: Radiating something positive - and if it is only your little show - you will get back something positive. The positive things get reflected back on you.
Now you must learn to accept them and bring them into circulation.
It's those little steps. And you know what? They have helped me and still do when I am in the bottomless pit again ;-)
I will never rid my basic melancholic personality - I am grateful because it gives me a depth orthers don't know.
But I have leart to enjoy those little moments.
Hmm, and as to speech - you need not be a chatterbox ;-) A few words also will do. They will come by themselves when you experiment around with the positive things. In fact it is the body talk that counts. So:
get the big hug you need ;-)
sumi
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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| Title: Re: !! no energy to speak !! |
12 Feb 2004 02:01:20 PM |
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:27:54 +0000, (BrianNCSU30)
wrote:
i don't know what's happening to me i just feel like i am totally shutting
down.
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Welcome to ASD; keep posting if it helps.
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