Living with depression; Ā«Ā overboardĀ Ā» feelings

Unlike what you might originally think, my medication doesnā€™t numb me from feeling things, *sadly* ā€” though I may argue that I always had this thing of being ā€œover dramaticā€ šŸ™Š

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The way my depression work, it might take a few days/weeks to accumulate before the dams finally break, but I do get nights here and there where I feel the shadow dawned on me. I like to see it like the ā€œannoying uncleā€, as itā€™s own entity entirely, that just comes for itā€™s regular visit. Iknow that it wonā€™t stay and will eventually leave, so I just live the moment isolating myself while laying in my bed, usually listening to music or an anime or something.

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Mixed with my anxiety & trauma, some actions by my loved ones might get biggest reactions that wasnā€™t ā€œcalled forā€. Not only do I have a self-sabotage mindset, but this is either a result of internalized trauma or just the dams breaking. Another thing that happens not as frequently, but still happens sometimes with my undiagnosed ADHD mother, is a sensory overload. She just keep talking and talking and my brain just- canā€™t take it anymore and the more she talks, the more iā€™m panicking.. which result in being perceived as aggressive as iā€™m literally drowning & I need her to stop talking so I can catch my breath; though she doesnā€™t understand it.

Iknow iā€™m a pain to deal with at time, specially how my actions are dictated by my emotions more than my brain ..which iā€™d say is the strongest on good emotions, or for the ā€œright situationā€, but negative emotions are quite troublesome šŸ˜…

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Feeling too much also comes hand in hand with caring too much. Wether I choose to or not, I take everything ā€œfor cash moneyā€ as weā€™d say in my language ā€” meaning that all thatā€™s being said to me will inevitably been taken as personal. Sometimes critics are just that, meaningless critics- or things to help better yourself; sometimes, itā€™s just people being morons- like in the aspect of my job as customer service.

Iā€™m working on that. But I donā€™t wanna stop caring entirely- thatā€™s when you become a monster. I do wanna care, just.. pick and choose my battles better. Know when and where itā€™s appropriate; give my all to the people around me that loves me back VS a random customer making a fuss.

4 comments

  1. Iā€™m so sorry youā€™re going through all this! I know depression isnā€™t the kind of thing where you can say ā€˜get better soon!ā€™ because it doesnā€™t work like that, but I hope things get better for you as much as possible.
    And I can really relate to the whole taking things personally thing, and I definitely got that when I worked in retail. If someone was horrible to me Iā€™d be really upset for ages afterwards, and I donā€™t think these rude people realise how badly it can affect you. Especially because you can have multiple rude people in one day!

    1. To be fair, im grateful i dont feel like that all the time now; as my medication does help me greatly so it only happens once in a while!
      I do feel like theyā€™re not valid sometimes though.. idk if theyā€™re seen as Ā«Ā reasonableĀ Ā» or not šŸ™Š

      Ohh yeah.. though now they turn a different switch entirery šŸ˜‚ except the maddness of saturdays where I do get overly anxious, the rest of the time I just get in such a fury! Which I guess anger can be better than sad or anxiety but you know xD i can ruminate the situation for a while ahah

  2. Depression is a nasty beast and not one is like another. Just be gentle with yourself because you are woth it.

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