Hi all
I haven't posted much lately (ever since I got married in may :O )....but I've been in a rather pensive mood so thought I'd type it out (I hope you all don't mind my rambles)
So since I got married and went on my honeymoon I'f love to say life has been bliss...but life isn't like that...and neither is depression...
I had a bad spurt of depression before my wedding, put down by a lot of people as wedding stress, which I don't believe but went along with it anyway...less hassle that way. I feel I was depressed, simply because I have depression..
Anyway, things went back to normal, I went back to work, and I continued to feel sad about life...then to top it off, I had a miscarriage (t'was very very early pregnancy, and hardly worth mentioning...but was enough to send me even further down). It was hard to deal with, because at the time I didn't tell anyone...not even my husband knows. I don't know why I couldn't bring it up, but I felt I had to deal with it by myself...so that's what I did. I told a couple of close nmp friends, but didn't talk about it and pretty much shut myself off from the world.
Things got rough...the dark thoughts lurked and took hold for a while there....but I have managed to ride it out...and for the past 3 weeks?...I have been ok, and more recently I've started to enjoy life, friends, and discovering new hobbies to entertain myself.
I still have the sadness in the background, but there is happiness keeping it at bay at the moment...and I think that's as good as it gets for me as my depression will always be there, always be part of me....but I'm glad to be saying I'm good (and actually mean it).
Today I have had a lovely day, I made the effort to contact my friend so we went for lunch, and then we sat out in the sun for a bit....and then I went to the cinema (on my own) and had a really lovely time. I have come home and realised that yes...I have depression....but I have a choice whether to be depressed about it or get out there and enjoy the little things...
...So I urge anyone having a bad day, to do just one thing, one little thing that you enjoy....because the little things are what get us through the day, and make the big things seem smaller.
Happy Monday xxx
Jac