Is it just me, or do others experience the same Negative Thoughts when suffering!
Question: Is it just me, or do others experience the same Negative Thoughts when suffering from Depression!?
I have been suffering from Depression & Anxiety for about 20 Months now, and the same old negative thougths are driving me nuts!. Is this just me that has the same Negative thoughts spiralling around my head, or do others have this!? How ever much i challenge them they re-appear, I now understand that its not my thoughts its just the illness (depression) that does this!. I hear lots of storys about people having lots of negative thoughts in depression but are there others that just have the same thoughts, that they can not control!. It would be interesting to hear of any techniques used!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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I have negative thoughts a lot, mostly all the time, I can find negativity even in a good situation and then obsess over it, so no your not alone, negativity is common in depression, as for how to deal with it, all I can say is try to think positive, the bad thoughts are not rational, even if you can't stop them, know that they are just a syntom of depression and ignore them (harder than it sounds)!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
When I hear those negative things come into my head, I keep saying to the committee that "This meeting is over" I try to sit down and write a list of all the things I am grateful for, even if it is the smallest of things, like seeing a bluebird, or being able to just get up out of bed in the morning!. Like the proverb of the person who complained about his feet hurting and then he met a man with no feet!. No matter how bad things are, there are always other who are less fortunate!. Sometimes when I'm in a bad place I really don't care about that stuff I just wrote above either, but experience has taught me to keep talking the talk until I hear it!. I also find that I really have to talk to someone else I trust!. We can not do this alone!. Good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
maybe you should consult a psychiatrist or maybe you need someone to talk to about the same thoughts so that you can move on!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I Have Negative Thought's All The Time!. With Depression And Anxiety!. I Just Try To Overcome Those Thoughts!.Www@Answer-Health@Com