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[jennifervescent]

Yesterday I became overwhelmed and needed to leave Scott's side to come home and be alone. I like to be alone when my mood is sub-optimal. The night before there were signals of a problem

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[deviantsaint]

take up yoga, or a contact sport. Seriously, it worked wonders for me when I was in a Jobcorp facility and was having some... issues.

[xn_mpls]

Sweetie, there's nothing wrong with admitting to being depressed. It's part of how I cope with it: if I can warn my wife that my falling-out-of-sorts is due to a rising depression, she can prepare herself and take whatever happens next in context. I have an advantage in that she also struggles with depression and is eminently sympathetic to my cause.

It's okay to give yourself some alone-time once in a while. Don't beat yourself up for needing to recharge. Use your common sense but listen to what your body needs. It sounds like you're with a man who is equipped to give you some considerable latitude. It's probably hard to share that aspect of your life with him but he sounds prepared to take it when you're ready for it.

Go easy on yourself, speak to yourself with positive messaging to reach your internal coding. It slowly works.

[alec9]

I haven't been paying close attn. of late, so pardon me if I'm flat-out wrong. Bad mood, disconnecton, overwhelmed, anger - etc. those can be indicators of something and they can also just be the way you feel that day/week. At least for me.

self-destructive behavior that flies in the face of logic: human.

walking around Ikea, thru no fault of its own, can put me in a funk. Sometimes the wound of being alive becomes profound without tangible foundations.

which doesn't mean depression might not loom.