Managing and Coping Takes a Lot of Energy
Whatever we decide to call it, those of us who suffer from depression or bipolar disorder can spend a lot of our energy managing and coping with our symptoms. At “Diary of a Bipolar”, Philly Girl in Missouri gave some examples of how she had learned to cope and manage. She would send herself reminders and such.
A major trigger for my depression throughout my life had been the consequences of (childhood) emotional abuse.
Until recently, I hadn’t realized how much work managing this trigger is - or more accurately - managing the outdated coping mechanisms I used for dealing with emotional abuse.
Sometimes I’m not sure what drives me to depression faster - coping with emotional abuse or coping with my frustration at my slow progress to cope with emotional abuse.
Well, let’s just say both will get me on a road to depression unless I become alert to what is happening in my mind.
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I have work related depression and was also misdiagnosed as bi-polar originally. But it was officially confirmed that I am “clinically” depressed for some years now.
I wish I had known that stress can lead to sickness that leads to depression and that depression knows no boundaries and that only time will tell what happens next.
The battle seems to be endless for both my health and the worker’s comp case that I have been enduring for the last 5-years.
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