Hi Everyone
Firstly I would like to say, I am a depressive, with a family history of depression. So one way or another I have lived with depression, either within myself or it being around me.
I finally have control of my 'black dog' (depression). However I am now becoming increasingly aware how ramped it is within or society.
I always wondered why I ended up marrying and having children with a depressive but I guess it was familiar to me. But it was the major factor in me leaving my husband 5 years ago. I mean I had plenty of reason, but the one underlining factor was I could no longer cope with his moods and his unwillingness to seek help.
Today we are friends, however I never could live with that again, yet I still keep meeting these wonderful men who live with the 'black dog', and it drags them around like a slave. Oh and these men are actually seeking help, trying to get control, however most therapists concentrate in Australia on cognitive therapy, not all but a great number, which is great, if the person in question has no underlining childhood issues, that kill their self esteem and make them feel unworthy of happiness to some degree. No amount of cognitive therapy helpsthis, when a little voice is yapping at you undermining your positive thinking. And it can be as easily caused by a parent or grandparent telling , or indicating to us in some way as a child we aren't worth as much as someone else. So therapist of Australia wake up. I know you all aren't the same, my girlfriend has been to an awesome man in Townsville and he saved her life. And I wish to say thank you to him as she is my sister not by blood but by choice.
So anyway, I want to start a feed. Anyone who wishes to talk or let let out the 'black dog', please have your say.
I am not a expert and what I have said is by observation and communication with other people actively and non actively in my life. And please feel free to add links to therapists and psychologists who deal with inner issues as well as cognitive therapy. Lets help each other.
The 'black dog' needs some training, don't let it chew, dig and yap your life into threads. However please understand. I am due to my experiences, very direct at times. I have climbed out and fought my way to where I am. I went to the doctors and didn't just leave it there. Whenever my thoughts became like chatter or yapping and I found it exhausting, I would return to the doctor to have my medication increased. Doctor's don't live in your or our bodies, and can only react to what we have told them. And always remember you are no alone, it is not something to be ashamed of. The amount of people in today's society who are under medication for some form of anxiety or depression is amazing. It is no longer taboo.
