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Thankful But Still Depressed by Susan
I enjoyed sharing Thanksgiving with my family. We all traveled to my daughter's home in Kansas City, MO. We had a wonderful dinner and a really good time. I was still stressed out and depressed through most of the Holiday.
There were no particular stressors and no particular problems that were on my mind. Yet, I felt the cloud of depression trying to invade my happiness. I tried to keep it at bay by talking. I talked too much! I jabbered and monopolized some of the conversations due to the anxiety I feel when I'm around a group of people, even my closest relatives.
Depression/Anxiety causes me a lot of stress and frequently attempts to ruin our family get-to-gethers. I didn't let this holiday be ruined and I'm thankful for that. All went as smoothly as I could expect, considering everyone in the family has varying degrees of depression.
I think you could say we did well keeping things pleasant this year. How was your holiday?
There were no particular stressors and no particular problems that were on my mind. Yet, I felt the cloud of depression trying to invade my happiness. I tried to keep it at bay by talking. I talked too much! I jabbered and monopolized some of the conversations due to the anxiety I feel when I'm around a group of people, even my closest relatives.
Depression/Anxiety causes me a lot of stress and frequently attempts to ruin our family get-to-gethers. I didn't let this holiday be ruined and I'm thankful for that. All went as smoothly as I could expect, considering everyone in the family has varying degrees of depression.
I think you could say we did well keeping things pleasant this year. How was your holiday?
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