Osakis

Now that the crisis is over, the depression has set in. Unfortunately, I work for a company whose culture is all about rah! rah! rah!; we have a four-hour meeting this morning where I'll be expected to play games and be upbeat, and I can barely sit upright at my desk right now because I'm feeling so hopeless. Wish me luck.

Barbara52

{hugs} Sometime we just have to fake it to get thru the day.

tommyk

Sometimes we just gotta pretend the best we can.

GiveLove

I'll be interested to see whether your meeting was a flop (for you) because of your depression, or whether having your mindspace engaged by a crowd of rah-rahs actually helped for a few hours, by giving you something else to focus on.

The latter was true for me a lot. See "fake it 'til you make it" above

Hang in there osakis. There'll be some bumps in the road but it will eventually level out.

lovtolaff

I too have to chime in on the "fake it till you make it" mantra. When I first heard that phrase I thought it kind of silly - but I found out - it works. Yes there will be times when you don't feel like "faking it" but I think that any amount of time spent thinking about something healthy if only for a second - is beneficial to your healing.

Best of luck to you.

beaglebaby

"Faking is" is a great suggestion.

I've found there were times at work where I had to intensely focus on the topic at hand... intense focus -- to keep myself from thinking about the crises-du-jour at home. Then I was proud of myself for pulling it off, not letting my marital problems affect my job, and the issue wasn't so imbedded in the forefront of my mind when I came back to it. And darn! Now I know the most minute details about random stuff. lol!