Trusting yourself

[trekkinthrulife]

I suffer from depression and GAD and I often find myself wondering my thoughts are my own or my illness affecting my judgment. For example, I recently had issues with a co-worke and I wasnt sure if I was over reacting or my actions where justified. Does anyone else have this problem? How do you deal with it? I am not my illness, but sometimes it feels like I am.

[silent]

Yep, I get this, and I had issues with some of my colleagues, raised it with HR, because it affected me that much, then came to realise that I had over-reacted big time. So for me, when I'm having bad days it's my illness making my decisions, but when I'm on good days, it's myself. Hope that makes sense. PM Me anytime xx

[secret squirrel]

I've felt this too and the one therapy that really helped me was Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. It helped me to identify my thoughts and feelings about a situation and to see whether my thinking was realistic or distorted and to challenge it if it was and to get things more into perspecitve.

I also try to talk to someone who won't judge and give an impartial view if there is a particularly difficult situation. Ususally, I find that my reaction was normal and understandable.

[ElectricSparks]

I'm like this a lot too. Whenever I have a friend or a family member around me when this kind of thing happens, I turn to them and they are good at telling me whether or not I overreacted or handled the situation alright. It's good to have someone who can help you determine whether or not you behaved as you should.