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New here and saying Hello
Hi everyone,
I just found this website about a week ago. I haven't posted anything yet though because of so many rules, I thought I might break one! (One of my problems is short term memory loss.) I think I have a grasp of them now.
I have major depression, anxiety, ADD and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) - those all combine to manifest in several ways, one of which is self harm. I particularly have a problem with picking at my skin.
I also spend way too much time sleeping - up to 18 hours a day. I've been on disability for 3 years, but that is about to end, and I have to find a job of some kind, somewhere. The insurance company is convinced that I am able to go back to work part-time. I'm not so sure, but I have been interviewing. That freaked me out, just being back in the work environment and seeing how much energy would be required to have a job.
Anyway, anxiety is contantly causing my mind to spin. Rhyming words tend to spin a lot, and I've found that writing down lists of rhyming words helps. I also spend time playing Scrabble Slam on a piece of paper, just writing lists of words where the next word is changed from the previous word by one letter. Last night I couldn't sleep, and I had to get out of bed 3 times to add words that I had thought of after I tried to fall asleep.
The easiest way to go to sleep is to listen to the constant droning of BBC World News in my headphones. It's very comforting when I'm trying to fall asleep. Unfortunately, it makes me not sleep very well, and I am extra tired the next day.
This is pretty much a snapshot of my entire day. I would love to talk to to some people with similar problems.
Kindest Regards,
Darrine
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