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Hi Carol, Welcome to the group! I found it such a relief when I was actually given a diagnosis of dysthymia. I could never understand why my depression kept ...
Hi Carol, Sheena and everyone, Its nice to see the group increasing in numbers and to welcome Carol on board. Carol seems to have echoed a sentiment that I...
hi, i think i have dysthymia.have had a depresion of some sort for 8 years, and b4 that i think it was always there waiting to come out when i was a kid, i...
Hi Claire Thanks for you post it makes interesting reading, Can start the first think you have said in your post, 'i think i have dysthymia,' The first think...
well i have seen the doctor a few times over the years, well alot actually, but they have never said about it. the last time i went, the doctor did say that it...
Hi Claire, Thanks for getting back to us. From what it sounds like it is either your doctor does not know about dysthymia or is reluctant to diagnose it. The...
Hi, I found this group when searching for an outlet for my frustration this morning. I am a homosexual man in my mid-forties with a long term partner. ...
... Hi Tessa, I am new to the group hence the delayed response. From my personal viewpoint I would describe depression as a lack of feeling - almost a...
... Hi Nigel, I hope my delayed response (new member) still counts. I am not comfortable with the idea of this being a totally public forum either. It doesn't...
Hi John, and Everyone, I think I would categorise my depression as a cross between simply thinking that I'd rather not have been born and a lack of hope that ...
Hi Everyone Its good to see this activity. I've picked up on what a couple of you have said about the posts being open to the public. Yahoo allows groups to be...
... <snip> ... said you'd prefer not to meet up as you have a problem socialising. Does anyone else have this problem? <snip> Yes. Big time. I hate large...
... <snip> ... I merely feel uncomfortable about the "public" status of the group. It is not a big deal and I can't see how it can do harm. Maybe it's a bit...
... <snip> ... Hi Ade, Thanks for the advice. I tried a couple of times to do voluntary work before. Each time I found it difficult for differing reasons and...
It is so refreshing to hear my thoughts coming from someone else! I was not an only child, but my brother was five years older than me, so when I came along...
... wrote: <snip> ... Hi Sheena, It's good to hear from you. I can't say I was all that shy but my parents owned and ran a couple of public houses during my...
Hi John Thanks for your reply. It is interesting to learn how other members of the dysthymia group have lived their lives. We are all so different and yet we...
Hi John I can totally relate to the feeling of numbness. I find this really frustrating - it stops me from building up strong relationships with friends....
Hi John, I have been catching up with the e-mails this am. I have just read for very interesting introduction to the group. I have had the same trouble in the...
Hi everyone, Some very interesting conversations on here recently. I'd like to pick up a few points. I totally agree with Sheena about the problem of...
Today I had my appraisal in work. It was my suggestion to have it rather than my bosses, and I had only had one other before, 3 years ago. I put in the form...
Well Done Carol, it takes courage to speak up like that. If you don't mind me asking what made you speak up? It is something I fine hard to do. It would be...
Hi Carol, yes well done for speaking up. I do hope that nowadays people are more open and professional at work when being told of our types of problems. I...
Hi Everyone, It is interesting what is being said about socialising, I can see myself in a lot of this, before being diagnosed I was fine around my own group...
Ian I think I have decided/learnt that things will only ever change for me if I change them. And I want things to change. As difficult as I find it to tell...
Hi again Carol, I can only have praise for what you did there, as I said before I find it difficult in speaking up and I could add I have been trained to speak...
One thing that I've found that helps, is to have a sheet of paper (around A4 size, which I cut and pasted from different websites) defining and explaining what...
Hi Everyone, I think making an amalgamated list of what Dysthymia is about and giving it to friends and colleagues is a brilliant idea, especially as you can;t...
Hi Adrian It is interesting you mentioned Bipolar and trying to explain the difference. As you may be aware with Bipolar there is Type 1 (Mania & or deep...
Hi I just wondered if anyone would like to take Carol's and Adrian's idea about a list of what Dysthymia is about and put the idea in a leaflet that we can put...
