Comments on: The Things in My Head http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/07/the-things-in-my-head/ A Lutheran View of Depression Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonnab http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/07/the-things-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2133 Jonnab Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:59:09 +0000 http://darkmyroad.org/2009/07/17/the-things-in-my-head/#comment-2133 Oh and Pastor you did ask about the piles? A few random thoughts: 1. If i am having a particularly hard time I pick one or two tasks that really should be done that day write them down and when i do them i get a reward a new song from itunes something like that. 2. Some days i try to write down what i did do vs. what i should do. I tend to get so down on what i didnt do that it helps. 3. I try to remember when you are in a people serving type job you are never going to be finished with all your piles. All working life I worked as a nurse's aide, daycare, teacher, etc. but one summer I did a temp job as a cashier for a pop delivery company. I had to reconcile all the drivers deposits and make a big deposit every night. I had never had a job where i was finished like that! It was so cool to get that feeling of completion every day. So maybe you do have to remind yourself that the piles will always be waiting in some way or another. maybe that is why the Get'er Done book was stressful to me. Oh and Pastor you did ask about the piles? A few random thoughts: 1. If i am having a particularly hard time I pick one or two tasks that really should be done that day write them down and when i do them i get a reward a new song from itunes something like that. 2. Some days i try to write down what i did do vs. what i should do. I tend to get so down on what i didnt do that it helps. 3. I try to remember when you are in a people serving type job you are never going to be finished with all your piles. All working life I worked as a nurse's aide, daycare, teacher, etc. but one summer I did a temp job as a cashier for a pop delivery company. I had to reconcile all the drivers deposits and make a big deposit every night. I had never had a job where i was finished like that! It was so cool to get that feeling of completion every day. So maybe you do have to remind yourself that the piles will always be waiting in some way or another. maybe that is why the Get'er Done book was stressful to me.

]]> By: Barb the Evil Genius http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/07/the-things-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2131 Barb the Evil Genius Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:08:26 +0000 http://darkmyroad.org/2009/07/17/the-things-in-my-head/#comment-2131 I have a lot of ADD symptoms also. I used to able to hyper focus even as a young child which can be a sign of ADD. However, when my bipolar was at its worst, I also suffered, for the first and last time, from an anxiety attack. Because of this, the psychologist at the hospital took me off of the ADD medication. This is understandable, but I miss it. I have a lot of ADD symptoms also. I used to able to hyper focus even as a young child which can be a sign of ADD. However, when my bipolar was at its worst, I also suffered, for the first and last time, from an anxiety attack. Because of this, the psychologist at the hospital took me off of the ADD medication. This is understandable, but I miss it.

]]> By: Susan http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/07/the-things-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2129 Susan Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:06:34 +0000 http://darkmyroad.org/2009/07/17/the-things-in-my-head/#comment-2129 In the story of Harry Potter, the wisest wizard and headmaster of the boarding school is Dumbledore. Dumbledore has a pensieve in his office. It's a basin where he stores his thoughts and memories. He can extract memories from his head (they look like silvery threads) and cut down on the clutter in his mind. It also allows him to look at the thoughts more objectively and make associations and solve problems, but without having to have it all with him all the time. I'm jealous. I want a pensieve. In the story of Harry Potter, the wisest wizard and headmaster of the boarding school is Dumbledore. Dumbledore has a pensieve in his office. It's a basin where he stores his thoughts and memories. He can extract memories from his head (they look like silvery threads) and cut down on the clutter in his mind. It also allows him to look at the thoughts more objectively and make associations and solve problems, but without having to have it all with him all the time. I'm jealous. I want a pensieve.

]]> By: HveHope http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/07/the-things-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2127 HveHope Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:48:40 +0000 http://darkmyroad.org/2009/07/17/the-things-in-my-head/#comment-2127 This was excellent and I appreciated it very much. I 'cut & pasted' your words about overstimulation to an email for my wonderful husband so we could discuss this problem. Also, #'s 3 & 5 as he really struggles n these areas. Your words said it so well!!! Susan - what is a pensieve? This was excellent and I appreciated it very much. I 'cut & pasted' your words about overstimulation to an email for my wonderful husband so we could discuss this problem. Also, #'s 3 & 5 as he really struggles n these areas. Your words said it so well!!!

Susan – what is a pensieve?

]]> By: HveHope http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/07/the-things-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2125 HveHope Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:43:16 +0000 http://darkmyroad.org/2009/07/17/the-things-in-my-head/#comment-2125 This was excellent and I appreciated it very much. I 'cut & pasted' your words about overstimulation to an email for my wonderful husband so we could discuss this problem. Also, #'s 3 & 5 as he really struggles n these areas. Your words said it so well!!! Keep up your honesty & sharing! -HveHope This was excellent and I appreciated it very much. I 'cut & pasted' your words about overstimulation to an email for my wonderful husband so we could discuss this problem. Also, #'s 3 & 5 as he really struggles n these areas. Your words said it so well!!!
Keep up your honesty & sharing! -HveHope

]]> By: SjB http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/07/the-things-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2123 SjB Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:45:30 +0000 http://darkmyroad.org/2009/07/17/the-things-in-my-head/#comment-2123 "How do you stay ahead of the piles?" I really wanted to answer your question, but my answer wouldn't fit in the combox, so I posted my answer here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/kocl2q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/kocl2q</a> :) "How do you stay ahead of the piles?"

I really wanted to answer your question, but my answer wouldn't fit in the combox, so I posted my answer here: http://tinyurl.com/kocl2q :)

]]> By: Susan http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/07/the-things-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2121 Susan Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:52:03 +0000 http://darkmyroad.org/2009/07/17/the-things-in-my-head/#comment-2121 I appreciate Jonnab's comment about ADD. Once he points it out, it seems so obvious. The blessing of ADD is the creativity as the person thinks outside the box, goes on tangents, makes connections that other people don't make, etc. But that's also the curse of it. Too many tangents. Too many ideas to pursue. Too much to keep track of. It becomes overwhelming and then leaves the ADD person with a boatload of "failures" for not having followed (and completed) all those different lines of direction. I appreciate Jonnab's comment about ADD. Once he points it out, it seems so obvious. The blessing of ADD is the creativity as the person thinks outside the box, goes on tangents, makes connections that other people don't make, etc. But that's also the curse of it. Too many tangents. Too many ideas to pursue. Too much to keep track of. It becomes overwhelming and then leaves the ADD person with a boatload of "failures" for not having followed (and completed) all those different lines of direction.

]]> By: Susan http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/07/the-things-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2119 Susan Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:48:03 +0000 http://darkmyroad.org/2009/07/17/the-things-in-my-head/#comment-2119 Surely there's a store in Diagon Alley that sells pensieves. Surely. I hope. Can somebody give me directions to Diagon Alley? Please? I NEED a pensieve. But until that day, the paper and pen, the marker-board on the fridge, the checklists on the cupboard doors, these are the things that keep my brain empty enough of clutter that I have some small chance of coping with the days. And YES yes YES to the "just do it." I can spend so much mental energy stressing over the 79 little 2-minute jobs that I do none of them. In that vein, I also have to tell myself that doing a poor job is better than not doing it at all. Now, sometimes that's not true and somebody could fault me for it. But it's better to quickly run the car through a car wash bay than to leave it dirty for months because I can't properly wash and wax it. Better to wipe up the juice spill on the floor than to leave the floor to get sticky because I can't mop and rinse the whole thing. Better to contact the hurting friend and give them a two-minute "hello, I'm thinking about you" than to ignore them because I don't have the energy to give them a whole day of my attention. Now if only I could do something about scheduling myself relaxation time. Surely there's a store in Diagon Alley that sells pensieves. Surely. I hope. Can somebody give me directions to Diagon Alley? Please? I NEED a pensieve.

But until that day, the paper and pen, the marker-board on the fridge, the checklists on the cupboard doors, these are the things that keep my brain empty enough of clutter that I have some small chance of coping with the days. And YES yes YES to the "just do it." I can spend so much mental energy stressing over the 79 little 2-minute jobs that I do none of them. In that vein, I also have to tell myself that doing a poor job is better than not doing it at all. Now, sometimes that's not true and somebody could fault me for it. But it's better to quickly run the car through a car wash bay than to leave it dirty for months because I can't properly wash and wax it. Better to wipe up the juice spill on the floor than to leave the floor to get sticky because I can't mop and rinse the whole thing. Better to contact the hurting friend and give them a two-minute "hello, I'm thinking about you" than to ignore them because I don't have the energy to give them a whole day of my attention.

Now if only I could do something about scheduling myself relaxation time.

]]> By: Jonnab http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/07/the-things-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2117 Jonnab Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:27:05 +0000 http://darkmyroad.org/2009/07/17/the-things-in-my-head/#comment-2117 I have been studying up on Attention Deficit Disorder and I am starting to think is the root of alot of my struggles with depression. But anyhow it has led me to some books and stuff that have helped me alot in this area. I tried to read the book you mention which in itself sent me into overload! But at the same time I picked up the books You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! and ADD-Friendly ways to organize your Life and they helped me breathe a sigh of relief and comfort. I really never would have considered myself ADD in school had no troubles not hyper personality but all the thought racing etc, and other symptoms of ADD seem to be me. I am also very interested in this link to ADD and depression because I teach 4th grade and every year I have had at least 1 diagnosed on medication ADD student. I have been studying up on Attention Deficit Disorder and I am starting to think is the root of alot of my struggles with depression. But anyhow it has led me to some books and stuff that have helped me alot in this area. I tried to read the book you mention which in itself sent me into overload! But at the same time I picked up the books You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! and ADD-Friendly ways to organize your Life and they helped me breathe a sigh of relief and comfort. I really never would have considered myself ADD in school had no troubles not hyper personality but all the thought racing etc, and other symptoms of ADD seem to be me. I am also very interested in this link to ADD and depression because I teach 4th grade and every year I have had at least 1 diagnosed on medication ADD student.

]]> By: ToddPeperkorn http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/07/the-things-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2115 ToddPeperkorn Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:58:29 +0000 http://darkmyroad.org/2009/07/17/the-things-in-my-head/#comment-2115 These are all good points. For me, I often spend so much time processing WHAT to do that I rarely get around to actually DOING it. That includes asking for him when I need it, relaxing, and praying. These are all good points. For me, I often spend so much time processing WHAT to do that I rarely get around to actually DOING it. That includes asking for him when I need it, relaxing, and praying.

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