Among Friends

[rms1954]

Like your at the end of your time here?  I've been having this feeling like I am not going to be around very much longer.  

[goldensrbest]

I have about others.

[Glitter51]

@rms1954 - I know what your saying. I've had feeling before that I couldn't explain, kinda eerie like something just isn't right. I've had those feelings and it seems like something unexpected happens, like a death. 

[Vivian]

ImTep, I don't let my thoughts wander in that direction, even after two cancers over the past two decades. However, my mother, who's 98, keeps telling me that this is the worst year of her life and she has lived too long. She refuses to talk to a counselor. My niece, Mom's granddaughter, died of a drug overdose last month. My mother lived through the Great Depression, WW2, and much more, yet she feels worse now than ever before.

I know that many people are depressed and angry about the pandemic and the havoc it has caused. I won't say anything about our politicians. Their behavior speaks for itself. Nevertheless, it's understandable to have feelings of doom and gloom, after almost half a year suffering with the physical, economic, political, and emotional effects of Covid. However, if you are feeling sad and hopeless, a talk with a therapist could help.

[rms1954]

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@goldensrbest wrote:

May i ask you a question? Do you have depression?I have about others.

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I've been in counseling different times.  Yes, I've been told that.  The last one I saw said that the minute I walked in the room he could feel it.  I've felt sad all my life but never thought of it as depression.  I had been on a couple medications but nothing really helped.  I feel there's no answer for me.

[alicedee]

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@rms1954 wrote:

Like your at the end of your time here?  I've been having this feeling like I am not going to be around very much longer.  

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No...I don't have that feeling.  But I feel badly that you do.  Please find someone to talk to, @rms1954 ...call your church (or ANY church)...your doctor...a friend or family member.  

These are such strange and anxiety-producing times.  We have to be physically isolated, so it really is important to connect when and where we can.  

[NicksmomESQ]

  Yes, I have that feeling a lot these days. My entire life has been upended by Covid.It seems that I get bad news all the time.
   2020 seems to be the year that keeps on giving & giving & giving.DH & I say that this is the worst year of our lives,period.Our friends feel the same way.One of them referred to this year as "misery on steroids ".

[happycat]

I have. I had a feeling something bad was going to happen several years ago. The feeling was so strong, I wrote my children letters, telling them of my love for them, what I hoped and prayed for, for their futures. 

I was diagnosed with a serious illness a few months after I wrote those letters. But I am still here and raising cain.

It may just be something to get your attention. 

I do think we need to listen to these feelings. 

[PamfromCT]

We are living through some very hard times.  There is certainly much to fear on so many levels.  It. Is a balancing act - we want to be informed, yet so much in the news makes us feel helpless.  Actually, when I feel depressed over so many issues going on in our country, I really feel angry.  I have read that “depression is anger with no place to go.”  For me, at least, in the current situation, I am very angry.

[wismiss]

When this pandemic started, many people were optimistic that this would not last long and that if we followed the recommendations we would be "safe".  However, I think a lot of people have lost their optimism and question if  anybody really knows about this virus or if they are just hypothesizing about it and then they change their minds.  Wear gloves, don't wear gloves, etc.  It is now getting to the point of where almost everybody knows someone who has or has had the Covid.  Unfortunately, many people know people who have died because of it.  So, we think there is no way to be "safe".  I predicted in a post a long time ago that there would be many people who would experience PTSD from this pandemic, and I think we are seeing this.  @Imtep, please seek professional counseling or talk to a trusted person about your feelings and know that you are not the only one feeling this way.  This pandemic has emotional, physical, monetary, and significant impact on everybody.