Depression

[Trav Le Bleu]

2 hours ago, Sampson said:

For me, the one thing that helps me sleep is listening to audio books of books I've already read and enjoy.

Can you get audiobooks of Ladybird books?

[Grebfromgrebland]

On 09/07/2026 at 17:18, Trav Le Bleu said:

Can you get audiobooks of Ladybird books?

You can check YouTube or audio book bay. Shiver me timbers. And your library also does audio and e books. Leicester library uses an app called borrow box.

[filthyfox]

On 04/07/2026 at 20:59, foxfanazer said:

I feel exhausted pretty much from the minute I wake up until the minute I go to bed. I feel irritable, like everything is pointless and resentful that I can't just end it

Yep...  thats depression.

GIVE IN TO IT and sort yourself out.

GET HELP if you need to

OR ........

 

FEEL LIKE THAT FOREVER!

[filthyfox]

On 09/07/2026 at 14:56, Sampson said:

For me, the one thing that helps me sleep is listening to audio books of books I've already read and enjoy.

The Bible would be great as a sleepy audio book.

 

Or at least a vicar reading from it!

[filthyfox]

On 06/06/2026 at 12:46, Lionator said:

Bloody hell lads, I’ve basically just had a 3 week non stop panic attack (not helped by using booze as Valium to calm it down). Finally feeling like I have regained some sanity but my body is in absolute pieces. It’s all basically built up over a year, relationship breakdown, loss of flat, work stress then something happened three weeks ago and my brain just exploded. Haven’t been able to get any help aside from ‘signposting’ but very fortunately relatives have stepped up to care for me. 
 

I knew the relationship wasn’t working for me this time last year but she was ‘the one’ if that makes sense. Everyone was expecting us to settle down and have kids including myself. She’s a beautiful person but she has her own issues but it was always me that needed to work on my issues and I’d get accused of gaslighting if I told her she needed to sort a few things out. And day by day I was just becoming more miserable and isolated and quite frankly a bit paranoid (as people on other threads will attest to). Again drinking loads which is not me, I’ve never been a drinker until the last year and it’s been my one coping mechanism which I want to change. And yeah about 6 months ago I got ‘emotionally’ close to a work colleague, nothing ever happened physically but it was enough for me to realise there’s more to life than this relationship. So I called it quits and I’ve been having some insane levels of guilt over it all and keep getting told by her and some of my relatives that I was the issue when we’re trying to sort things out over the flat. I immediately had to leave our flat (was my choice) but I’m still paying for it now which is an issue I need to sort out but she guilt trips me around her becoming homeless if I stop. I know things weren’t great for me but I never felt listened to. Bleurghhhh

 

I guess I’m a bit scared right now because I’ve never quite crashed out like this. But also I guess I’ve never held so much life stress like this at the same time. You’d be shocked to know what I do for a living but also kinda makes sense when you think about emotional burnout. 
 

If anyone gets to the bottom of this, thank you for reading, I just needed to vent and write stuff down somewhere. 

I am sat here reading this having a pint, about to go onto my second...

 

But...  i AM on holiday on a cruise ship about to leave Iceland.

 

Booze definitely DOESNT help. At all...   full stop.

 

Unfortunately counselling isnt available on tap like booze is!

[foxfanazer]

38 minutes ago, filthyfox said:

Yep...  thats depression.

GIVE IN TO IT and sort yourself out.

GET HELP if you need to

OR ........

 

FEEL LIKE THAT FOREVER!

Cheers mate

[ajthefox]

I hope everyone is doing ok. 

 

 

[Wymsey]

15 hours ago, filthyfox said:

Yep...  thats depression.

GIVE IN TO IT and sort yourself out.

GET HELP if you need to

OR ........

 

FEEL LIKE THAT FOREVER!

Imagine a GP saying that after a 2-minute consultation.

Edited 12 hours ago by Wymsey

[urban.spaceman]

4 hours ago, ajthefox said:

I hope everyone is doing ok. 

 

 

Ditto. Hope you’re well mate 

[urban.spaceman]

On 09/07/2026 at 14:56, Sampson said:

For me, the one thing that helps me sleep is listening to audio books of books I've already read and enjoy.

The BBC Sounds app has an 8 hours rain soundscape that I’ve been listening to for a while. Has been quite effective! Needed to go a piss in the middle of the night a bit more, but the sleep is definitely better

[ajthefox]

10 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

Ditto. Hope you’re well mate 

Muy bien mi amigo, gracias.