I've already posted a similar question in the Anxiety forum. Has anyone had success in overcoming a particular depression-trigger? If so, would you mind sharing your experience and what helped bring along your success in that area?
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Stress is a big trigger for me. I've had to learn that when I start feeling stressed (muscles in shoulders/neck tight, sighing a lot) that I need to do things to relax me. If I don't recognize these things, I'll end up wanting to sleep all the time, get an "I don't care" attitude and feel like running away. It's very important that I recognize it here, because when it goes past this, I tend to get very very depressed.
To help, I try to spend more time with people, do things that are relaxing and enjoyable, talk with my accountability friends about what's going on and listening, spending more time writing/journaling to help me manage, and talking to my therapist if needed. I see her ongoing to deal with stress in general, though I don't always need to see her.
To help, I try to spend more time with people, do things that are relaxing and enjoyable, talk with my accountability friends about what's going on and listening, spending more time writing/journaling to help me manage, and talking to my therapist if needed. I see her ongoing to deal with stress in general, though I don't always need to see her.
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Thank you for your insight.
Yes, I've noticed that there comes a particular point when I need to recognize the patterns and make a change. It's usually stress that triggers mine too. I had been doing really well at managing it during the past few months, but have fallen back into stressful thinking patterns just recently.
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