Yes. It's that season where I compare everything to a pumpkin!
1. It comes in all shapes and sizes (and diagnoses).
2. With enough creativity, you can it put it to good use.
3. You have to carefully monitor kids around it.
4. It arrives in October, and stays through the holidays.
5. It can be heavy and cumbersome.
6. It can be ugly.
7. It never grows alone, and it has long roots.
8. You can carve different faces on it.
9. Birds and humans crap all over it.
10. It likes ghosts and dead people (the past, in general), and phobias of all kind.
11. Like an 11-year-old boy, you really want to smash it.
12. It can make you think of Thanksgiving, and everything you have to be grateful for.
13. You can't just hide it or forget about it, because after a few months, it will rot, decay, and stink up your entire house.
14. It's orange, meaning "ALERT: something isn't right."
15. A lot of people have one, but most don't put theirs out on the porch (like I do) for everybody to see (and comment on).
16. After you dig out its guts and give it a light, it can be made into something beautiful (at least temporarily).
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i never thought of the pumpkin being that way to depression with depression you have to keep a postive thought going in your mind.even if no one else hears you but god.sometimes its not good to tell others you have changed and you are thinking postive.i have been throught that i went to couseling and i have not been feeling good for several weeks now and i told her that and she tells me i am a neg,thinker which is true to a certain degree.but i am working on that and i did what my mind and heart told me i went and got a second look at my health and guess what it was more to it than my thinking.i got on meds for these things that were bothering me with my health and i do feel better.so sometimes its best to think postive keep it to ourselves.because others can bring you do they see you the way they want to so see yourself as someone great.
To Therese and all you fine readers of Beyond Blue. You are also great writers. After reading ALL the comments, I know that I am a little better now. After years of depression and hiding it from family and friends............you feel as low as you can get.
I can emphase with each of you and where you are in your dark times.
Yes, I am not looking forward to winter months, same as you. WE have to find bright places to go: botanical garden, butterfly house, play date with grandchildren.
One bad way I get thru is overeating. I am thinking of ordering a small wedding cake, putting it in the freezer and indulging myself when the need is here. HA HA HA Also, my sense of humor helps me big time. BUT MY ADULT CHILDREN DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT. Just thinking about "my wedding cake" is enough to get me thru a rough place.
Those of you who are having trouble seeing anything positive: do not watch the news, don't read newspapers, don't watch news on the computer. Find happy places to focus your attention. Going to a good movie or renting one is a favorite of mine. Of course, if all fails I stick in my copy of "What About Bob?" For you it may be "The Jerk" or "Bad Bandits" or "Thelma and Louise." The list can go on and on.
It's up to us to find small ways to get thru each day or part of a day. It's hard...............but does get better the longer you work on feeling better. You may have down days, BUT you have more good days. Built on that AND BE HAPPY FOR YOURSELF. We deserve to feel good about ourselves. I keep meaning to make my Self-Esteem File.
I will start it in Nov.....but if I don't, I'm not going to get down on myself. Maybe it will be Dec, Jan or Feb. I just know this is something that will help me.
God Bless each of you who wrote a comment on this subject.
It's hard to treat depression, but it is possible wih good emotions!
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Great metaphor. I like it!
Rebecca, http://www.interpersonaltherapy.net
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