Topic: I am rapidly cycling through moods... What do?

Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago #1,941

This morning I was filled with self-pity, then self-loathing. "Why am I so poor?" then "Why did I think anyone would want to pay more than minimum wage to basically create simple pictures? Pathetic moron!"

While I was driving to work, it shifted to depression. Felt like I wanted to pull over and just stop. Jump into traffic. Then, at work, hatred. Wanted to beat my boss. Then, anxiety and a feeling that work was overwhelming.

Now I feel kinda ambivalent.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 33 seconds later[^] [v] #35,486

Start a side project.

The Editor !fuckItgC66 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 40 seconds later, 1 minute after the original post[^] [v] #35,487

Sleeping it off usually works for me, for a while, at least.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #35,488

alcohol

AC !tyLmN8C16E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 25 minutes later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #35,524

Rational emotive behavioral therapy.

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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #35,527

@previous (AC !tyLmN8C16E)
I don't even know what that means.

AC !tyLmN8C16E replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #35,530

@previous (A)
Counseling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_emotive_behavior_therapy

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 40 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #35,538

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Is rational emotive behavioral therapy no good?

Ash Ketchup !iC5Sra0Wb2 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 9 minutes later, 49 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #35,544

Have you considered suicide?

AC !tyLmN8C16E replied with this 15 years ago, 17 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #35,556

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Because I know very little :-)

AC !tyLmN8C16E double-posted this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #35,557

@35,538 (A)
Itâ€™s good. Itâ€™s great to help you develop the inner dialogue and reasoning that can stabilize your mood. Youâ€™ll develop cooping mechanisms for the interesting chaos of day-to-day life.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #35,558

@previous (AC !tyLmN8C16E)
I do not think they offer REBT at the clinic. What else can I do?

AC !tyLmN8C16E replied with this 15 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #35,566

@previous (A)
Oh, REBT isnâ€™t necessarily something you *ask* for, I think. It happens to be a common method that professional counselors use often. Just ask for counseling/therapy, and let the pro decide from there.

It wouldnâ€™t hurt to ask their opinion on REBT, though.

Minichan