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Tangodream
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PathStep 9 Compassion hearts67 Forum posts46 Forum upvotes80 Current upvotes80 Age GroupAdult Last activeFebruary, 2024 Member sinceFebruary 26, 2016
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Female, 58, married dealing with depression, PTSD, anxiety, and several health conditions.

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Friendship
50 & Over Community / by Tangodream
Last post
 February 9th, 2024
...See more I find it incredibly hard to make in person friendships, I always have. Now that I'm in my late 50s, struggling with health and money issues, I feel so isolated and alone. I work as a pet sitter, so I lack human interaction there. My family has drifted apart, I'm not close to my siblings anymore and repairing the relationships with them isn't in the cards. My younger sister broke off contact with me and my older brother and I just don't have much in common, I had a best friend, but she got into some very extreme political views that I couldn't reconcile with. I have my spouse, but that isn't enough, How do you all make friends? Once you do, how do you maintain a healthy relationship with your friends? If nothing else, how do you make at least a friend online to check in with, just to make sure everything is okay? So many websites are full of scammers or people looking for online sex.
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New Member
50 & Over Community / by Tangodream
Last post
 January 9th, 2024
...See more I'm a new member of the group. I'm 58 years old, female, married. Dealing with depression, PTSD, anxiety, and a variety of health conditions. I'm feeling worn out, alone, useless most days lately. I've been sick for a month, at first with Covid, and now what I think is a sinus infection. Seeing the doctor today. I'm just so tired of everything and tired of hurting.
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Spiraling down again
Depression Support / by Tangodream
Last post
 January 7th, 2024
...See more My depression is getting worse again. I'm so alone right now, no friends, not close to my family, financial situation is bad. I'm feeling like I just want to sleep and do nothing. This happened before, I got really bad. Trying to make a therapy appointment. Each time it gets harder.
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No energy or motivation
Depression Support / by Tangodream
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 Wednesday
...See more I just woke up a little while ago and I'm still exhausted, I feel like I could sleep all day. But I have things that I need to get done today and I'm facing some really big challenges and changes in my life starting tomorrow. I can feel my body reacting to the stress, my stomach is upset and I can feel all the muscles in my lower back clenching up. I hope I'm up to the challenges I'm about to face, I don't feel strong enough. I'm slowly upping my antidepressant with the guidance of my doctor, I'm hoping that helps me feel better. I have another therapy session coming up but it's not until January 14th. I'm just trying to hang on and take things one day at a time and not let the problems that are lurking out there get to me. I have so much to deal with and when I think about it all that's what makes me spiral downward. Thanks for listening!
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Dealing with my spouse who won't sleep
Depression Support / by Tangodream
Last post
 April 4th, 2020
...See more My spouse sleeps nights and refuses to try to get at least eight hours of sleep per day. I stay quiet, I keep the pets quiet, yet they will stay up until the are acting like they are drunk due to lack of sleep. They'll listen to music, or sleep-eat, or end up falling out of the chair they've fallen asleep in, instead of going to bed! I beg them to go to bed and they won't! Today, the feel asleep in the shower this morning and fell down into the tub and knocked the shower curtin down and water got all over the bathroom! They were not hurt, but I had to clean up the mess AGAIN. I'm not doing well as it is with my depression right now & they refuse to take care of themselves! I've told them that trying to stay awake for whatever reason is not helping me! I need them well rested, not so sleep depreived that they are stumbling around like my abusive drunk ex-husband. Their behavior is so triggering to me, which they know, and they STILL do it. I've talked to their therapist with them and their meds person, no change! I'm finding it really hard to cope right now, I don't need this added bullshit. I don't know how to get through to them anymore without saying mean, hurtful things sometimes. It has been going on for months! Whenever they have a day off, they sleep all the time because they don't rest properly otherwise. I'm feeling pretty alone becuase they are at work, asleep, or usually so wigged out due to lack of sleep I don't want to interact with them. Mostly, I'm just venting. But does anyone else deal with this?
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