Psychological Issues: friends help
With A Little Help From My Friends, all of us at one time or another experience feeling of not being able to cope whether due to the loss of a loved one, illness or lossing your job etc. can make you feel miserable, but as time goes on and things pick up we get ourselves back on track again.
Sadly in contrast the dreadful anquish of depressive illnes can go on for weeks, months, years even though things may have picked up for us we could still find ourselves locked into, what may feel for many people is, a deep dark place where getting back becomes harder and harder.
Some of us go on experiencing those feelings, draging us even futher down until we find ourselves afraid to step over our own door-step, back into the world, trapping us in our home one person told me “I feel like there is a heavy dark cloud over me bearing down trying to squash me to the floor”.
Asking others can be a very powerful coping strategy, but it is important to remember if we use the help, and assistance of others to avoid situations by getting them to do things for us then this can prove very counter productive.
Help from friends, relatives etc. can be used in a more constructive manner, for example…
It is important to have someone you can talk to about your worries a family member, a close friend, or seeking help from user groups is also a good thing. Here you will come in to contact with other people who suffer in similar situations. If you have felt alone with your illness user groups could be away to eventually help you realise you are not alone.
As the work place becomes more, and more demanding of its workforce stress becomes more of a problem for us. There are many good user groups you can register with and many can be accessed via the internet. One such group is webcommunities This link is for people who are finding themselves under extreme pressure in the workplace. It also has relevent information for Management suggesting ways to deal with your or your member of staff’s personal circumstances. If you are aware of someone who feels they are experiencing ill health as a result of pressure at work, the following information on this website may be of some use to them/you also.
“Sometimes the comfort from being aware you are not alone in your suffering goes along way to making you feel good about yourself”