Oscar K

I can only relate my insights about the metaphorical nature of being at "rock bottom" . When someone hits rock bottom there is only direction that you can possibly go and that of course is up. Metaphorically climbing becomes easier if excess emotional baggage is let go. The idea is to be clever with powerful metaphors or as I like to call them: CLEVERFUL MEDaphors. Old Man Depression plays the most awful tricks on our psyches so my feeling is we should play some tricks right back. Maybe this can help a little. Oscar

Welcome new friend. I can only tell you what has been helpful for me. I experience depression as a natural formation / resource. We are all metaphorically empty but getting lost and trapped within ourselves is the debilitating problem of depression. I truly believe we are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. We can counteract the effects of depression with clever and powerful metaphors. Maybe this can help a little. Hope you find a supportive home here.

Welcome aboard to our forum friendSHIP. The first thing to do is to not give up on yourself. We are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. My feeling is that Old Man Depression plays the most awful tricks on our poor psyches so maybe we should just play some clever tricks right back. I hope you find a supportive home here. Please stick with us and yourself.

We are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. I believe we can counteract the debilitating effects of depression with clever and powerful metaphors. The ice you are afraid of falling into is of course metaphorical. Perhaps you are telling yourself to stay off the "ice" and stay on a "solid foundation". Food for thought?

Welcome new friend to our forum family. We all have issues with varying degrees of depression. My experience reveals depression to be a natural formation / resource. We are all metaphorically empty but we need not become lost and trapped within ourselves. Please make yourself at home here and check out other posts. We are here to help.

Welcome new friend to our forum family. You can safely vent here. Depression is a problem but we are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. When you are comfortable tell us about yourself. We will try to help.

Welcome new friend. We are not meant to suffer. We are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. Please make yourself at home here and post your concerns when you feel comfortable.

Welcome new friend to our forum family. Sorry things are so miserable for you. You are right about the "fall into depression" metaphor. Depression is definitely a metaphorical hole, pit, cave , dark empty void. I experience depression as a natural formation / resource. We are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. Please keep posting your concerns and you will find it to be very cathartic. Chin up.

qWe care about our members. We are here for each other. My motto is : Despair not /Repair a lot. We are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. Keep posting your concerns and keep your chin up.

Welcome new friend to our forum family. You can post your concerns here and we will try to help. I truly believe we are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. When you are comfortable tell us more about yourself.

Welcome new friend to our forum family. This is a very safe place to post your concerns. We are here to help as best we can. It can be very cathartic to unload your problems here. I truly believe we are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. Keep posting and check out other posts for support and meaningful insights. Oscar

Welcome new friend. Very sorry to read about your predicament. We are here to help each other as best we can. My feeling is that we are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. Please don't give up on yourself. We cherish all our members and we welcome your comments about all concerns you have.

I read your post and know how awful depression can be. I can only try to offer a little insight regarding the dark, dark hole you mentioned. Of course the hole is metaphorical. I believe you are telling yourself that you need light to counteract the darkness. Also climbing out of a hole is easier when letting go of weighted emotional baggage. To me depression is a natural formation / resource. We are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression and powerful and clever metaphors are the way out of the debilitating effects of depression. You are not wasting our time and I hope this can help even a little. Oscar

Welcome aboard to our forum friendSHIP. We do know how awful depression can be. I truly believe we are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. Please make yourself at home here and check out other posts. It can be very cathartic to post your concerns. We will try our best to help.

Welcome new friend. We care about all our precious members. I truly believe we are never helpless confronting Old Man Depression. We have unique perspectives and try to help each other as best we can. My approach is to counteract the debilitating effects of depression with clever and powerful metaphors. "CLEVERFUL MEDaphors" are my favorite tactic to help in my struggle with depression . I must keep myself metaphorically anchored outside my depression abyss. My motto: Despair not / Repair a lot. Maybe this can help and I hope you find a supportive home here. Oscar