Do you ever randomly feel sad or stressed?

[EITIW]

Well? Do you?

Sometimes I will sad, stressed or overwhelmed. Just out of the blue. I could be doing absolutely nothing, and suddenly I'll feel like that.

Does this ever happen to you?

 

[Nebulous]

Yeah its part of being human. We all feel like that sometimes.

 

[Jason]

Now this feeling is sadness seems to be for no reason, but my religious faith cheers me up.

 

[Rey619]

Sometimes it hard to not be sad

 

[Morgana]

Good thread subject, I often feel stressed because it all has to do with the law of averages. The world has good people in it, I know quite a few. But it also has sadistic turkeys in it too. Sooner or later one of those turkeys will try and give you a hard time. Human nature is what it is and we cannot change that. All we can try to do is to practice the concept of acceptance, and go with the flow as best we can.

 

[Smithy]

I suffer with depression from time to time, could be down to the high blood pressure I have which I have tablets for.

 

[PGen98]

I have dysthymia, which is persistent major depressive disorder, so yes, I absolutely randomly get sad and depressed for stretches of several days at a time.

 

[Shortie]

This happens to me a lot more than I tend to admit. I suffer from both depression and anxiety after being in a bad situation for a long while until I got out finally in 2015. As much as I do have my life back now, the trauma never really goes away.

 

[Faye]

This is one question they ask all of us oldies in the USA, on Medicare, on our yearly checkups. I seldom feel depressed and then very mildly. Stressed at times when I forget to write something down and then forget it until later. I just remembered I have my last load of laundry in the dryer from two days ago.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

This is one question they ask all of us oldies in the USA, on Medicare, on our yearly checkups. I seldom feel depressed and then very mildly. Stressed at times when I forget to write something down and then forget it until later. I just remembered I have my last load of laundry in the dryer from two days ago.

I totally agree with you, Faye, and I think that most of us that are seniors just became used to any kind of depression or even illness being blamed on women having a sensitive disposition, or some such judgement, so we all learned to just keep going in life and hoped that things got back to normal soon.
Doctors are finally more in tune with how much hormones can affect what we feel and even how we think, so more people are aware of it now, I believe.

As you said, it is something that the doctors always ask in the annual Medicare checkups. But we live in a society now where doctors want to hand out pills for just about everything, where once we just acknowledged we were having a bad day (or week) and went on with our life. I wish I could still do things i enjoyed when I was younger, but i am not depressed, and try to enjoy each day that God gives me on this earth, as I know you do, too.

 

[Marie Mallory]

I totally agree with you, Faye, and I think that most of us that are seniors just became used to any kind of depression or even illness being blamed on women having a sensitive disposition, or some such judgement, so we all learned to just keep going in life and hoped that things got back to normal soon.
Doctors are finally more in tune with how much hormones can affect what we feel and even how we think, so more people are aware of it now, I believe.

As you said, it is something that the doctors always ask in the annual Medicare checkups. But we live in a society now where doctors want to hand out pills for just about everything, where once we just acknowledged we were having a bad day (or week) and went on with our life. I wish I could still do things i enjoyed when I was younger, but i am not depressed, and try to enjoy each day that God gives me on this earth, as I know you do, too.

I didn't sleep at all last night, 'oppos,another song'.

And I have times when I feel bad, Hubby not so much but he does have bad nights too.
He is more of a positive type and I'm more negative, then at times its vice versa.
Last night was really bad for me.
I guess somewhere in the middle is reality,
" You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality " A.R.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

I don't think pills are the answer, but then I have to admit that I am on one that was prescribed because over time as I got old I began to suffer from inexplicable panic attacks. These grew in frequency and duration until I needed something to help.

Many things do help, such as Xanax. But those treatments have real limitations and side effects and can be very addictive. For just under 2 years now I've been on a low dose of an "antidepressant" and that has knocked it out completely. Aside from a feeling that it was creeping back last March (which faded) I've been without panic episodes entirely. Being able to feel normal and to function at full speed is a wonderful thing.

Actual depression, "sadness," or "stressed?" I've been lucky I suppose. I can't identify with that. But even though I don't push pills and would rather not be taking them myself I'm not sure that they should be sniffed at without serious consideration.

Once I was feeling better being free of me panic attacks I started casting about for ways to stay more engaged with the world outside my head. So maybe look for ways to jump out of your rut? Even ones that seem small and insignificant or even silly?

Ease into some physical activity? Try to learn to play some cheap and simple musical instrument like the ocarina? Make an effort to sing and even learn lyrics for additional songs you appreciate? Try something new in gardening?

 

[Nancy Hart]

Yes --- The Mean Reds (Breakfast at Tiffany's)

There is usually a reason. Often something I don't want to think about. Denial? If it hangs on for too long, I try, honestly, to figure it out what it is. Then it usually goes away.

 

[Marie Mallory]

I don't think pills are the answer, but then I have to admit that I am on one that was prescribed because over time as I got old I began to suffer from inexplicable panic attacks. These grew in frequency and duration until I needed something to help.

Many things do help, such as Xanax. But those treatments have real limitations and side effects and can be very addictive. For just under 2 years now I've been on a low dose of an "antidepressant" and that has knocked it out completely. Aside from a feeling that it was creeping back last March (which faded) I've been without panic episodes entirely. Being able to feel normal and to function at full speed is a wonderful thing.

Actual depression, "sadness," or "stressed?" I've been lucky I suppose. I can't identify with that. But even though I don't push pills and would rather not be taking them myself I'm not sure that they should be sniffed at without serious consideration.

Once I was feeling better being free of me panic attacks I started casting about for ways to stay more engaged with the world outside my head. So maybe look for ways to jump out of your rut? Even ones that seem small and insignificant or even silly?

Ease into some physical activity? Try to learn to play some cheap and simple musical instrument like the ocarina? Make an effort to sing and even learn lyrics for additional songs you appreciate? Try something new in gardening?

I started having them as young adult, so I sort of manage them now a little better. Still not fun.

 

[Krystal]

I started having them as young adult, so I sort of manage them now a little better. Still not fun.

Same here. I am not as bothered by them now, but when I was very young.....oh hell!!! It was awful.

And to answer the OP question, I do feel sad and stressed "some days". Also, I think older people experience sadness and depression more because we have more time to think about all the things we can no longer do because of lack of energy or health reasons. Plus, as we get older, we realize we have less time in front us then behind us.

 

[Don Alaska]

Has anyone seen this? It was sent to me, but it is allegedly form the New York Times. I wouldn't expect the Times to publish this, so it might be untrue, but who knows?

 

[Axel Slingerland]

Whether it's fact or fiction... Who knows? It's difficult to know for sure now days with fake news everywhere you look. But I would think that it came from substackcdn.com because it says that in the address bar. CDN is short for Content Delivery Network, which is sort of like a YouTube for writers.