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"Got Me A Tattoo"

Title says it all. Went down today expecting to just have a look and possibly book an appointment and the guy said he could do it right there. So I obliged and got This It's bloody sore though, didn't hurt that much getting it done but now it's like a burning sensation on my arm.

Anyone else from here gots one? Pics? Getting another?

I reckon I'll go back in a few months time and either get something on the other arm or continue what I have up to my shoulder - still undecided though, I may not get another at all.

Yeah i understand. I've sort of given up trying to fix it and just settled for coping.
Anyway, tattoos. I'm looking for one now but i'm difficult to please.

Work could possibly be the hardest thing, I had a few jobs where I just quit for no possible reason.

Someone told me to write a list of the things you are not happy about. Although I didn't write one I had one in my head. Now I'm back living with my parents (not ideal but better), I've lost 2 stone, and I got a job with hours and a pay packet I like. BUT, there will always be that little voice talking in my head telling me i'm useless and life is pointless but I'm learning to ignore it day by day. I've had stuff thrown at me in the past and I let it get to me, now, with the stuff going on all I can do is deal with it and turn it into a positive rather than a negative.

See what I'm saying? The tablets can only do so much.

I know from experience that while getting out and doing things improves things a bit, it certainly doesn't make the problems go away. I've still got a very clear memory of going into work one morning (In a job i quite liked) and then quitting in the afternoon because i'd convinced myself i wasn't happy, wasn't going anywhere and i needed to do something about it. I can recognise that sort of obsessional madness now but it's still difficult to ignore.

Personally I didn't notice any improvement. David said he did though.

Looking back I can see how bad I became when I stopped taking them. I did just stop taking them suddenly though.

Mostly you HAVE to want them to work. I stopped taking them last summer and I was still down and had mood swings. But when I started working in September (I hadn't worked for a few months) I noticed more improvement than when I took the tablets.

Right now, even though I still have bad days, it would be so much easier to go to the docs and take them again, but I know from experience all I need to do is keep busy so I'm not going to because I can get through [what it is that is getting me down] on my own.

You can't sit around moping, you have to get out there and make life better for yourself. Life is what you make it.

Did you actually notice any improvement or did you just feel more stable on them? I ask because i cant see any improvement but i tend not to lose it anymore (except when i forgot to take them)

I just took mine as and when I remembered.

I drank when I was on them too which made no difference.

.:~Bubblez~:. wrote:
> Maybe you should switch or get a higher dose. When I was on them
> I was my normal self then when I stopped them I became a
> nightmere again. No wonder my ex left me lol !

I'm fine on them for the moment. I forgot to take them for about 4 or 5 days a couple of weeks ago and it was worse than ever. My only problem at the moment is remembering to take the sodding things before i eat.

Nin wrote:
> Alfonse wrote:
> Do you want some anti-depressants so we can be friends? :D
>
> Already on them dear, they're probably the reason i cant be
> bothered :D


Maybe you should switch or get a higher dose. When I was on them I was my normal self then when I stopped them I became a nightmere again. No wonder my ex left me lol !

I bet I can make you smile right now Nin.

Alfonse wrote:
> Do you want some anti-depressants so we can be friends? :D

Already on them dear, they're probably the reason i cant be bothered :D