I don't know why I'm feeling sad,

DigitalMethod · 10-12-2008, 07:55 PM

"I don't know why I'm feeling sad. But I am. Please don't ask me what is wrong, if I knew, I would fix it."

Anyone relate?

Ivy · 10-12-2008, 08:04 PM

Yes. I don't feel that way today but I have before and likely will again.

Mempy · 10-12-2008, 08:06 PM

Yes, very much so. I feel that way a lot of the time.

blanclait · 10-12-2008, 08:11 PM

relatively common for me.
that sadness soon became my norm.

but how intense is it? i feel bit agitated, and bit depressed. But never at a point of wanting to hurt myself, etc. Depending on the severity and if it does have some major impact in your daily activities, you may want to check that out.

DigitalMethod · 10-12-2008, 08:25 PM

But doesn't it seem paradoxical?

It makes complete sense.
Yet how is it ever fixed when one never learns the problem.

I guess what I am asking is, how do you guys deal with it, what eventually has helped you solve it, what has eventually helped you feel better?

Ivy · 10-12-2008, 08:28 PM

If I have nothing concrete to anchor the mood to, then distraction is my weapon of choice most of the time. Just get out of the house and do something different, or something that has reliably changed my mood before. The few times I've found to have an unshakeable low mood or numbness that I couldn't be distracted from, I sought the assistance of a counselor which seemed to help, or maybe it just passed.

FDG · 10-12-2008, 08:30 PM

No, never happens. At worst, I'm bored.

WobblyStilettos · 10-12-2008, 08:32 PM

This is a concept that my therapist fails to grasp, so she hasn't come up with any ways to deal with it yet (and if I knew, I wouldn't be there)

I hope you feel better

DigitalMethod · 10-12-2008, 08:53 PM

Is it Fi?

Jack Flak · 10-12-2008, 09:08 PM

Sometimes I feel a negative emotion which remains constant until I realize the cause, then it recedes.

10-12-2008, 07:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
DigitalMethod Content. Content? Join Date: May 2008 Type: INTJ Posts: 978	I don't know why I'm feeling sad, "I don't know why I'm feeling sad. But I am. Please don't ask me what is wrong, if I knew, I would fix it." Anyone relate? __________________ "The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful." - Albert Einstein

10-12-2008, 08:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ivy Avatar is non-ironic Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: ???? Posts: 8,073	Yes. I don't feel that way today but I have before and likely will again. __________________ I don't wanna face my fears! I'm afraid of 'em! -Spongebob

10-12-2008, 08:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mempy Badass Mofo Join Date: Jul 2007 Type: Posts: 2,255	Yes, very much so. I feel that way a lot of the time. __________________ I’d rather feel the sting of strife, where gales are born and tempests roar; Than settle down to useless life and rot in dry dock on the shore.

10-12-2008, 08:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
DigitalMethod Content. Content? Join Date: May 2008 Type: INTJ Posts: 978	But doesn't it seem paradoxical? It makes complete sense. Yet how is it ever fixed when one never learns the problem. I guess what I am asking is, how do you guys deal with it, what eventually has helped you solve it, what has eventually helped you feel better? __________________ "The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful." - Albert Einstein

10-12-2008, 08:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ivy Avatar is non-ironic Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: ???? Posts: 8,073	If I have nothing concrete to anchor the mood to, then distraction is my weapon of choice most of the time. Just get out of the house and do something different, or something that has reliably changed my mood before. The few times I've found to have an unshakeable low mood or numbness that I couldn't be distracted from, I sought the assistance of a counselor which seemed to help, or maybe it just passed. __________________ I don't wanna face my fears! I'm afraid of 'em! -Spongebob

10-12-2008, 08:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
blanclait Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Type: eNTP Posts: 283	relatively common for me. that sadness soon became my norm. but how intense is it? i feel bit agitated, and bit depressed. But never at a point of wanting to hurt myself, etc. Depending on the severity and if it does have some major impact in your daily activities, you may want to check that out.

10-12-2008, 08:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
FDG Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Type: ENTJ Location: Treviso, Veneto, Italy Posts: 1,811	No, never happens. At worst, I'm bored. __________________ ENTj 7-3-8 sx/sp

10-12-2008, 08:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
WobblyStilettos Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Type: INFP Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 334	This is a concept that my therapist fails to grasp, so she hasn't come up with any ways to deal with it yet (and if I knew, I wouldn't be there) I hope you feel better __________________ Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell. ~Edna St. Vincent Millay

10-12-2008, 08:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
DigitalMethod Content. Content? Join Date: May 2008 Type: INTJ Posts: 978	Is it Fi? __________________ "The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful." - Albert Einstein

10-12-2008, 09:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
Jack Flak Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Type: INTP Location: The Everlasting Sky Posts: 9,359	Sometimes I feel a negative emotion which remains constant until I realize the cause, then it recedes.

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