As many of you know, I suffer from chronic depression.
Nothing I can specifically put my finger on has happened today to make me feel down. Nonetheless, I cannot stop smelling “Red Door” perfume (no-one is wearing it, I can just smell it), and for some reason knives are looking very attractive to me right now.
No, I don’t feel suicidal (a couple of hours ago I did feel that way, but I don’t feel that way anymore).
I’ve done the shower thing, I’ve done the walking thing, but I can still smell “Red Door” even though I know that no-one is wearing it. No, I haven’t skipped medication I should be taking. I just need talking through the next couple of hours. Every time this crap happens I feel like I’m loosing my mind. Perhaps I am.
reprise hun, it will get better, it always does doesn’t it? At least in my experience it always does. I think you know I have gone through my depression so you don’t feel completely alone.
What about pulling out a good book, or putting on your favorite CD and finding some potpourri (the stuff you boil in a pot or you can use some kitchen spices and orange slices in a pot and bring to a boil then simmer to release the oils) to help you get rid of the smell you have following you. If that doesn’t work, fry up some onions, those will knock any smell lingering in your nose.
I could tell you a ton of things to do but not sure they will help?
If it helps you any, this person on the other “side” of the world is thinking about you. You aren’t losing your mind, you are just preoccupied with something and apparently it’s non-specific which is probably where your “losing your mind” is coming from. Been there and I can’t offer any hard-fast ideas but those I have used in the past.
So yer having a crappy day, and feeling depressed, and smelling Red Door. Well, of all the things you could be smelling, Red Door probably isn’t the worst. May I direct you to this thread. Red Door - annoying, but not the worst.
Seriously try to take care of yourself - how about a book? or some TV? I dunno - I’m sure you know best what to do to perk yourself up. Shoe shopping always works for me, but I got kinda a problem…
Wow, I’m amazed at how quickly people responded to this thread. Red Door is actually my favourite perfume but for some reason I keep smelling it lately even though it isn’t around.
I just found a weird kind of distraction. I’m playing the Proclaimer’s version of “King of the Road” over and over along with “The Rainbow Connection”.
It’s incredibly humid here right now and over the years I’ve noticed that I seem to lose my grip on reality when it’s humid.
Humidity I can deal with. I live in central Florida (USA) and I start getting uncomfortable below 70% humidity!
I work the night shift at a hotel here; all sorts of weird things can happen, and something odd just did.
I got a phone call from a lady who said she had just driven by and saw me, so she looked up the phone number. She said her name was Amy (I don’t think I know any Amys), 27, single, no kids. She likes reading romances, and really likes the male characters to be tall and dark haired. She also said I sounded sexy.
So then I:
a) Performed hot phone sex with her
b) Suggested we meet later on
c) None of the above
