Oh hey my depression stairs are like that too, except that there's no chain and the stairs also go down forever into a yawning black abyss. But hey, with enough pills and therapy I can usually mill around in the middle somewhere, and haven't thrown myself off yet.
Currently dealing with this too. I started meds to help with anxiety, but without the anxiety the depression makes everything that much harder to accomplish
For me, something like this manifests in what I describe as not being able to un-see the big picture, the whole thing from beginning to end. Or, wanting to be able to see things that way. I can’t just blindly take single steps without thinking about and focusing on the endpoint.
And if there’s anything to be concerned about in seeing the big picture, some difficulty ahead I can foresee, or dissatisfaction with where I seen the end result going etc, than that’s what I need to focus on and I don’t understand why people aren’t doing the same.
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Etterra@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
Oh hey my depression stairs are like that too, except that there's no chain and the stairs also go down forever into a yawning black abyss. But hey, with enough pills and therapy I can usually mill around in the middle somewhere, and haven't thrown myself off yet.
fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Currently dealing with this too. I started meds to help with anxiety, but without the anxiety the depression makes everything that much harder to accomplish
ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website · 1 pts · 2y
I was never able to find an anti depressant that worked, good on you man for finding one you got this
Pizza@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
I get anxious just looking at that staircase
vox@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 2y
think of it as a ladder
Pizza@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
That makes it better actually
maegul@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 2y
For me, something like this manifests in what I describe as not being able to un-see the big picture, the whole thing from beginning to end. Or, wanting to be able to see things that way. I can’t just blindly take single steps without thinking about and focusing on the endpoint.
And if there’s anything to be concerned about in seeing the big picture, some difficulty ahead I can foresee, or dissatisfaction with where I seen the end result going etc, than that’s what I need to focus on and I don’t understand why people aren’t doing the same.
Skates@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 2y
Bogus5553@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
How else am I supposed to finish on time? Start early? Pfft
tostiman@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Where is this?
Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 2y
Outside of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
s: https://www.flickr.com/photos/penelopesloom/2555486413/
ItsMeForRealNow@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
To be fair, that advice works on any stairs. It makes no promises on whether you'll achieve it. But it says what it says - one step at a time.