How Do I Enjoy My Time With My Siblings After Overcoming Depression?
Posted by: Alan in Manic Depression, tags: After, Depression, Enjoy, Overcoming, Siblings, Time, With
I am sixteen years old, for the past seven years i have been battling manic depression, they just found a medicine to stabalize me and now that i have been in solitude for so long i don’t know how to interact with my brothers ages four and six, and my sister age seven. When they were born i was at a state where i never came out of my room, i remember when my sister was first born that i used to play with her all the time and i enjoyed it, even after the youngest was born i was at a state in my depression where i even enjoyed playing with them. I still have days when i am depressed and it is a constant battle to be happy, i just want to know what can i do with them, what games do i play with them…..basically how do i spend time with them where we are all having fun, i am a big kid-i love cartoons and kid games, i just don’t know what to do with them…any suggestions??????
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February 19th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
You could always follow their lead. Four, Six and Seven year old kids are always up to something, whatever they are doing join in. After joining in with them for sometime it will be easier to think of things you can all do together for fun. You can even ask your six year old brother and seven year old sister, let’s do something and see what they say. I remember when my nephew was four, the same age as your other brother, one time i went in the closet and grab a hat two different gloves and tied a small blanket around my neck and jumped out into the room like a very poorly made up super hero. He loved it though, he ended up dressing up in his Halloween costume and we ran around the house screaming and laughing.
February 19th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
well you could do things with them that they enjoy like board games or going outside to play, ask what they want to do and go with it, even if it means playing dress up or cops and robbers
February 19th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Anyone whos had to battle depression and ended up isolated is bound to find it hard to get back to “normal” whatever that is.
I tried for years to get back to my old self I used to be and tried and tried it just doesnt work like that, you have to realise that you are a different person because of your experiences of depression. Stop trying to be who you used to be before your depression and just relax, take one day at a time and be who you feel like.
In the end up when they grow up they may benefit from your knowlege of your experiences and help them to be more understanding people. You obviously have a lot of strength of character to be clear in your head what you want to do/achieve.
Just let natural interaction take its course and dont put so much pressure on yourself.
I know that was pretty scatty advice but I hope it helps even just a little.
Well done with the battle with depression I know what its like constantly fighting it off for years on end, sometimes you think you got it sorted only for it to creep back up again.
Best wishesX
February 19th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Children are highly perceptive honey.. they will see by your smile and gentle voice that you are having a good day. You dont need to stress over how.. because they dont care about *how*. If its only now that you are able to walk back into some sort of normality.. then thats fantastic by them. If you see them playing then go take a seat with them.. let them come to you..make fun of cartoons so they have to laugh and argue with you that They say something like* thats spongebob silly.. hes not a porkupine hes a sponge*.. then walk round singing that hes not a sponge..lol.. dont make an effort to mix with them.. they will see that a mile off.. relax honey…you have soo much time left to get into the swing of things.. take care.x