Sounds like you need a break, such as a vacation, or at least some sleep.

I hear ya. I'm tired very often too, but it's not a sleepy tired -- I get lots of sleep.

hugs.

If you need practical advice, pull out a sheet of paper and a pen and start breaking things down

Otherwise, if you're genuinely stuck consider seeing someone about it

but in any case, hugs. Hope you feel better soon.

I felt this way yesterday. I went home and did nothing all evening but bake cookies. It was a nice distraction.

Blanket snuggles are the best thing in the world for this. (Srsly, put your bedding into a dryer for about 20 minutes and then quickly jump into bed with it all still warm.)

Yes, snuggles! Great when human hugs are not available. That's why I still own a couple large, soft stuffed animals (a dog and a tiger); so valuable for getting me through the bad nights (usually one at a time; if I need both, it's a sign of serious depression).

As much as I've been feeling kind of fantastic of late, I do still have brief periods of overwhelming fear...fear that I AM forgetting something, or the one that scares me the most? Fear that I'm not doing the best I can for my daughters. Parents who fucked up so often say, "Well I did the best I could" but I sometimes suspect they KNOW they weren't, actually.

I hope these feelings pass for you, as they do for me. Sometimes, I just think too much, and DO too little. That's how I've been tackling this crap when it pops up...I put my head down and get back to living. Maybe that'll work for you, too?

I'm sorry you're feeling blue, serena. Some good suggestions in this thread, though.

When I was young, this song, though quite wistful and sad in tone, always made me feel better: Grover - What Do I Do When I'm Alone?

Of course, sometimes I just want to lash out caustically at the world. But sarcasm is always best when it's funny: Kids in the Hall - Sarcastic Guy

Do you have a teenager anywhere in that mix? If not, count your lucky stars for that.

Spring in Western Pennsylvania is pretty gray and depressing, I can see it getting to you Serena. This past weekend was awesome but mostly it's been raining everyday for the last few weeks and is forecast to keep doing that for another week at least.

Personally on dreary days, an order of spring rolls and a big bowl of Pho cheers me up the most.

Even before seeing #'s post, I totally wanted to say GET OUT OF PITTSBURGH. At least for awhile. Go visit some family, or do a road trip and couchsurf with old friends. Or go somewhere where there's a lot of MeFites. NYC might be too expensive, but I'm sure we'd be happy to have you!

Well, it always gets better. Thanks for the input, everybody. But it's times like this that I wonder what I'm doing wrong, that this happens too frequently. So I keep trying new things, but they take a while, and don't necessarily improve life enough. For both mental and physical reasons, I should really move someplace dryer and sunnier, but it took so long to build up a livable life here, I guess it would take that much longer to do it somewhere else. It's hard to tell how much change is enough to make it all better. I mean, there are people happy to live in trailers by an oil rig in North Dakota because that's where the jobs are. Jobs, and absolutely NOTHING else (within comfortable driving distance). I don't wanna end up like that. Or, I could just move to a big, modern apartment with big windows, maybe a house share with cool people...Besides, I'd feel guilty leaving town. My elderly parents, ex-boyfriends (who I suppose should get a life)and cat all want me to stay!

I meant on a vacation.