Comments on: long nights and sleepy days http://www.jenleheny.com/long-nights-and-sleepy-days My almost daily crafty/sewing blog where I show and tell the things I have made and a little bit of what is happening in my life. I am a hoarder - of inspiration images, fabric, patterns, and crafting books. I live in Australia and I'm a work at home mum to three great kids. My indie boutique is at www.redinstead.com.au where you can see the things I make. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:45:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: nichola http://www.jenleheny.com/long-nights-and-sleepy-days/comment-page-1#comment-1846 nichola Sat, 25 Nov 2006 08:13:37 +0000 http://www.jenleheny.com/archives/230#comment-1846 I hope you feel better soon and find some motivation to start something creative. big hugs. I hope you feel better soon and find some motivation to start something creative. big hugs.

]]> By: Susan McGarvey http://www.jenleheny.com/long-nights-and-sleepy-days/comment-page-1#comment-1839 Susan McGarvey Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:39:38 +0000 http://www.jenleheny.com/archives/230#comment-1839 You are certainly not alone! I completely understand how you feel. I've written only a few times in my blog about depression, partly because I don't want friends and family to worry and partly because when I 'm depressed, I can't get out of bed. I take antidepressants, too, but they don't always work or I forget them for a few days (at which point I'm too depressed to even care if I take them) or I don't know what goes wrong. I slept away this last weekend and was so mad at myself. I hope your fog lifts soon and you start feeling your creative self busting to get through! You are certainly not alone! I completely understand how you feel. I’ve written only a few times in my blog about depression, partly because I don’t want friends and family to worry and partly because when I ‘m depressed, I can’t get out of bed. I take antidepressants, too, but they don’t always work or I forget them for a few days (at which point I’m too depressed to even care if I take them) or I don’t know what goes wrong. I slept away this last weekend and was so mad at myself. I hope your fog lifts soon and you start feeling your creative self busting to get through!

]]> By: Jane Whittred http://www.jenleheny.com/long-nights-and-sleepy-days/comment-page-1#comment-1838 Jane Whittred Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:03:40 +0000 http://www.jenleheny.com/archives/230#comment-1838 Hmmmm, I think you are very brave to be able to write this down. I love seeing what you are doing and am going to start my own blog soon. However, just like you, I have so much on my plate that starting another thing just isn't possible and I have to allow myself some time to do what has already been started or needs to get done. We are visual people, we see the world through visual eyes. If you can't see what you have done right in front of you you feel like you haven't done anything. Well thats how I feel anyway. Perhaps you need to not take on anything new for a month or so and just focus on what is in process and also just being a Mum and Wife at the moment. Your work you do is fantastic and an inspiration. I love your visual diary and will hopefully use it as a great example next year when I begin teaching (yes, I am in the middle of a DipEd). And finally, it's so nice to know I am not the only one who always feels too tired or unenergetical to get into my artwork! jane. Hmmmm, I think you are very brave to be able to write this down. I love seeing what you are doing and am going to start my own blog soon. However, just like you, I have so much on my plate that starting another thing just isn’t possible and I have to allow myself some time to do what has already been started or needs to get done. We are visual people, we see the world through visual eyes. If you can’t see what you have done right in front of you you feel like you haven’t done anything. Well thats how I feel anyway. Perhaps you need to not take on anything new for a month or so and just focus on what is in process and also just being a Mum and Wife at the moment. Your work you do is fantastic and an inspiration. I love your visual diary and will hopefully use it as a great example next year when I begin teaching (yes, I am in the middle of a DipEd). And finally, it’s so nice to know I am not the only one who always feels too tired or unenergetical to get into my artwork!

jane.

]]> By: Faye http://www.jenleheny.com/long-nights-and-sleepy-days/comment-page-1#comment-1834 Faye Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:42:51 +0000 http://www.jenleheny.com/archives/230#comment-1834 You are not alone, and it is just as hard for those who live with you and your depression too. They feel helpless and at a loss to help you too, they can only standby and watch you go down deeper into your depression. At best it is better for you to have your time-out alone and for your loved ones to ignore you and get on with their own lives or else you will be taking them down with you. Ride it out, you have no choice, it will lift eventually and your life will resume until next time. Let go of the guilt...the stuff you buy is cheaper than therapy...that's what I tell myself, it can wait, it will still be there to go back to later if you choose to. Keep blogging, keep talking it out, we are here to listen to you. Forget the editing. Just be YOU. How did yu trip to Melbourne go? You are not alone, and it is just as hard for those who live with you and your depression too. They feel helpless and at a loss to help you too, they can only standby and watch you go down deeper into your depression. At best it is better for you to have your time-out alone and for your loved ones to ignore you and get on with their own lives or else you will be taking them down with you. Ride it out, you have no choice, it will lift eventually and your life will resume until next time. Let go of the guilt…the stuff you buy is cheaper than therapy…that’s what I tell myself, it can wait, it will still be there to go back to later if you choose to.
Keep blogging, keep talking it out, we are here to listen to you. Forget the editing. Just be YOU. How did yu trip to Melbourne go?

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