Anxiety and depression

I have anxiety and depression. I feel like my situation is hopeless. The thoughts won't stop. I've been battling this for 5 years. Right now can't stop crying and I'm hurting. I feel scared does anyone have any thoughts.

[Lostjoy]

I feel much of the same way. I cry a lot also. We have to keep believing that it will get better though. I know this doesn’t sound like much help, but it’s all I know to do.

[finamc12]

I feel sad and mad angry and depressed at times. I just try my best live day by day set small goals and go through the day without doing no harm.

[Katieo87]

I feel the same at the minute. After suffering anxiety and severe depression for as long as I can remember I really don't ever remember feeling this bad. For the last 14 years since leaving school I have always battled threw working and college then constantly working ever since, even after a couple of times in hospital and a few months on anti depressants one time, I have always managed to keep myself busy and carry on dragging myself threw, but the last few months have been absolute hell all I do is cry, get andry and upset and feel hopeless constantly. I visited my GP but as I mentioned above medication is not something I would consider, even after my GP prescribing me Sertraline, my anxiety just reading the side affects made me a million times worse and I refuse to take them or any other medication to treat this life districting illness. My only advice despite my post asking for advice is to carry on battling threw things can't get any worse only better. If hospital is the only thing you can see helping then please try it. I wish more than anythin that anyone fighting these battles feels even just a tiny bit better each day! Lots of love 💖

[Hidden in reply to Katieo87]

Thank you. But I'm getting worse because I'm afraid of it

[EdenFoxe86]

You are not alone. A lot of us are in the same boat. I can't get my brain to stop, and the constant nervousness/fear/worry is becoming physically painful. Try taking some deep breaths, and focus on how the air feels as it enters and exits your body. I find that physical contact with someone I care about, whether that be family, friends, significant other, or even pets, is very soothing. My final tip for the evening is to google this list called "Everything is Awful and I'm Not Okay". It has a bunch of steps to take when you are feeling overwhelmed and ready to give up, and they all involve real actions that are very easy. When I'm in that horrible place, I work through the list and it makes me feel like I'm actually doing something to make it better.

[Shanedavey]

Hello again Dear,

And I am sorry you are going through this because I know exactly what it's like. I wish I could reach out and hug you. When I read your post I relive it myself. Some of my worst episodes came with antidepressants. I can't take them ( I've only tried a few and it was so long ago I can't even remember the names) whatever little good they did was forgotten when I hit a couple of the lowest times in my life because the meds (I have no doubt because I tried them again and got the same exact results)

You might consider this if you are on meds.

Do you have people around you who might not be sensitive to what you are going through? I f so I put a distance on these people in my life when I was having "a bad time". Especially if its spouse. A spouse can really make a bad time worse because when you need love the most and they can't come through that really made me feel so hopeless and alone and then comes the big negative I call it. Its when you truly believe that no one loves you or even cares about you.

There are a lot of things that can make a difference but the one thing that really helped me through was a wonderful woman who cared for me like I was her own son and i took care of her like she was my mom all the way to the end which just happened a week ago. For twenty three years we supported each other and I did what I had to do and did the best I could to make her comfortable and held her hand for the last week of her life and I literally slept sitting in a chair next to her hospital bed until she took her last breath. she was 96.

why am I telling you all this?

because it's been a long time since I've felt this lonely. But I am going to move forward. I think you should consider this too. moving forward in life means to make changes that you don't want to make and some that you do.

analyze your surroundings and you might have to become a little bit narcissistic but if there is something or someone that is aggravating your condition get rid of it. You have to get better!!

I wish you the best

[Agora1 in reply to Shanedavey]

Shanedavey, a very warm and touching response. I am sorry for the passing of this wonderful woman in your life. How comforting it must have been for her to have someone so special with her in her final hours. I'm sure you do feel lonely. But I'm glad to hear that no matter how difficult you will move forward. Making changes are always difficult for anyone but more so for the anxious person.

Knowing that it needs to be done in order to go forward is a positive step. Wish you well.