Know what his response was? “Okay” and he said it like it was no big deal.
That hurts. Why do I even bother telling people in my judgmental family anything?
They don’t care.
I feel so isolated and alone.
They’re not helping. I don’t like feeling this way. I hate it. I would do anything to make the pain go away, but I can’t.
People who have never felt this way do not understand. I couldn’t understand it until it happened to me. My best friend was depressed for years before I became depressed. I feel so bad now that I wasn’t very supportive. I had no idea what it was like, therefor I didn’t take it as anything serious. Now she has helped me tremendously because she’s been through it.
Not sure if this helps you. I have a sister who tries to give me advice about how to just get over it. I pretty much just say ok, and think to myself that she has no clue.
Hello, Sorry for your "Hell". Take it from an "Old" depressed person. It has been a problem all my life, I am 75 now. I have learn't to keep my mouth shut. As you admitted most people DO NOT understand, how can they, depression is just a word to them, they see it portrayed on TV generally incorrectly and poorly in books. I was judged and ignored for my honesty. Thru reading I sought out a psychiatrist at age 58, he diagnosed me me as Bi-polar 11 and put me on Lithium. Medical idiots here in S.C. took me off Lithium and put me on Wrong meds, I have just spent 2 visits inside in the last 7 months thanks to ignorance. Needless to say I am frightened as there is not a psychiatrist in the area. So I have a job ahead of me. I am not well just now, picked up a virus and am spending most of my day in bed now, coughing and sweating. You will feel isolated and alone, part of the rotten illness. If you can get a copy of How to Heal Depression by Harold H Bloomfield & Peter McWillims, read it cover to cover, over and over. Ask your Dr. for a referral to a psychiatrist, Dr.s helped me, but the right Psychiatrist got me well. Look for a depression support group, chat to us here, we have a wealth of knowledge on these pages. I know to well how you feel, one way I bribed myself, looking around my home, saying other people are feeling like this, and we pretended we were together. So please talk to your Dr. If your Dr. is not receptive, go to Mental Health, to emergency and hopefully find a psychiatrist. 40 + million suffer from depression in our country every year. Hope I have been of help. Take care of you first, you are ill, you come l st. Do not talk to people who are of no support. Get the right help, not useless now it all's I'd better go a n lie down. Your No. 1. Sending you love, courage, peace and Hugs. Sprinkle 1.
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