tired

[amandagray]

getting tired of fighting. and saying the same shit over and over again about how im feeling to psychiatrists, therapists, family, friends, etc. im sure theyre tired of hearing it as much as i am of saying it. i kind of just want to not exist and do nothing. not to be too dramatic lmao. i feel like i turned my emotions off and idk how to turn them back on can anyone relate??

[jkl5500]

Feelings of emptiness, unreality, etc., are typical symptoms of depression. I've known them well. As strong as they are, they are merely symptoms, and not reality. I assume your doc has you on some med for depression. If so, has it helped at all?

[amandagray in reply to jkl5500]

yeah im on zoloft. i keep telling my doctor that the zoloft isnt working anymore but he wont take me off of it he just added abilify which also isnt working🙄 they worked pretty well the first year tho

[jkl5500 in reply to amandagray]

Zoloft stopped working for me, too. Depression is especially hard because it takes a while to turn things around. And patience is in short supply when you're depressed. You want to get better yesterday. I know I did.

But please keep doing your best, because you WILL get better. I know it doesn't seem that way right now, but you will!

[tppppppp]

Yes only symptoms. They are not you. You have a condition. I have it too. Anxiety and depression are all intertwined. But with time. And work. You'll get there.

[tppppppp]

Have you tried cbt? I'm just starting it but I feel a small bit different now then I did when I started.

[amandagray in reply to tppppppp]

yeah cbt definitely helps a little

[kateba]

I know how you feel about repeating yourself over and over. I honestly don't know what a therapist can say to me that I have not heard before. I start back with my therapist in a few weeks. I will say that to her. I also know what it's like to feel isolated. My family had a very detached emotionally way of life. I live alone, over the years I lost contact with friends to the point I only have 2 or 3 left. 2 of them are good at listening to my problems and really want to help. My best friend at that is a minister and we have been close friends since high school. Unfortunately he lives 80 miles away. I'm going through things right now. I'm trying to slowly get comfortable with things I used to do. I keep telling myself one day at a time and take baby steps. Hope this helps

[dogsaregreat]

I know exactly how you feel. I'm soooo sick and tired of the same old crap all the time. I've been severely depressed, (this time around), since October, 2018. I normally feel hope for the new year not long after Christmas, but it's lingering this time. I'm having 'crisis sessions' this week. All I do these days is cry, sleep and stare at the floor. Trying to figure out how to cope with life right now. Any tips out there?

[amandagray in reply to dogsaregreat]

hope u start to feel better soon!

[Runningfargal]

Get it exactly. I feel like a broken record most of the time in therapy and I have to annoy the heck out of my therapist. Thinking about quitting. I don’t have much for emotions either and not much motivation to turn them back on despite having an arsenal of tools from in and out patient programs. I just want to slip away so I get it, I can relate, you aren’t alone.

[amandagray in reply to Runningfargal]

exactly