Cheryl5957

[Poodle3]

I just turned 60. Been on ssd for the past four years for major depression disorder and gad. Sometimes I feel okay then I crash and spend and spend 4or5 days in bed. I I don’t answer my phone,brush my teeth or take a shower. My friends don’t understand so they feel that they will just leave me alone when I’m very depressed. That makes my depression even worst because I feel like no one cares . I have been taking an antidepressant, antipsychotic and a anxiety med. can’t sleep and always feel anxious Have panic attacks all the time. None of my friends or family understand. They just tell me to push trough it and I’ll be okay. I appreciate their encouragement, but they just don’t understand. There is a big difference between being depressed and depression. Does anybody out there understand.

[Purplegirl2]

I understand. I’ve gone days without showering, brushing my teeth, even changing my clothes, drinking much water, etc. It really sucks. Especially when you know you would feel better if you do these things. I think I get this way when I feel emotionally flat - I’ll feel no positive emotions at all.

It helps to keep just 1 thing, at least, consistent every day. Something you like.

Every day at 8 pm I chat for 15 min with my online friends. Its the only routine I can keep up sometimes.

It took me a while until I even started doing this.

But start with one thing at a time.

I find that unless you’ve gone through it, you would not understand. I know I didn’t before I started feeling this way.

I learned not to go to my family for help. Its sad but its for the best.