I wish depression didn't exist
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It's an awful thing Carolann11967.
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I don't feel like going anywhere or doing anything
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Get something really easy to do like draw a picture, something just to get you going.
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Sometimes I'll do a word search, my elderly Mom loves adult coloring books
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Colouring books are great, have you tried one?
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Not much, have you had depression?
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Yes, did years ago, Im not to bad these days, it was more when I was younger.
I hear ya! I try to take walks during the day-even just around the block. Of course it's 9 degrees right now so that's not an option. Working on a jigsaw puzzle
It eats away at your life and years spent on it
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This is a very challenging time for me
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How long have you had depression?
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How are you doing?
Hi Carolann11967. Welcome to the group. I couldn't agree with you more.
Thank you
I wish depression did not exist because I have lost my daughter through it. She has had depression since she was 21. She is now 50 and has cut all contact with me and my family. I wish every day she would call me, she did not even contact me when my mum died 3 years ago. Mum left her some money, but she has not let my brother know which bank to put it in.
Yeah, me too! It can be really hard sometimes.
This episode has been going on since late April, it was a long summer
Oh no! Sorry to hear it's been going on so long.
Me too! How are you doing?
I'm getting by.
you me and millions of others.
I’ve felt that way so so many times. The only things I have learned are
1. I will feel this way again
2. It will pass
3. Everything changes
Connect with our community because you are welcome and belong here. With much love, Nina2016
Yes, I agree. This is totally how my life of 43 years has been so far. Ups and downs. Ins and outs. Sometimes it’s short lived and other times like now we are going on month 6. I wish you all some peace. Keep going, don’t give up. You are loved. Having some tea now, going to settle in with my weighted blanket soon. 🙏❤️
In some cultures depressed people were seen as seers. You can look at the world in a different way from those that are ready for war or always entertaining the crowds with their wit.
Depression: It can be so heavy, ruthless and all encompassing! Last year I was suicidal. I used to fall on my bed with my hands on my heart and just breath for an hour. It's all I could do to feel better. Then I learned to cultivate a voice inside me that was more loving than any voice I had ever know. That voice was born from immense pain. From my desire to live and not die. From that voice I would tell myself I'll never leave you, I see you, I got you, just be with me and the hurting part of me started to believe that voice after awhile. I also got active in a support group and became willing to break through my isolation and fear and began sharing and reaching out to others. Slowly I started to pray again to the God of my understanding again too after making up a story that whatever God there was had abandoned me. I started to exercise again - just slow walking in nature. And I stopped doing things that I knew were unhealthy; eating poorly and drugs to hide from the pain. Journaling finally came back to me. I found that voice of compassion there too. And I found a place i could write down all the scary stuff and sad stuff and it somehow lessoned it's grip on me. Today I am feeling sooo much better. The color has returned to the movie of my life. I hope this helps others.
Hello Carolann11967, I am new to this forum and haven't posted before. Just would like you to know that you are not alone. Depression makes life feel impossible and sometimes all you need is a chink in the darkness, just to find the energy to take a step in the right direction. I have found that praying...you don't have to lean towards a religion, but focus your attention on others send out all the goodwill you can muster. So hard when you are in a dark place, as Mother Theresa wrote " when we are suffering we tend to think only of ourselves". By sending good thoughts out, eventually light thoughts find there way in. St Johns Wort has helped me in the past as well. Sending all good thoughts your way, and hope your life feels lighter soon.
Me, too. Sorry you have it-I've dealt with it pretty much my whole life. It hits sometimes even when things are going well. Write here often-we're here for you
Me too, but we're both kind of stuck with it and it won't go away on its own. For folks like us it's fight or die. I almost died of it 28 years ago so the fact that I'm still here shows that even if -- for some of us anyway -- it never entirely goes away, it can be defeated in the sense that life can still be very, very much worthwhile. But you have to have the fire in the belly to fight it.
If you want to compare notes on coping strategies, I am willing. Probably everyone in here has a trick or a wrinkle the rest of us might never have thought of.
Carolann, I can completely relate to how you feel. Sometimes I think I'm the only one that feels this way and I feel like a freak, but it helps to know that others have had such dire, hopeless feelings....and more importantly, how everyone deals with depression. It gives me hope reading all of the responses that we can make it through, and that better days will come. I try to do all of the things that I know I should do, despite having zero desire to do them (e.g., exercise, call people, go out to visit people etc). If I do these enough, I do eventually start to feel better.
yes it is a terrible thing Im abit depressed cos i was born with perfect lungs now ive got ILD
I wish it didn't. It's a horrible nasty thing. I have it and also anxiety. It's good to share things on this forum. At least we all understand how you feel. I hope you are feeling better soon.
I am a 76 yr old female who has had depression since age 12. I started taking antidepressants at age 21 after I got married. My husband has never supported me in this disease. I have had yrs of therapy. My daughter supports me but lives 8 hrs away and has her own family. We had 2 handicapped children to raise. One daughter is 43 but emotionally age 12 and my son had muscular dystrophy which was a physical handicap and died at age 33. My daughter that lives 8 hrs from me is the normal one. This disease is very challenging especially when in the real lows. I try to remember I didn’t cause it. I can’t control it. I can’t cure it. I went into a relapse on Dec22. I was coming home from town a d my legs were shaking that I couldn’t drive home. Long story short someone called the police. He sent a report to DMV and it looks like I will not be driving anymore. I will loose a lot of my freedom and that stress put me in a deep depression. I remind myself it will pass. I have gotten out of it before. My mind is sick and the hormones in my brain need to be recharged. Get treatment whether new meds, and keep in touch with our psychologist, these group and friends that give support. We are all here for each other because we understand what others are going thru.
I can relate. I wish depression didn't exist. Some days I feel really great and close to God and then one wrong thought sends me into despair! It is not easy living on an emotional rollercoaster.🎢I hope you feel better soon. Keep in touch here.💗🤗
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