Feeling Depressed

[PushThrough567]

Hi everyone. I’m new here. I wanted to express that I’ve been feeling very depressed and out of tune with myself. I’ve been crying daily and not eating very much. It’s hard to pinpoint why I feel this way, but I guess that’s depression for you.

I’m in my third year of college and still living at home. I feel the need to tell my mom about my depression. Simply because I’d feel better if she was aware. I tend to keep everything to myself though. I just want to feel happy again. I feel like there a big dark cloud over my life.

[just_keep_swimming]

Hi , talking to other people does help so maybe telling your mom or another person what your going through would help .

[Hidden]

Welcome aboard! It's good to get things out and not keep them bottled up.

[Toddzen]

It's good to be honest. I suggest going to a Psychiatrist. You may need medication.

[Babe1213]

Hi PushThrough, Welcome to the group. It saddens me to hear that you are feeling depressed, I imagine - because you are in college that you are still quite young, also I think you may be somewhere in the USA - going by your spelling of 'mom' I am here in UK and we tend to write 'mum' - Why do you think you are having this depression? Is it due to studying getting you down, or maybe because of your still living at home? Can you articulate the way your depression feels to you? I know from experience just how hard it is to go through depression - alone - I am almost 75 now, and spent many years - about 35 - being tied down by problems that had happened much earlier in my life. I am through that phase now, but it was tough. Much of what I went through I kept to myself. I never told my husband or children (we've been married almost 55 years now, ) I managed, at some point in my depression to work out what was causing my problems - apart from the prescription medication given me by medics that turned me into a Zombie. And I locked them all away, thinking if they were locked away they couldn't hurt me. It was like putting a padlock over my heart to stop the hurt coming in. What I didn't realise was that I was stopping the hurt inside from coming out. You have made a good start coming on to H U, do keep in touch and let us know how you are getting on. May I also advise that you do indeed speak to your mum, as a mother myself, I would like to know when my children/grandchildren are hurting, sometimes mum's are unable to help with hurts but usually they can, even if it is just the occasional hug and listening ear. Also why not try to motivate yourself with some relaxation and exercise . A gentle 10 minute walk in the fresh air in the morning is a good way to get your 'feel good' hormones waking up and working, and relaxation a good way to stop the panics when they occur. BEING HAPPY IS A CHOICE - IT IS NOT A RESULT - YOU WILL NOT BE HAPPY - UNTIL YOU CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY. xx

[Midori]

Could it possibly be SAD? I find whenever the nights start to get long and clocks go back, I start getting very down, until the clocks go forward again in Spring.

Cheers,Midori

[Babe1213 in reply to Midori]

This is something the majority of people feel, it is quite natural and nothing to get het up over. Thankfully you are just being human. I actually love the long dark nights, I pull the curtains together and shut out the world, get a much better nights' sleep, because it is more natural to sleep in the dark. Even the cooler temperatures are more welcome to me.