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WELCOME TO Depression Guide Support BlogYour Own Section of Depression Stories, Questions, Experiences and FeelingsCome and share your personal depression experiences so that others will also learn from your personal experiences with depression. This blog is intended for the sole purpose of recovery from depression. The stories and feelings which you people share will help others with depression know that they are not alone. Pass on a helping hand towards the families and friends of people with depression to understand and break down the stigma and misconceptions surrounding depression. You may also ask questions and queries about depression in this section. This blog is about understanding and HOPE. TO DO for depression guide support blog:
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......................................................................................................................... wake up after only 2 or 3 hours of sleep, usually at like 1 am. And I'm not just wide awake, but awake with a scared feeling that something is really wrong. And it is, it's called depression. I have become isolated, I dont answer the phone anymore, and rarely leave the house. All I have is my prayers to God. People who have never felt this just do not understand. And it's not money either, I have plenty. In fact, if someone said "here's a check for a million, it's yours" that wouldn't change my feeling. What does help is taking walks, and like other writers here have said, take a shower right when you wake up, even if you have to force yourself. I am praying to God to take this away from me, and I want nothing more than to feel like my old self again. I will not give up, and must have faith this is for a reason. Posted by Craig : Oct 17, 2005 .......................................................................................................................... J.P. said: Depression is the worst nightmare and i wish no one to go through what i am going through. even if it's someone i hate alot. i have never gone thru anything so horrible in my entire life. I am in grade 11 and i have recently moved schools. i started grade 11 at a new school and i have never felt more alone in my whole life and the anxiety attacks would come at night and i am up all night trying to calm myself to sleep but i can't. i love my mother to death because she had helped me thru. i miss my friends so much and the closeness we had. i'm not connecting with anyone at the level i connected with my best friends. each day is a nightmare and i am counting down the days for school to be over. highschool is already bad enough with people judging you, but not having any friends by my side is even worse. but i know i am strong enough to overcome this. i know God will help me overcome this. and he will help you guys too if u let Him. please don't do anything as drastic as suicide, you'll miss out on a lot. there are better days to come trust me. Posted by J.P. : Jan 10, 2005 ......................................................................................................................... Daniel said: I'm just getting divorced and my whole world has colapsed. I have lost 6 stone in weight and cant function at work. I have no concentration level and my alcohol consumption and tobocco smoking has increased massivly. But the booze is the only way to stop the voices. I been on prozac for 8 months but it seems to have no effect except when i stop taking it I get uncontrolable anger. I never had that before. After 2 failed suicide attempts I have now an appointment withith a consultant psychiatrist. I hope he can help me help myself. I notice that most people dont understand the condition and think you should just pull yourself together. I used to think that. I try to tell them that this is like any other disease and is just as likely to kill you as you are not killing yourself, the depression is doing it. Hope that this year is better for everybody than last and lets hope we all make it to the next new year. Thats my goal! Posted by Daniel : Jan 5, 2005 ......................................................................................................................... Ques - gabriella said: my partner peter has bouts of depression,it normally occurs when we have a disagreement (nothing major) he will then ignore me for days and even takes to his bed saying he wants to be on his own he can be in bed for up to 3-5 days by which time I am totally beside myself and ridden with guilt. Please help me he has spoken to me since New Year's eve and I am at a total loss. My mother died a few months ago and I am trying to come to terms with this. My sisters came up for 3 days recently and he decided to go to bed for the whole time, they know how I feel. I was prescribed Prozac last year for six months, but I don't wish to be on medication. I love Peter but he makes me feel so guilty. I dont like leaving him and I have to make excuses for him. Posted by gabriella : Jan 3, 2005 ......................................................................................................................... Hannah said: Hi everyone, reading all the storys helped me to feel less alone, and i suppose less sorry for myself. I live alone, and am on Prozac, both my parents are 88 and 86 and are dying, the last year has been so stressfull, and now i am supposed to be moving to a new apt. but i feel so depressed i just cannot cope with the move, its like i am immobilised, I know i have all these tasks to do, and i just want to sleep and do nothing. I never excercise any more, whereas before i was v. active. I was in hospital last year for 2 weeks and it really helped me. Happy New Year to all, and This too shall pass. Posted by Hannah: Dec 30, 2004 .......................................................................................................................... Ques - Christina said: I just got divorced. Since the day my ex told me that he didn't love me anymore I am constantly sad. I just want to be happy again. I don't understand why I feel the way I do all the time. Posted by Christina: Dec 29, 2004 .......................................................................................................................... Roxanne harbor said: I just have a depresion storie im 16 with a baby and its hard I have a car i go to school but im homelesas so i stay in my car i get free daycare from FIA so thats where he is most of the day im trying to finish school,.. I Have no family my mom and da died wheni was 14 from a horrible car accident my mom was 45 and my dad was 52 so allmy family is gone.. All the shelters are full.. I workk 3rd shift so my baby goes to my best friends at night andi got school during the day then about 5-9 i work i watres then at 11 to 7 i work then 730 go to school till 230.. I have nomoney for myself it all goes tomy son! im working on getting an apt hopefully soon.. its hard .. Posted by Roxanne harbor: Dec 27, 2004 .......................................................................................................................... Raven said: Im 16 and am so depressed. every day at home is a hell hole. I am constantly being emotionaly abused by every one in the family besides my little sister. They love to tell me im ugly, a brat a bitch and harsh words. I keep all my pain to my self, not letting them know how much it hurts. My home is not the home to say how you feel or what you feel. Every time i try to begin to tell my mother how i feel she denies me. Every time i say a word to her she threats to ground me. I hate being grounded because that means im stuck at home and thats hell to me. if she doesent like the way im sitting, or look or the sound of my voice she threats to ground me. If i mumble to my self she grounds me. In my house every thing is always my fault. I bought a car and my mom paid 300 to help me. it was also my bday gift. well my messed her car up and now she takes mine. I can never drive it and now its falling apart, well it barly turns because she totally messed up my power steering. as a teen i just finally felt like i had some power and some thing thats mine and she took that power away. I hate depression. I always cry and cry and just think how i could kill my self. I walk through this with god and that brings comfort but life is such a struggle. like my mom lost her job more then a month ago. shes a single parent with 5 kids. so this christmas wont be that great. We each get 3 gifts. cheap things like bath things or little candles. i know christmas is being with your family but i hate mine. I adore my little sister but other then that, they have emotionally abused me. they hurt me and make me want to kill my self because of the way that they are. I ask for help and maybe advice or some one to talk to from some one whos going through the same thing. Posted by Raven: Dec 23, 2004 Susan said: I am taking Prozac but today it is not working. I feel very depressed and wondered if this happens to other people. Posted by Susan: Nov 9, 2004 Lilly said: Staying on a routine-keeping a regular schedule & trying to be as active as I can (not always easy). Too much spare time can lead me to deeply depressive thinking & that can take days to come out of. Eating healthy & getting enough rest is essential. As strange as it sounds, I often have to force myself to shower each day but it always is for the best. Posted by Lilly: Oct 19, 2004 Ques - Jess said: I have found this site to be very informative and helpful. Posted by Jess: Oct 5, 2004 14:17
Ques - Robert said: i have what the drs call severe chronic depression.what is this?i,v had it for over 35 yrs.i,m getting tired of dealing with it.i,m thinking about stopping the problem(you know what i mean by that).can u help me .please don,t tell me to talk to my dr ,that has been and is a waste of time and money.meds do not work nothning works i,m tired of fighting and loseing all the time.HELP ME PLEASE.thanks Posted by Robert: Sept 8, 2004 12:24
AlA said: I can't remember ever not feeling like I shouldn't be here. Like no matter what I will never matter to anyone. I remember when friends of my mother use to tell her you really should have her talk to someone. I wasn't "bad" I wouldn't talk of trying to hurt myself or anyone else. I always just kept all my feelings to myself. When I would hear people say that to her, I would think to myself maybe this time she will listen. THe first time i tried to kill my self I was 12.I'm not even sure I wanted to die. I was home alone, my mom had went out with her new boyfriend. I remember going into the bathroom and just swallowing everything that was there. After wards i wrote a letter to my sister. I remember feeling really light headed like I was under a spell or something. My step-brother had come over to get something and he said I was just laying in my bed sweat pouring off of me and all i did was cry. He called his father, whom was divorced from my mother at this time. All i really remember is him picking me up by my arms and shoving his finger down my throat. While my mother just watched. The next day my mother acted like nothing had happened. The rest of my life was like that. I never saw a doctor ever about it. Which made me believe my mother truly didn't care. I started to write in journals about how i felt, until my mother started to read them and would tell people infront of me what i had written, but never talk to me about them. So I stopped. The journals did help ease alot of the pain i was feeling inside. I started haveing anxiety attacks when I was 17, I learned to just deal with it.By 20 I couldn't take it any more and told my obgyn. I tried to get it all out in one breath I always thought someone would think i was weak or pathetic if they knew. I was so happy someone took interest and was going to help me. I was put on medication and it helped alot. Then my mom found out and started begging me for my medication. She said it helped her to. Of course I thought finally she understands. Then she was stealing them, so I stopped taking them. Now I am 25 married and have 3 children. I know it is getting worse, and is reflecting my relationships. My husband doesn't understand and makes me feel like I am just overreacting to everything. I yell alot and the anxiety attacks are coming back.Now I see me in my oldest son. My husband doesn't understand why I push so hard to have my son see someone. He doesn't think it is necessary. I have put off me seeing someone about this for me, so I can get my son through this. I honestly know that if my husband isn't willing to participate and not criticize all of this it is not going to help my children or me. I am truly lost in what to do. Posted by AlA: September 3, 2004 19:59 PM Mandy said: I've lived with depression since I was 19 and until I met my husband and found all sorts of support on the internet I've never felt so alone. Posted by Mandy: September 3, 2004 13:22 PM William said: Depression is like a dream. Where i have no control of what is going on. There is no way out and no one cares. Posted by William: August 4, 2004 01:27 PM Cris said: I just wish I could get the voice of family criticism out of my head. every time I see them they refresh it so that I never forget that in some way I am faulty to them. Im not doing something/anything right. Funny thing is, I am doing fine. Often better than they are. But listening to this my whole life, im the bad guy, has just dragged me down. I've had thoughts of suicide for 15 years plus! It even brought me here. I have tried to explain to them I dont think the way they do, I cant get a word in. I can give in or I can fight. So far Im fighting. I know one thing that is free and might help. exercise. go walk/run/cycle somewhere, breath the air, (hug a tree if you have to! :) and build yourself. it does buy me time and my body then my mind appreciates it. Posted by Cris at August 2, 2004 07:01 PM Roger said: Depression is hell. I used to enjoy life immensely and I was a very talkative person. Now, I sometimes wish that I would not wake up in the morning. It would be one way to end the pain. Something just feels off or wrong but it is difficult to describe exactly what that is. I have become socially isolated and just feel empty. Nothing I do gives me any joy and I almost feel helpless. I feel slowed down mentally. Posted by Roger July 31, 2004 12:23 AM Juggernaut said: depression for me is like feeling of no hope and no one cares. going to work has become hard for me. lack of energy to do any thing. i find myself at times where i dont like to be around my family and friends. i stay at home a lot. i think of suicide at times is there any medications that can help me. for who ever reads this . thanks for your help. Posted by Juggernaut July 29, 2004 09:43 AM
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