new here...trigs

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new here...trigs
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Wed, 10-27-2004 - 7:54pm
Hello everyone, I'm new here and looking for others who know how I feel. Right now, I feel alone more than anything. I seem to have lost interest in everything I used to enjoy and I don't know why. I don't like doing the things I used to and I don't feel like talking to anyone I know. I have a wonderful boyfriend that I live with, and I don't feel that I can even talk to him. I am very close with my mom and sister, and don't feel that I can talk to them either. I just don't feel like doing anything anymore. I don't want to go to work, I can't even seem to get the energy to clean the house or take care of my pets, it's like I have to force myself out of bed everyday. When I actually do get up, I just sit and watch TV. I feel completely hopeless...every little thing seems insurmountable and I just want to cry all the time. I feel guilty for feeling this way because I have an awful lot to be thankful for and everything could be so much worse. I just don't understand why I can't snap out of it and go back to being my normal self. I have lost all of my friends because of this, and I just don't know what to do. I don't know why I feel so hopeless and worthless. I would appreciate any suggestions or just knowing there is someone out there who has felt like this...
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Registered: 10-04-2004
Wed, 10-27-2004 - 11:22pm

Sweetie, it sounds like you are depressed, and you are in the right place. I totally identify with everything you are going through.


You can "snap out" of the blues or days when you feel "down" but depression is a whole 'nother ball game. It MAY resolve without intervention at some point, but there is so much help available out there. I suggest you find yourself a therapist and a psychiatrist and talk about the possibility of starting an antidepressant, and meet with the therapist to deal with this stuff.


Welcome to the board. I hope you find the support that I have found.

peace and love,


just_a_big_kid


Sue

peace and love,

just_a_big_kid

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Registered: 03-03-2004
Fri, 10-29-2004 - 3:48pm

Hi.

Christine

CL

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Registered: 07-01-2004
Fri, 10-29-2004 - 7:39pm
Welcome trumblebee! Have you taken the quiz about depression at the top of the page? It may help you figure some stuff out.

I can tell you that many many ladies here can relate to practically every word you have written. I know I can.

As for "snapping out of it" I am afraid to tell you that it does not work that way. It is a process of healing, and sometimes therapy and meds. You will have to investigate and exeperiment as to which methods will work for you.

We have all felt this way. I certainly hope that you will read and post, because indeed knowing others are going through this process is a help unto itself.

Sending hugs and good thoughts your way.

Take care,

Lisa-)

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