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new here...trigs
| 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...

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
Hi.
Christine
CL
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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