What is Depression
Clinical depression is a state of sadness or melancholia that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual's social functioning and/or activities of daily living....
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I have been feeling very isolated lately and want to communicate with others in a way that feels meaningful. Yet, at the same time, mostly because of my depression i'm guessing, it is difficult for me to hold a conversation. I feel unsure what to say much of the time. Even trying to write emails to have some form of interaction with others is almost impossible for me. Maybe i'm just not communicating with the right kind of people? But then i also think alot of it is me, but dont know how to break out of this.
Posted on 11/04/09, 12:11 pm |
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I can relate. The best thing I did for me was come here, and talk to these guys. It doesn't matter what your thing/problem/issue is, or lack of communication skills, somebody will 'get it.'
In real life I am not a people person - I avoid people. It's a lot different here. Remember when you're trying to talk to someone, or e-mail them, they are only people, like you. Nothing more, nothing less. Good luck. 
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i can relate too, im useless at talking to anyone in real life, i freeze and the words arnt there. i get a bad urge to just wish that i couuld talk to someone, trust them and spill my guts out, not sure thatl every happen but i wish i could.
im getting better at getting down to the meaningful less on surface stuff now through typing away on here... could never say most of it out loud though. just get used to admiting your feelings to yourself and others on here then maybe someday itl come more naturaly in RL. fingers crossed!
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Some days I read the posts and nothing flows down to my finger tips to type. Right now I haven't been socalizing at all. I spend most of my time home if Im not working. Just knowing that other people have the same issues helps me deal with my own issues. I guess if we were happy the cycle would break, thats when I feel being around other people isn't a chore, right now Im just miserable and until I fix my life, this is probably the extent of my socialization.
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lee1967
I completely understand how you feel...I am afraid I am going to lose friends because of what I am going thru right now....When you feel as we do it is so hard to communicate because you dont feel like you have anything positive to say and most people around you dont understand how you feel and think it is something that can just be turned off and everything will go back to normal but that is definitely not the case...Hang in there and know you are not alone in the way you feel.
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Lee1967,
I also know exactly how you feel. Just know that as isolated and alone you may feel with this problem, you have lots of company. This is a great place to reach out and hopefull you can get some relief to start you on your way to getting better. your post seems to indicate to me that you communicate quite well, at least via this vehicle. Maybe this will lead you to getting better at communcating overall. It is a rough road sometimes, I know cause i'm traveling it. hang in there.
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Thank you all so much for your responses... I guess i need to keep pushing myself. Tho it feels like i have been pushing for some time and almost going backwards. Sometimes i feel like there must be something i am doing wrong, something i need to understand, but just can't seem to see it.
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