Depression Support Group

Depression is a real and debilitating condition that is often misunderstood by family and friends. Its meaning can range from a prolonged period of sadness to an actual mental illness with specific symptoms. Find and share experiences with others who are going through the same struggles.

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GuyInDarkness 05/08/2013

time seems to not be moving, i feel like im in a weird state of frozen time. days seem all bunched up. no matter what i do i cant seem to escape this. maybe i should just accept my fate of this not be happy, or feeling warm again. every time i try to reach out in the sunlight i just seem to get thrown back into the cold darkness of this world. its like life doesnt want me to progress. everyday i feel a bit weaker then the next. days seem slower, things get a bit more darker to. i try explaining to family. to therapist, to group people i meet with. but it just doesnt help. this state. this void, in which i live in, is a sink hole that which i can not escape. maybe i should just let it bring me down to the bottom, stop trying to fight it. every time i fight. i just go lower anyway..

angeleyes92 05/08/2013

do not let today or yesterday bring you down. each new day is a fresh start. do something today that you didn't do yesterday. read a book, go fishing, enjoy something you haven't done in a while. by doing something good for yourself you will start to feel better. start small but do something.

Julie111 05/09/2013

This is exactly how I feel as well.
I know that there is no escape from my "nightmare"

Sometimes surrendering is better than fighting. I don't mean to give up...exactly. But I do find I get "through" the feelings better sometimes if I accept them and feel them instead of pretending they don't exsist or instead of beating up on myself for having them.

Often I just chalk my feelings up to depression when in truth they are anger or sorrow. If I'm honest with my feelings then I can confront them and deal with them for what they really are.

I am in enormous grief right now. Yesterday I allowed myself to be angry. It was just for a couple of hours. I actuallylost a "friend" over it becuase he was so disgusted with me. Last night because I had dealt with it as anger, alot of the bad thoughts and feeling went away. The nightmare of my life didn't but I feel better equipped to handle it today.

deleted_user 05/09/2013

That phrase "Feelings are not facts" is NOT what you want to hear in the midst of a depression. Sometimes, though feelings really aren't facts.

AND when one goes through these times they are unbearable it seems.

But yes, today is new and possibilities are new and you can try to enjoy the small things

deleted_user 05/12/2013

like this?
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html

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