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.
When I get into these feelings they become too much too handle. I don't know if I can take it anymore. I really want to disappear. Start over and forget my life. Forget who I was and everything that follows. I'm hurting and no one cares.
Do you know why depression can be treated with medicine? Because its in our body, specifically our brain.
Emotions are associated with brain chemistry. If there is fear or excitement, we get adrenaline. If there is love and comfort, we get seretonin and oxytocine. If there is happiness or satisfaction, we get dopamine. When depression is active, our ability to feel happiness is impaired because these chemicals arent doing what they are supposed to be doing. So no matter what is going on in your life, we gave a real hard time feeling good about any of it. Including ourselves.
The thing you have to get in your head is that the thoughts of worthlessness are the illusion. They arent real. All human beings have inherent worth. All human beings have the right to feel good about themselves. Self-esteem is not earned, it is owned.
You are not who your feelings say you are. Your life is not what your thoughts tell you it is. You are depressed. Things are so much different beyond that curtain. You have to have faith. And you have to trust the logic.
You are okay. See a doctor. Get exercise. Keep doing things that make you feel okay. Like having a cold, it will pass evetually.
jclark152@gnail.com if you want to correspond.