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.
It's been almost two months now that I've lost my emotions. I've heard people describe their depression as numbing, but I have never felt immobilized to this extent.
I'm tired of faking the laughs, the smiles. I've been laughing too hard and too easily, trying to compensate for what I'm missing and I don't want others to see me as fake. I can't even cry anymore.
How have others overcome or dealt with this? I don't feel human and I want to feel something, anything.
I'm tired of faking the laughs, the smiles. I've been laughing too hard and too easily, trying to compensate for what I'm missing and I don't want others to see me as fake. I can't even cry anymore.
How have others overcome or dealt with this? I don't feel human and I want to feel something, anything.
NO MEDS=CLINICAL DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY....................
NO CHOICE.......................
I HAVE AN INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMOR................... SLOW DEATH.
ITS BENIGN..............................
GBU
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So fake smiling is probably not a good plan except for at work where nobody cares about you anyway, to be blunt.
I spent 3 months on the sickness benefit that I tell people about, and it was tremendous. 3 months not having to pretend to be anything I was not. I sat in my chair for most of it. I did nothing. I did not do what others thought was good. I did not do what I was told.
I did what I wanted, what I chose, and what I deemed fit. Without anyone's chains on me... maaaan.
It was fantastic.
If you can get some timeoff to reconnect with yourself and express some of your distress in a safe environment, that would be a very good plan. Do you have a counsellor or anything?