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If I can't handle this

Jormungandr
Jormungandr
So, I have no job, no friends, no wife and no children. These are things most normal people have in their lives. Yet, I can barely deal with my life now. I wouldn't know how to even begin to deal with it if I had to worry about others or work problems. Supposedly, people find strength through them, but I don't see how. Lessons and challenges from work would be lost on me and soon forgotten. Love and support would be wasted as I'm impervious to praise and encouragement. The only thing that protects me is my selfishness lest I crumble under weight. . Yet, it will forever limit me.
BonTemps
BonTemps
Isolation is a major contributor to depression . You need to be around other people even if you dont feel like it. Otherwise the depression grows stronger nd you grow weaker . All of us who have suffered from depression understand the desire to isolate yourself. There are a lot of lonely people in the world and your presence might help someone else
as well as yourself.
charliegirl29
charliegirl29
People find strength through each other when they are simply just there for each other. We cannot solve other people's problems for them but we can share ourselves so no-one is alone in their sorrow or happiness. What can change you from being impervious to encouragement and praise? Work problems might be a welcome distraction to other problems in some instances? Just wondering. I know it can get overwhelming but sometimes I feel we do worry about things that really shouldn't get a second glance :-)
deleted_user
deleted_user
Your best bet right now would be to get into therapy. It sounds like depression has just about beaten you. Therapy can get you back on your feet so you can look life right in the face and not have any doubt about yourself or anything else!

Therapy really made a huge difference for me. It made me a new person, and it didn't take that long either. No, it didn't happen overnight, but it didn't take years either.

So give it a shot. You won't regret it, I promise! Best of luck and God bless. Hugs, Lee