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.
Hi, to whoever is reading this, my name is Gabriele. I have been trying to write something here for some time now...this is the third time I try, everytime I get blocked because I feel like Im wasting people's time. Like litterally: everysingle action or thing you nay want to do is better than reading this post.Its just that i feel so selfish trying to talk to people with my little problems when on this site there are a lot more people that needs more help. I managed to always stand up to myself, I never really talked much about my problems with alnost anyone, because I would feel lile bothering them... Especially with friends! I have friends, and I don't wanna see them sad because of some problems I have, plus I really enjoy myself with them when I don't think about my problems...so why bother talking to anyone at all If I can manage? The thing is, Im strugglingw with some problems of... i wouldn't say a strong depression but a mild one; depression,anxiety, paranoia and such. Thing is nobody knows about this, because I always managed with suffering alone and enjoying my time with friends. Im starting to feel like I can't do this on my own, but I feel so selfish everytime I talk about it, and even now everybody who is reading this would be better off doing litterally anything else but listening to me ramble. Anyway, there is some reason that is making my time actually worse. I feel like the most important one is my self-harm habit. Since spring and summer is coming, i stopped two months ago, because i didn't want to be questioned about any scars left on my arm. But its so hard everytime I self-harmed at least i qould keep myself in check but know without the self-harm to stop my anxiety and depression i don't have stuff that actually calms me, that actually stops me from having depressing thoughts, and its hard. If anyone here knows some thing that would help me I would really appreciate if you could say it. You really don't have to tho, I really appreciate that you who is reading this actually arrives at the end of my rant. Really thank you, I appriciate it. Maybe writing this stuff can be therapeutic too. Anyways Im off.
I recommend seeing a therapist, I did too. Don't expect things to change overnight, they won't.
Take time for yourself. You are not selfish for doing what you need to do to stay healthy. Taking care of yourself mentally is just as important as taking care of yourself physically. You are not only hurting yourself by hurting yourself. Other people care if you get hurt too.