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.

I've been in bed since right after Thanksgiving...no energy or desire to do anything...just think about death or dying...I have no desire whatsoever to live ... But I don't have the courage to kill myself...I really don't know how much longer I can go on this way...and not even going to the dr or counseling helps...
I don't give a crap about anything or anyone yet I don't have the courage or the means to just kill myself...I just don't want to live like this anymore but I also don't want to do anything about it. All I really want is to die...but I can't...so what the hell do I do!?
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And its already been noted by the weather service as heat advisory today thru Wed here.I have a rack of St. Louis Cut Pork Ribs. I will use a charcoal snake method of two rows on bottom shingled around about 3/4 of way on outside of the grill. Then on top of those I will shingle a single layer of briquetted same around 3/4 of grill. Adding some chunks of wood every 3-4 inches around the grill.I...
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Hope the dog days of summer aren't getting you down!


You may have to try different drugs before finding the right one for you.
Next realise that the way you feel is an chemical imbalance in your body. Its not your fault.
Ask someone to make an apointment at a DR. I know you dont have the energy to do it yourself.
You need to check your Levels of Vitamin B12,Iron and VitaminD3.
Low on any of these can cause symptoms like yours.i once had a severe B12 deficency and was severly depressed.
Next spending time outdoor even if you hate going outside. Moving helps... Emotions means energy in motion...if you dont move nothing can get into motion
If blood tests are normal ask someone to find a good psychiatrist for you & see if medication can help. I have bipolar disorder & I take Quetiapin for example....
Ask someone for help because I know it feels impossible to do it yourself right now.
Everything is impermenant you can do this. There is a reason why you are alive otherwise you would never have been born.stay curious to life :-) love from switzerland
You've decided you can't die, so you might as well try to get SOMETHING out of being alive. Is there really nothing you can do for yourself, no matter how small? Little distractions to start with. For me, cleaning, tidying surroundings, writing lists (a journal, tasks to do), watching tv or reading helps. Talking online can relieve loneliness. I know you said visits to the Dr are not helping, perhaps they haven't found the right treatment for you yet. Why not try again?
I hope you can find the help you need.
And these are the thoughts that race through my mind day and night...especially at night...and I just want them to stop but I don't know how to make them stop and so I am stuck just being severely depressed...and I literally feel like I am going crazy...actually more like I am insane...what is the definition of insanity? doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result...yeah! that is what I do...so clearly, I am insane...
Gloom
Despair
Agony
Deep dark depression
Excessive misery...
I wonder have you been correctly diagnosed? I ask because nobody noticed my generalised anxiety disorder until it had got so bad I couldn't open the mail. everyone had me pegged as depressed only. And yet anxiety is totally different.
I ask because you're having fixated thoughts. and that was something I put down to my anxiety/mild ocd at the time, and was not a feature of the depression.
the depression gave me periods of hysteria, terrible sense of grief and pointlessness, and just the desire to lie in bed and cry. If I hadn't had to work, I would have just lain in bed and cried. Which is probably a totally fine thing to do with it. I think depression has a lot to do with energy.
But the overthinking? i wonder if it's anxiety. And the obsessive thoughts of killing yourself - that might be OCD. There's a different medication for it.