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.

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Trying to find reason

unsure101
unsure101

I'm kind of lost right now. I don't want to die but at the same time I don't want to keep living feeling the pain everyday. I think about suicide a lot and I always end up talking myself out of it I'm scared because I don't know how many times I'll be able to talk myself out. I just don't see the point in living. Sometimes I don't even think I have depression sometimes I just wonder if I have a sad pathetic life. I'm kind of scared and I don't know what to do. I have no one in my life to talk to. I have nothing to keep living for. 

HopeIsAlwaysWithYou
HopeIsAlwaysWithYou
We have all failed at times in our lives but that doesn't mean we are "failures". When we first started riding a two wheel bike or even started learning to walk, we failed many times but that doesn't mean we were failures. We walk now so naturally without thinking about it but at the time we were learning how to walk, we failed lots of times over and over. But we got back up and tried again. We can do the same as adults too--to get back up and try again.

When my life fell apart, all I had were people in a chat room in Australia to chat with until I could get back on my feet but at least it was human contact even though I had nobody where I lived that I could hang out with.

There are solutions to your pain and heartaches. Suicide is not one of them. Suicide is NEVER the answer. Finding answers here in this life no matter how hard or how long it takes to find these answers is just as hard as it was for you to learn to walk but you did that--you are walking now.

So you will find the answers to your current needs too!!
Susan17
Susan17
Hi...I don't have anything majestic to say really. I just wanted you to know that I and so many others can relate. I am disabled from severe mental illness and have been since my 20s when I lost my career due to hospitalizations for depression. I have found it helpful to volunteer several places throughout my life. Right now I volunteer online because I can't really get out. It helps me to feel useful but when I can't do the volunteer work due to my illness, I don't feel like I am letting people down and I also don't really have to explain what is going on to a bunch of people.