I'm really glad you have the dog.

Depression is awful. It's just awful. I can't tell you how awful. But there's always sunshine after rain. There is. You forget there is. I was down the bottom of the well (lassie run home, timmy's down the well!) for maybe six months at one stretch. Boy was it dark down there. there was no future. It was all just awful. I could not cope. But I had children. So I had to keep on with this pointless, pointless existence.

I'm glad I have children. :) You can climb out of this well. It takes a while, and it takes a few choices and decisions. You have to get help if you can, and you have to let your soul fill back up, which it does with a lack of bad experiences, Lying in bed is great for that. Doing nothing is fantastic. Crying is even better.

those very things that we do that convince us there is no hope are the very things that if we do them, just do them, will be our cure.

So let yourself wallow. And I'm so glad you have a dog. :)

And just remember you're young. You have sooo much time. :) You certainly have a few months to just be like this till you cure naturally. Back in the day they called this brain fever and the cure was 'convalescence'. They had quiet homes for people to go sit around in wicker lawn chairs and read novels without any responsibilities. People would spend months there.

A person just cried and slept and cried it out. Under the mess is the clean. Under the sad is the happy. time, sunshine, doggy walks, loneliness... go all the way through it and out the other side.

:)

I disagree slightly with the above post I was where you were at and if I didn't decide to get out of bed I would still be there. inside of you there is a person that used to like things so take some time and lie there remember one thing you likedid to do or loved to do and go do it take your dog to the park and just play with the dog listen to music music is a great therapy but you have to start with something basic for me it was as simple as turning on a baseball game something I used to loved to watch that I stopped doing then I slowly started doing other things I liked, taking my dog for a walk in the woods the things that make you smile don't have to be amazing things go just things

your life is very important. Are you seeing a therapist and/or taking medication to help? I'm doing both , and it helps a step at a time. Very good advice to do some small thing you enjoy or used to enjoy. Get hope from other people when you don't have any.

I have had many a moment in which I have stayed alive for my dog. I am so very sorry you feel this way, since I know how it feels myself. I'm having a rough patch at the moment, too. I pray (if you're into that), and I try to remember that my depression will lift, as it has always done before. I also take meds, and they help a lot. I pray that you feel better and find happiness.

Thank you for being so honest with us! I think the name of this website is definitely something you need. You need daily strength. Maybe your dog can give you strength to get through the day until you find other things that help you make it through the day. Are you able to speak to someone about your depression? I've found that talking to someone (a professional) really helps.
I hope this post finds you well and I hope you keep the faith :)