6 Signs You're Severely Depressed
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Date: 2023-08-20
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Christine
Suffering from Chronic Depressions and no Help in sight. You learned to take them as Normal. You simply gave up theres any Help even you tryed a few times. Medication makes it worse for me. Because they have no Medication that has been tested wit ASD Folks. We cant deal wih this medications very well. Help. what a joke
You are getting used to cover up and say everything ist fine. You smilie it away, make everybody happy try to feel anything by having happy faces around. Just to feel at least a bit better when others not upset about you. But your inner self is allways sad questioning everything. You constantly questioning your self if you said something wrong or you may hurt someone. You lose hope, trust and vision of your future, you just. being functional for others. You found your Way around to please everybody. You have almost given up yourself, you try to be kind to yourself by gifting yourself things but the most wont even feel a lot to you. You learned to accept Life as it is, you wont have high hopes or Goals, you Live day by Day expecting nothing from the World or from anybody. Its Plain and neutral. I wont even feel sad or overly eycited about things, i just feel. nothing much. I can can laugh about good jokes untill my belly hurts. But its a painful feeling because i rarely laugh anymore. I have not lost my sense of humor, i simply try not to take my Depression this serious anymore. i ignore them. They have to scrape of the road before i give up. But the Toll is my energy and my body allready shows signs. i lost a lot of my Hair. Nobody cares they only say: reducing of stress
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Suffering from Chronic Depressions and no Help in sight. You learned to take them as Normal. You simply gave up theres any Help even you tryed a few times. Medication makes it worse for me. Because they have no Medication that has been tested wit ASD Folks. We cant deal wih this medications very well. Help. what a joke
You are getting used to cover up and say everything ist fine. You smilie it away, make everybody happy try to feel anything by having happy faces around. Just to feel at least a bit better when others not upset about you. But your inner self is allways sad questioning everything. You constantly questioning your self if you said something wrong or you may hurt someone. You lose hope, trust and vision of your future, you just. being functional for others. You found your Way around to please everybody. You have almost given up yourself, you try to be kind to yourself by gifting yourself things but the most wont even feel a lot to you. You learned to accept Life as it is, you wont have high hopes or Goals, you Live day by Day expecting nothing from the World or from anybody. Its Plain and neutral. I wont even feel sad or overly eycited about things, i just feel. nothing much. I can can laugh about good jokes untill my belly hurts. But its a painful feeling because i rarely laugh anymore. I have not lost my sense of humor, i simply try not to take my Depression this serious anymore. i ignore them. They have to scrape of the road before i give up. But the Toll is my energy and my body allready shows signs. i lost a lot of my Hair. Nobody cares they only say: reducing of stress
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education
This video describes the last 35 years of my life. I AM alone and there is no support. I approached professionals for assessments and explained how I felt and how I behaved and they were dismissed. Although I was diagnosed with severe depression, I wasnt given support, I was given a list of third parties who might be able to help. It was even suggested that I register for on-line courses and complete them as part of my treatment.
My family dont believe I am depressed and think its just a phase. When I describe the events that have led to my current state of mind, specifically mentioning instances of family members creating conflicts, they are dismissed and other people who supported me socially all those years ago are blamed for any decline.
Im told to pull myself together, that I need to get out more and great I need to make friends.
In 2022 I was finally diagnosed as having been on the spectrum all my life. While it explains why I behave as I do, I have had no support on how to deal with the diagnosis. They can offer support on how be a person with ASD but I have been told that they cannot offer support or guidance on mental health issues because of the ASD.
From age 6 I was constantly told to take care of family first and that was imprinted on me. When the last family member dies, I can be free of that responsibility that I have carried for almost sixty years.
I dont intend to start a new life or meet a partner to take care of me as has been suggested. Im checking out.
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This video describes the last 35 years of my life. I AM alone and there is no support. I approached professionals for assessments and explained how I felt and how I behaved and they were dismissed. Although I was diagnosed with severe depression, I wasnt given support, I was given a list of third parties who might be able to help. It was even suggested that I register for on-line courses and complete them as part of my treatment.
My family dont believe I am depressed and think its just a phase. When I describe the events that have led to my current state of mind, specifically mentioning instances of family members creating conflicts, they are dismissed and other people who supported me socially all those years ago are blamed for any decline.
Im told to pull myself together, that I need to get out more and great I need to make friends.
In 2022 I was finally diagnosed as having been on the spectrum all my life. While it explains why I behave as I do, I have had no support on how to deal with the diagnosis. They can offer support on how be a person with ASD but I have been told that they cannot offer support or guidance on mental health issues because of the ASD.
From age 6 I was constantly told to take care of family first and that was imprinted on me. When the last family member dies, I can be free of that responsibility that I have carried for almost sixty years.
I dont intend to start a new life or meet a partner to take care of me as has been suggested. Im checking out.
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education
This video describes the last 35 years of my life. I AM alone and there is no support. I approached professionals for assessments and explained how I felt and how I behaved and they were dismissed. Although I was diagnosed with severe depression, I wasnt given support, I was given a list of third parties who might be able to help. It was even suggested that I register for on-line courses and complete them as part of my treatment.
My family dont believe I am depressed and think its just a phase. When I describe the events that have led to my current state of mind, specifically mentioning instances of family members creating conflicts, they are dismissed and other people who supported me socially all those years ago are blamed for any decline.
Im told to pull myself together, that I need to get out more and great I need to make friends.
In 2022 I was finally diagnosed as having been on the spectrum all my life. While it explains why I behave as I do, I have had no support on how to deal with the diagnosis. They can offer support on how be a person with ASD but I have been told that they cannot offer support or guidance on mental health issues because of the ASD.
From age 6 I was constantly told to take care of family first and that was imprinted on me. When the last family member dies, I can be free of that responsibility that I have carried for almost sixty years.
I dont intend to start a new life or meet a partner to take care of me as has been suggested. Im checking out.
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This video describes the last 35 years of my life. I AM alone and there is no support. I approached professionals for assessments and explained how I felt and how I behaved and they were dismissed. Although I was diagnosed with severe depression, I wasnt given support, I was given a list of third parties who might be able to help. It was even suggested that I register for on-line courses and complete them as part of my treatment.
My family dont believe I am depressed and think its just a phase. When I describe the events that have led to my current state of mind, specifically mentioning instances of family members creating conflicts, they are dismissed and other people who supported me socially all those years ago are blamed for any decline.
Im told to pull myself together, that I need to get out more and great I need to make friends.
In 2022 I was finally diagnosed as having been on the spectrum all my life. While it explains why I behave as I do, I have had no support on how to deal with the diagnosis. They can offer support on how be a person with ASD but I have been told that they cannot offer support or guidance on mental health issues because of the ASD.
From age 6 I was constantly told to take care of family first and that was imprinted on me. When the last family member dies, I can be free of that responsibility that I have carried for almost sixty years.
I dont intend to start a new life or meet a partner to take care of me as has been suggested. Im checking out.
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education
This video describes the last 35 years of my life. I AM alone and there is no support. I approached professionals for assessments and explained how I felt and how I behaved and they were dismissed. Although I was diagnosed with severe depression, I wasnt given support, I was given a list of third parties who might be able to help. It was even suggested that I register for on-line courses and complete them as part of my treatment.
My family dont believe I am depressed and think its just a phase. When I describe the events that have led to my current state of mind, specifically mentioning instances of family members creating conflicts, they are dismissed and other people who supported me socially all those years ago are blamed for any decline.
Im told to pull myself together, that I need to get out more and great I need to make friends.
In 2022 I was finally diagnosed as having been on the spectrum all my life. While it explains why I behave as I do, I have had no support on how to deal with the diagnosis. They can offer support on how be a person with ASD but I have been told that they cannot offer support or guidance on mental health issues because of the ASD.
From age 6 I was constantly told to take care of family first and that was imprinted on me. When the last family member dies, I can be free of that responsibility that I have carried for almost sixty years.
I dont intend to start a new life or meet a partner to take care of me as has been suggested. Im checking out.
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This video describes the last 35 years of my life. I AM alone and there is no support. I approached professionals for assessments and explained how I felt and how I behaved and they were dismissed. Although I was diagnosed with severe depression, I wasnt given support, I was given a list of third parties who might be able to help. It was even suggested that I register for on-line courses and complete them as part of my treatment.
My family dont believe I am depressed and think its just a phase. When I describe the events that have led to my current state of mind, specifically mentioning instances of family members creating conflicts, they are dismissed and other people who supported me socially all those years ago are blamed for any decline.
Im told to pull myself together, that I need to get out more and great I need to make friends.
In 2022 I was finally diagnosed as having been on the spectrum all my life. While it explains why I behave as I do, I have had no support on how to deal with the diagnosis. They can offer support on how be a person with ASD but I have been told that they cannot offer support or guidance on mental health issues because of the ASD.
From age 6 I was constantly told to take care of family first and that was imprinted on me. When the last family member dies, I can be free of that responsibility that I have carried for almost sixty years.
I dont intend to start a new life or meet a partner to take care of me as has been suggested. Im checking out.
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Mel-Chey
Depression brings fatigue. A fatigue that cant be cured no matter if you get 8 or 20 hours of sleep. This tiredness makes you want to lay in bed. You feel you cant do anything. And students who feel this usually have to get up bc no one thinks there life is tough bc there children. You can feel your emotionally numb which means theres this overwhelming sadness and your too tired to feel any other emotion except for a snappy anger sometimes. You cant socialize bc its to draining and you dont have the energy for it. No one will believe your actually depressed. You think. You watch your life replay like your a little person in your head. No thoughts. Youre to tired to think. Or many racing thoughts. Or daydreaming to escape. It feels wonderful to feel that glimpse of joy. Or watching movies or reading or watching social media. Anything to help you feel emotion bc people cant make you feel anything. Depression brings all this and almost no one believes someone when they try to tell them. Thats why we stay hidden.
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Depression brings fatigue. A fatigue that cant be cured no matter if you get 8 or 20 hours of sleep. This tiredness makes you want to lay in bed. You feel you cant do anything. And students who feel this usually have to get up bc no one thinks there life is tough bc there children. You can feel your emotionally numb which means theres this overwhelming sadness and your too tired to feel any other emotion except for a snappy anger sometimes. You cant socialize bc its to draining and you dont have the energy for it. No one will believe your actually depressed. You think. You watch your life replay like your a little person in your head. No thoughts. Youre to tired to think. Or many racing thoughts. Or daydreaming to escape. It feels wonderful to feel that glimpse of joy. Or watching movies or reading or watching social media. Anything to help you feel emotion bc people cant make you feel anything. Depression brings all this and almost no one believes someone when they try to tell them. Thats why we stay hidden.
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April
I am 63, and for more than a decade only leave my home to go to the local corner shop for (expensive) the cheapest and if I am lucky, out of date food once every 2 weeks. If I run out, I will days days without. I managed to get past the suicidal mode, but that just pushed my apathy further down the scale. HELP! I must have tried all the meds on the market for up to 6 months at a time. Here in the UK it seems that real mental health help is non existent on the NHS. I have seen the mental health team rep and they ask up to 10 questions, all to feel out if I am suicidal(takes about 4 months for the appointment. as good as a chocolate teapot. They don't care about your mental health, just if you are suicidal. I have been on various meds for over 20 yrs now but stopped taking the last lot several weeks ago as NONE of them have done anything to help. Over 10 yrs of being physically fit, but housebound. THERE IS NO MENTAL HEALTH HELP in the UK. At best just a few smiles and nods to it.
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I am 63, and for more than a decade only leave my home to go to the local corner shop for (expensive) the cheapest and if I am lucky, out of date food once every 2 weeks. If I run out, I will days days without. I managed to get past the suicidal mode, but that just pushed my apathy further down the scale. HELP! I must have tried all the meds on the market for up to 6 months at a time. Here in the UK it seems that real mental health help is non existent on the NHS. I have seen the mental health team rep and they ask up to 10 questions, all to feel out if I am suicidal(takes about 4 months for the appointment. as good as a chocolate teapot. They don't care about your mental health, just if you are suicidal. I have been on various meds for over 20 yrs now but stopped taking the last lot several weeks ago as NONE of them have done anything to help. Over 10 yrs of being physically fit, but housebound. THERE IS NO MENTAL HEALTH HELP in the UK. At best just a few smiles and nods to it.
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Brian
I am whole, yet i feel broken. I am enough, yet i feel empty. I am complete, yet i feel like something is missing. I am worthy, yet i feel as if i have let myself down repeatedly. And i am loved, and feel all alone.
My worth is inside of me, yet i see no value within. So i sit in quiet, feeling nothing for every minute of every day and like i never really connected with the true self within.
I am worthy by virtue of existing as a human being, but i never really knew what that truly means.
But, It is not about me.
Everyone will struggle with something one day.
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I am whole, yet i feel broken. I am enough, yet i feel empty. I am complete, yet i feel like something is missing. I am worthy, yet i feel as if i have let myself down repeatedly. And i am loved, and feel all alone.
My worth is inside of me, yet i see no value within. So i sit in quiet, feeling nothing for every minute of every day and like i never really connected with the true self within.
I am worthy by virtue of existing as a human being, but i never really knew what that truly means.
But, It is not about me.
Everyone will struggle with something one day.
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Innovbrain
I have severe depression because i have been through so many emotional traumas and physical exhaustion that sometimes i feel I'm barely living and my body is at its end. With all of this, people keep stressing me out and judging me all the time especially the closed ones. I can't lie how many times i wished that my life comes to an end because of the ugly things i have seen in my life. Now I'm living normal but completely dead inside. No energy, no surroundings, no hopes, no feelings. Unfortunately, people turn you from an angel to a dead thing. this life is a big lie
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I have severe depression because i have been through so many emotional traumas and physical exhaustion that sometimes i feel I'm barely living and my body is at its end. With all of this, people keep stressing me out and judging me all the time especially the closed ones. I can't lie how many times i wished that my life comes to an end because of the ugly things i have seen in my life. Now I'm living normal but completely dead inside. No energy, no surroundings, no hopes, no feelings. Unfortunately, people turn you from an angel to a dead thing. this life is a big lie
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Mehdinchina
I know this video is old, but I just want to get it out. I lost all reasons to live, I've convinced myself that all hope is gone, every time I had some kind of hope and started to work on myself, it always ended in disappointment, I know that's all I am. Not only that, but I'm also not attractive at all, not funny, not good with people, no skills, no talent. Basically a walking zombie. I've lost all little pleasures, from food to music to movies, nothing feels good anymore. I've been looking for reasons to continue, but life just keeps telling me otherwise.
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I know this video is old, but I just want to get it out. I lost all reasons to live, I've convinced myself that all hope is gone, every time I had some kind of hope and started to work on myself, it always ended in disappointment, I know that's all I am. Not only that, but I'm also not attractive at all, not funny, not good with people, no skills, no talent. Basically a walking zombie. I've lost all little pleasures, from food to music to movies, nothing feels good anymore. I've been looking for reasons to continue, but life just keeps telling me otherwise.
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cub35guy
the problem is, there is still a huge stigma with depression. NEVER tell your boss or your HR rep. or ANYONE in the company you work for. I did this once. Because they accused me of raising my voice to a co-worker -- This raised voice was what I consider my slight irritation voice. I raised it to a millennial who thinks anything more than a whisper is yelling at them. They kept badgering me why would I do that? I was finally like -- well -- MAYBE it's because I am on depression meds. 3 weeks later -- I was fired. FULL STOP.
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the problem is, there is still a huge stigma with depression. NEVER tell your boss or your HR rep. or ANYONE in the company you work for. I did this once. Because they accused me of raising my voice to a co-worker -- This raised voice was what I consider my slight irritation voice. I raised it to a millennial who thinks anything more than a whisper is yelling at them. They kept badgering me why would I do that? I was finally like -- well -- MAYBE it's because I am on depression meds. 3 weeks later -- I was fired. FULL STOP.
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CZERNY
Because I see no end to the suffering. I was inflicted with 32 years of abuses by narc mother.
I was home arrested, tortured, exploited, threatened, medicated with toxic stuff I never needed that caused me chronic illness.
I was discarded and abandoned 5 months ago, burnout and swindled and defrauded and threatened.
I lost my will to live but before I'm gone I want her to face the condemnation she deserves.
Her name is margarida cordeiro, and she destroyed my life, and I was her only daughter.
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Because I see no end to the suffering. I was inflicted with 32 years of abuses by narc mother.
I was home arrested, tortured, exploited, threatened, medicated with toxic stuff I never needed that caused me chronic illness.
I was discarded and abandoned 5 months ago, burnout and swindled and defrauded and threatened.
I lost my will to live but before I'm gone I want her to face the condemnation she deserves.
Her name is margarida cordeiro, and she destroyed my life, and I was her only daughter.
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fbi
im genuinely struggling so hard i cant do it anymore, its even worse when i remember i have nobody. i CANNOT reach for help- i have difficult, careless parents and my granparebts wobt understand. The friends i have left will think im crazy, i jjust cannot open up to them, and they wont be able to do much anyways. i feel so suffocated here, i want to escape so much, my future will suffer because of this but i can't bring myself to do anything, for so many reasons dude
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im genuinely struggling so hard i cant do it anymore, its even worse when i remember i have nobody. i CANNOT reach for help- i have difficult, careless parents and my granparebts wobt understand. The friends i have left will think im crazy, i jjust cannot open up to them, and they wont be able to do much anyways. i feel so suffocated here, i want to escape so much, my future will suffer because of this but i can't bring myself to do anything, for so many reasons dude
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Mooncake
People close to me are telling me that I'm not the only one but what I see is just a bunch of people that have their lives on the right track and know what they are doing and I just feel so lost and hopeless and like I will never amount to anything. Its the hard decision of: Do I want to live my life as a failure or do I not want to live at all? Because it seems like those are the only decisions I have and, boy, do I not want to live as a failure.
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People close to me are telling me that I'm not the only one but what I see is just a bunch of people that have their lives on the right track and know what they are doing and I just feel so lost and hopeless and like I will never amount to anything. Its the hard decision of: Do I want to live my life as a failure or do I not want to live at all? Because it seems like those are the only decisions I have and, boy, do I not want to live as a failure.
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Matthias
It really sucks but Ive been going through this for years now but Ive only started getting help now because no one believe me that this was happening until I got up the nerves to tell my mom that I wanted therapy and now Ive found a therapist who is genuinely trying to help me. Im sure there are other teenagers with similar stories about being in this position before I started getting help and the same with adults so good luck youve got this.
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It really sucks but Ive been going through this for years now but Ive only started getting help now because no one believe me that this was happening until I got up the nerves to tell my mom that I wanted therapy and now Ive found a therapist who is genuinely trying to help me. Im sure there are other teenagers with similar stories about being in this position before I started getting help and the same with adults so good luck youve got this.
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Pratiksha
I'm severely depressed for seven years now. Visited many many Doctors, have done many tests for depression's symptoms all over the body but at the end these are all normal but everytime I face mental breakdown, I have tried a lot and lot by lots of anti-depressants and also by myself to get rid over it, right now I keep myself always busy on work but still somewhere it hurts. Depression is one of most dangerous disease im the Universe.
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I'm severely depressed for seven years now. Visited many many Doctors, have done many tests for depression's symptoms all over the body but at the end these are all normal but everytime I face mental breakdown, I have tried a lot and lot by lots of anti-depressants and also by myself to get rid over it, right now I keep myself always busy on work but still somewhere it hurts. Depression is one of most dangerous disease im the Universe.
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Kimiee
Help I'm with digestive problems since 2020 and I always thought it was because I was depressed but It's really hard to help myself. I barely go to a psychologist and I can't go more often because I'm a minor and I can't go out alone, my mother just keeps spending on medications that don't do me any better, I don't know how to tell her because she has always noticed me bad but decided to ignore it.
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Help I'm with digestive problems since 2020 and I always thought it was because I was depressed but It's really hard to help myself. I barely go to a psychologist and I can't go more often because I'm a minor and I can't go out alone, my mother just keeps spending on medications that don't do me any better, I don't know how to tell her because she has always noticed me bad but decided to ignore it.
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me
So far, my aim in life is to be forgettable and unnoticeable, therefore people won't miss me if I go by my own terms. I have decided to not get into any relationships before I get better. It would be so unfair to my partner if some day I can't take it anymore and decide to end it all. So far I have lived my whole life without an SO. It suffocates me sometimes but it's the best thing I can do right now.
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So far, my aim in life is to be forgettable and unnoticeable, therefore people won't miss me if I go by my own terms. I have decided to not get into any relationships before I get better. It would be so unfair to my partner if some day I can't take it anymore and decide to end it all. So far I have lived my whole life without an SO. It suffocates me sometimes but it's the best thing I can do right now.
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Elli
Thank you for this info. This is educational especially for the public who stigmatize mental illness. Please keep them coming. Video has been of great help. I suffer from bipolar 2. I can not stress more the importance of getting help. You may not think or understand the value of searching for help But during the same, you understand your condition and learn how to cope.
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Thank you for this info. This is educational especially for the public who stigmatize mental illness. Please keep them coming. Video has been of great help. I suffer from bipolar 2. I can not stress more the importance of getting help. You may not think or understand the value of searching for help But during the same, you understand your condition and learn how to cope.
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The
It is sad that many younger people like teenagers can't get help, even if they tell their parents, they may just think that it is just o joke, a phase or even thinking that it is not real. I have friend and she is very depressed, Her abdomen always hurts and has mood swings, I asked her if she told her parents about it, she said that they thought it was just a joke.
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It is sad that many younger people like teenagers can't get help, even if they tell their parents, they may just think that it is just o joke, a phase or even thinking that it is not real. I have friend and she is very depressed, Her abdomen always hurts and has mood swings, I asked her if she told her parents about it, she said that they thought it was just a joke.
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Lewis
I have dealt with so many deaths over the past forty years. my daughter, both of my parents, both of my sister's, seven of my friends, and so on, too many to list. I'm in a catch-22, don't have the guts to kill myself, at least not yet but don't want to be alive any more. Hardly have the energy to even send out this message.
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I have dealt with so many deaths over the past forty years. my daughter, both of my parents, both of my sister's, seven of my friends, and so on, too many to list. I'm in a catch-22, don't have the guts to kill myself, at least not yet but don't want to be alive any more. Hardly have the energy to even send out this message.
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education
I'm not 100% sure if this is me but I tend to get chronically depressed around people vs when alone(I mean properly) I am able to stabilise my mood much better. Maybe I expect too much from people but I always feel like I could be doing something better with my time
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I'm not 100% sure if this is me but I tend to get chronically depressed around people vs when alone(I mean properly) I am able to stabilise my mood much better. Maybe I expect too much from people but I always feel like I could be doing something better with my time
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Ramses
Another proof that you are depressed, you don't like anymore being surrounded by people, you eat either too much or not enough in order to punish yourself for not being good enough, and you feel the need to watch funny videos because your life is shit.
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Another proof that you are depressed, you don't like anymore being surrounded by people, you eat either too much or not enough in order to punish yourself for not being good enough, and you feel the need to watch funny videos because your life is shit.
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infectedN8
seek help? First of all if someone decides to end it who are you to stop that person? You have no right.
Seeking help makes it even worse because if you get involuntary hospitalized that will forever remain on your medical card
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seek help? First of all if someone decides to end it who are you to stop that person? You have no right.
Seeking help makes it even worse because if you get involuntary hospitalized that will forever remain on your medical card
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Jezebel
i've been suffering from depression since 2017, i've been all alone, never have been able to get proffessional help because is freakin expensive, it is not avaliable for me, i have nobody who might care because i am in fact ALL ALONE
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i've been suffering from depression since 2017, i've been all alone, never have been able to get proffessional help because is freakin expensive, it is not avaliable for me, i have nobody who might care because i am in fact ALL ALONE
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Ambience
Never underestimate the power of managing stress and anxiety. Nature has a way of soothing the soul and uplifting our spirits. Prioritize self-care and immerse yourself in the wonders of nature to foster long-term mental well-being.
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Never underestimate the power of managing stress and anxiety. Nature has a way of soothing the soul and uplifting our spirits. Prioritize self-care and immerse yourself in the wonders of nature to foster long-term mental well-being.
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