Experience Project Stories for the Group: I Have Major Depressive Disorder

Struggling Alone

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:36:04 PST

My problems started when I was about 6 or 7 yrs. old. I asked my grandmother where my parents were and she told me my mom died giving birth to me and ...

Crushing Darkness

Wed, 01 May 2013 02:54:03 PST

My father's side of the family is riddled with mental illness; schizophrenia, bi-polar disorders, dythsmia, depression, major depressive disorders, an...

Ayahuasca Cures Depression

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 04:47:14 PST

Ayahuasca. it is a medicine that has existed for thousands of years. It is made in the rain-forest. It must be taken with a shaman, who i...

Depression That Is Killing Me Day By Day

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:17:21 PST

Hi friends thanks in advance for reading my post. This is my first post in EP. I'm a person with Major depressive disorder. ...

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Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:36:10 PST

I was told that Depression and Bipolar runs in my family. But I believe the source of all the clouds and rains are disappoints and loneliness.<...

The Reasons Why

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 08:30:11 PST

I was adopted at birth. My parents where a lot older and also had a large age gap 20+ years I think. My mom was 45 or 50 at the time. Not sure how old...

I Stopped Taking My Meds...

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:06:18 PST

Soooo yeah. I stopped taking my medication, celexa, a while ago. And by awhile I mean its only been a few weeks. I was feeling good when I stopped tak...

I Don't Know How I Even Got This Far...

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:06:56 PST

This depression is so heavy. It used to be an annoyance, back in some happier days; but now it has gotten so overbearing that the depression is starti...

For Me...

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:45:18 PST

Having MDD is like having a thin broken-off needle wedged somewhere between your clavicle and your heart -- and you can't ever take it out.

The Other Side Of The Glass

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:34:06 PST

This is a confession from the voiceless, the absurd, the depressed, the unheard, the living dead, the lifeless,---a confession from the other side of ...

That Fine Madness

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:52:36 PST

i have major depressive disorder, anxiety, and body dysmorphic disorder. this is a diary entry (and hopefully material for my memoir) i made during a ...

Tired Out

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:23:46 PST

I'm close to 50, married, grown kids. I sleep, smoke, smoke and sleep. I no longer get dressed. I'm on meds. Thoughts of suicide. Counseli...

Unopened Love Letter

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:56:11 PST

Dear Mangled Heart, I don't even recognize you anymore. Where have you been? What have you been through? We ...

Why

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:06:15 PST

Apparently I have Major Depression. I haven't done much about it lately. I even stopped taking my meds. I feel sadder but I don't want to deal with...

Baby Blues? Or Just The Blues?

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:29:11 PST

Not sure what it is. Since I've had my son this past February I have been a mental wreck! It has been the worst bout with depression I have ever had...