I Battle Depression Stories of Experiences

I know it's all part of having depression but Im really having problems with my sleep, talking ages to get to sleep and waking up many times in night. I feel its really got worse lately and i don't know why but lack of sleep obviously...

Broken heart...broken soul,
Bruised soul...bruised heart...
Broken, bruised, and blue,
Are hard to deal with around you...
Hurt feelings...are the only feelings I ever feel...
The shit I have dealt with...is now becoming unbearable...

I have been allowing my emotions to lead me for the longest time now. I have been avoiding people and unintentionally pushing them away. I am sorry. I just got tired of never having anything positive to say and not feeling positive, I...

My name is Ashton. I was born in somewhere USA to one loving parent in January of 1991.

My depression was born with a face one lovely summer month (let's say its May) of 2005 to one self hating person. Let's call it V.

It snarls. It...

Ive battled depression since a kid.I was bullied and teased in school quite a bit.My teachers never did much to stop it.I wasnt overweight but I was never as skinny as my peers.I never liked the same things my friends did so they...

Depression has played a big role in my life, including~ Fear of living alone forever, Fear of being hurt. I don't really enjoy talking about my depression but I know it is necessary in order for healing to take place~

It all started...

I know i have BPD. one of my shrinks now thinks i may be bipolar too.

anyone have insight to if you can be both and what that really means???

I have had bipolar disorder type 1 since I was 11...I will be 27 in July. Although mania is the hallmark symptom of bipolar disorder, people with the illness have many more depressive episodes than manic episodes. I used to get what is...

i know i have depression. There is no doubt about that. I am on meds. I see THREE shrinks. i have had numerous suicide attempts (I find it funny that I can not even honestly tell you how many times I attempted cuz I lost count...

When I first realized that I suffer from depression , I didn't know much about it. I read about short episodes, people who have bad days and feel depressed and I thought it will go away because it didn't seem very serious and my life...

For most of my life I've been teased which led to me being self-conscious,depressed and have social anxiety. Unfortunately off and on throughout my life I've cried a lot because I never felt comfortable with myself because of the...

I think Albert Einstein once said 'the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.' Well, once again I proved Einstein, or whoever said this,100% correct.

I just had a telephone panel...

(This is a question, but I'm putting it here because I'm hoping people who are also battling depression may be able to give me an answer)

Do I just not get it? I don't understand all this advice that people tell me or these things...

So anyone in this group knows that every day is a battle. Some days are better than others, some days feel like they'll never end, some days feel like it never even happened. For the past few months I was totally unhappy in my situation...

I think about all the reasons I have to live, and they don't seem important. Nothing is important, nothing matters. I simply drift through my mundane life, yet I feel like I'm drowning. I hate this, but most of all I hate me.

I haven't gone to a psychologist, but I'm pretty sure I struggle with depression. This all started at the beginning of January this year. I've been feeling shitty ever since then. I avoid talking to people. I go without answering my...

“Amae” is a word in Japanese that means sweet dependency. It is a word that embraces our primal need for a sense of oneness and belonging. In the United States, where we work so hard to establish our separateness and independence...

Sometimes I feel unreachable. It's like I know in the very pit of my being that I will always be alone. It's just my destiny. This thought isn't terrible or something that feels me with dread. It's a very neutral thought. But it's one...

I have long suffered bouts of depression.

I think the worst time is the bit BEFORE you go in, knowing you're getting sucked into the worst bit of your life...,and knowing you can't stop it.

Thankfully, counselling and anti...

During my teenage years, I endured four episodes of severe clinical depression. Partly due to my introverted nature, and partly due to the fact that there was no obvious and easy person to confide in, these were known about only to...