I Battle Depression Stories of Experiences

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...

I can't take it anymore... Someone do something... Ahhhhhh just flip everything! I can't take this sadness... And there's so many severe illness' with me that nobody don't understand! I cannot write my beloved poems anymore because my...

I don't know if I'm depressed, sad, or just hormonal. But I make mistake after mistake and I hate myself for it. Even if I don't do anything I can't look at myself in the mirror and when I do I cry. I regret every decision I make. I...

My name is Brandon, and I have battled with all of these since my early 20's. My help comes from medication and a passion for running and biking. These do not always work though. When I am so low and so depressed I have trouble to keep...

So had a tough few months with my depression and anxiety. Been a complete mess practically sleeping on the sofa and if i had the energy to do things like pop to the shop my anxiety would get too bad and id have a panic aattack, always...

... or some spectrum of it? I guess I kind of knew this for some time, but the second I realised it, i pushed it out of my mind. I was ashamed. The first time i learned about BPD was in a psych class that i took specifically to learn...

But, it is a fight I face head on everyday. I didn't believe anything was wrong with me but, when I spent a week in bed not looking forward to each day that came I knew something was wrong. I don't have days like that anymore thankfully...

I don't waqnt to die....but living isn't my forte I just don;t feel like being anywhere It seems as though i don't share the same values as those who inhabit this patch of earth alongside me I feel like im in a constant state of...