I Battle Depression Stories of Experiences

EP Sangha member anya1212 commented on my story “The Blossom Pales in Comparison” with:Is our questioning affected by our past experiences and beliefs. Do we question without reasoning or analyzing the immediate situation. Does this...

I've had some pretty bad spells of depression. They seem to be associated with emotional stress, and a lack of love, and support.
The first was during the second semester of my freshman year in college. I lost the ability to sleep...

I don't know why I play doctor and get off my medication when I know that they help me. I use to comply with all the doctors recommendations. Now I am not so compliant. Today I took my first dose since the last four days. I decided to...

My name is Mike and I suffer from depression.
I have battled panic disorder for nearly 25 years but more recently have had major depression.
I do see the doctor regularly and do take meds to help with it all.
Really looking to...

you know how to tell my sad story, i am so lonely and depressed about an year ago
i just wonna say to dear friends about my whole life and how i gonna lonely in life

my childhood gone modrate i have better life in childhood but...

I just wanted an opportunity to tell the world how I am feeling. No reply is necessary; I simply think that sharing how I feel by typing my feelings will help me realize my own issues.

Simply, what I have wanted to tell another human...

I don't feel like i fit in anywhere.
My family is made by my mom, who is a scientist, my dad, who is a politician, My big sister who is currently studying psychology in America, My big brother who is running his own buisniss (I dont...

The masks crack so easily now, so fragile. I don't like these feelings...these feelings that I have. Sometimes I miss the days of being cold, numb to everything. At least that way, I wouldn't hurt so bad. But now, the cold has...

Until its too late? Why do people feel terrible, wail and make with the dramatics at someone's funeral when the person is no longer there to hear such? Where were they to cry when the dead person was still alive and hurting inside? Why...

Since I was younger I've never felt "normal". Let me rephrase that I had episodes where I didn't feel normal. But my parents always said there was nothing wrong it was all in my head. 13 years later this depression is at its worst i don...

We all have so many ups and downs with my 19 year old daughter She is trying to figure out her life nothing seems to go her way Her depression is real bad I don't know what to do to help her I love her so very much and nothing I do...

It seems as though getting the right pain relief is very difficult I have been back and forth to different doctors for the past 10t years. Either they want to under-medicate me or over-medicate me There is no happy medium for pain...

Death come swift
Death come quick
Take my pain away
End my pain today
Why do i suffer so
My heart full of woe
Does no one see
what lifes doing to me
Cant someone mend my mind
and heal my heart
No one cares enough
To see this pain i feel...

These scars from my self harm won't go away. I see them everyday and I hate them. I can't live life with them the way I want because I hate knowing it happened. I doubt that they will ever fade but I got to do something about this. I...

I am a destroyer of anything worth having. I have isolated myself, because I am tired of putting on this mask and playing pretend. Life is a game of "how are yous?" and I'm good how are you?".... But no one really seems to give a shit...

This story is going to be long this is not for attention this is to help others understand who i am and i would like to share it with you feel Free to like thank comment Thanks for taking a lookIt all started in 1991 I was born in...

Don't push the wise people that help you out.
when there is no one beside you it fills you with doubt
Take it from me, I know what I'm talking about.
Now, here's how it goes.
You're stuck in your room, and the demons in your head...

For those who dont know Gabapentin is a seizure med that is also prescribed as a mood stabalizer and anti anxiety med by some doctors, i have been on it since 2010 for anxiety, my problem is that i am trying to ween myself off of it due...

I hear a lot of stories here about being bullied and i have to say some of what you guys went through well i tip my hat to you.
I never really got bullied.Not at school anyway.But at home.And even then i coped through the abuse my Older...

When I was in elementary school I was constantly teased because people were convinced I'm ugly or fat and it hurt. I never tried to get to their level so I just listened to what the teachers would tell us kids and convince ourselves...