I Fight Depression and Loneliness Everyday Stories of Experiences

I've learned to control my depression pretty well I'm a pretty happy person but once maybe twice a month I get severely depressed about being alone. I don't really have any friends because I don't talk much anymore I don't know what to...

Or fulfill my destiny, try to be an artist. Sometimes I don't know what I want to be, or do. Who isn't lost now and then though? Who doesn't battle depression at least once in their life?
I've always been up and down with depression...

I guess it started when I was a kid, it was hard for me to make friends.. It's a struggle I still face today. But long story short every almost every single person I've opened up to has left me. People would move on to someone better...

I've always had problems with depression and everything that usually goes with it, even during the time I was dating. "Was" being the key word... So, now not only am I still dealing with depression, but I'm also devastated by the recent...

I feel so alone with this... I'm 23 and I think I've been depressed my whole life. I don't know why. I don't know what I do wrong. I don't know what's the point of life. I see happy or at least normal people all around me. I never...

I haven't self harmed in two weeks. It would have been two months if I hadn't purposely burned a hole in my arms because I was angry at the world.

The cuts on the outside have started to fade but they'll never be fully gone. I'm so...

Why am I still alive? I ask myself that every day. I have been battling with depression every since I was 8. I always felt unloved by my father and unnoticed by my mother. I really don't know how I knew what self harm was when I was a...

I know this may seem like im trying to get attention, but im not.
I just merely need to speak my mind. Since my Depression developed when I was child, life has spiraled. Sure when we are younger we can think nothing of it and brush it...

Hi All,
First and foremost, I know this is not healthy.
I've been on depression medication, been to hospitals, and have battled alcohol and pill addiction to fight off loneliness and depression.
I have always been an outsider so to...

I've been struggling with depression, anxiety, and self-harm for several years now... I'm haunted by repetitive nightmares... I dropped out of college because I couldn't handle it and I've yet to get my license, or apply to for a job...

I am not perfect by any means and I don't expect sympathy... we are in a waking dream and I am sleep walking... alone in nature is the only time I experience peace... everyday I wake up with painful riddles and attempt mantras to cope...

my body cries tears of blood
my heart cries tears of pain
as the cut begins to flood
my hearts tears begin to drain
the hurt cures the numbness and the inner pain
now people are asking questions
I begin to answer them
they are...

I fight depression every day as it creeps up on to me at various intensities depending how I am feeling.
At times I feel way over whelmed by many situations working against me and I feel there is no easy answer in over coming why I feel...

I have been diagnosed with depression since 5th grade. I was bullied about during elementary school & that affected my self esteem a lot. I was called fat, ugly, & worthless everyday. I tried to move past it when I entered middle school...

I dont know why im depressed most of the time,
i have the same issues as most people.
I dont know why im lonely when i have someone
around me all day every day....

Husband cheated on me over a couple years ago. He even had the balls to take our children to his girlfriends house than expected them to lie to me. I had a breakdown and was in hospital for long time. Trying to rebuild my life but...

Today and pretty much everyday I feel numb. I have two amazing kids a partner. Yet I feel utterly alone, numb and desperate for human contact.

It sucks.
I can't even bring myself to type more here.

no one knows im always depressed and lonely i always hide behind a smile and act like i dont care but when im alone i break down i write with my right hand so it has alot of force so i use that hand to knife myself i kno one day i'll go...

I sit and find myself wondering why i try... Why i try so hard everyday when nothing works out.... something bad is always there to knowck me down..When i was little i had an uncle who i shared a birthday with. I loved so dearly... he...

Here I lay, crying in the darkness. I'm all alone and I guess I'm used to it. I can't find my sister, she's been away. I cry because I know she is hurting and the longer I wait for her I hurt too. I hope she's okay, she won't really...