I Battle Depression and Anxiety

How sick and tired we may become of people telling us to be patient or to learn patience. How frustrating it can be to want to finally have something, or to move forward, and then not have that happen. How irritating to have someone...

I have a few scars on my arm after self harming.
I burned and cut my skin and i hate the scars.
I also have scars on my face from acne and I just want to get rid of all of them.
Any tips?

And I'm not here to complain, just to write about it.

First off, I always knew that, too a small degree I had depression and anxiety. As the years progressed it got so overwhelming and suffocating that I'm unable to live a healthy...

1. Don’t ignore warning signals in your body. Frequent petty colds, stomach aches, and headaches may all be a sign of stress.

2. There is no need to be strong all the time, and even less of a need to maintain an image of strength in...

Here I am searching through the fog. The fog is so thick I can't see where I'm going and I don't know where I'm at, but I am alive.
I look behind me into my past and I can see most of where I have been. I see people I care for, people I...

I am 18, i suffer with social phobia and anxiety. I have done therapy and it has given me tools to help deal with the anxiety. But for the past week , my anxiety has gotten bad. Tonight i feel completely alone. It hurts.to realise that...

i Have aspregers on top of depression and Anxiety.i am 20 years old almost 21 ive had depression since i was 3 years old and Anxiety since i was 5 years old. lately is has been getting so bad i cry myself to sleep.my cousin just passed...

An Open Letter to All Who Suffer I know…  I have suffered from depression and despair since I was seven years old and my mother tried to kill herself the first time.  I know how deep a person can sink when...

Well, it's four o'clock in the morning and I am online researching how to make this depression go away. I google and google and I find this website and decide to share my story. This is pretty much every night these days.
In March 2006...

I think the hardest pain to overcome... is the one that makes you 'see'
that life moves forward with or without you
that connections with others are temporary and
abandonment or betrayal are things innate in human beings.

This kind...

I have been stalking this site for a while and finally made a profile, yay! At first I was happy then suddenly I got so sad. I feel so lost right now. I feel like crying, but don't want to. I feel like I am in a void, I don't feel much...

Here I am all alone
I'm tired of waiting
I'm tired of hoping
So now I play with the rattlesnake.
I twirl him around until he's mad
Then he sinks his fangs deep into my veins
That's when you come
When its too late
And I'm too far gone...

I agree with 'Don't give up Hope' because it may take awhile before finding the right doctor and/or medication of even lifestyle/diet change.  Vitamins help quite often, and exercise if you are able to talk yourself into moving. Ha...

I have been diagnosed with MDD aka Major Depressive Disorder. From childhood Ive been brought up in an abusive household physical, emotional, maybe sexual? I'm not entirely sure because I guess I blocked everything out and dont remember...

Well, everything was just getting to me too much. I have been a mess with marital problems, money problems and concern over my future and my children's future. I totally feel like my life is out of my hands and I have no say. These I...

I really think my teacher likes me more than the other students.
He is always so nice and caring. (He knows about my depression)
But it's not like he's just being nice, sometimes he calls me babe,baby and he compliments me a lot!
He...

There was a blues festival in my town this week.
My daughter posted all the dates for the concerts on our refrigerator door just to make sure we wouldn´t miss any of the shows.
She is 12.  She loves blues, jazz and classical music...

Occasionally, when I get really scared or worried, I have anxiety attacks and start twitching violently or mumbling things. Though I've tried to keep it at bay these past years, it always comes back to haunt me. I have to have some sort...

Life is cyclical, not static. Our relationships benefit when we allow them to follow their own natural cycles.

Like the tide ebbs and flows, so do the cycles in relationships. We have periods of closeness and periods of distance. We...

We all want something to fix us, now. It's so painful, why can't we take a pill and be better? Because depression and anxiety is just not curable. It's a part of you. I have anxiety and it took 4 years to become manageable. I still live...