I Fight Depression and Loneliness Everyday

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'm perceived as the funny guy. The guy that makes jokes. In a way it's a facade. I use it to hide who I am. What's inside of me. I appreciate humor so when I talk to people I use it. I'm very creative. They say a poor life gifts you...

 I wrote this poem yesterday when I had been feeling awful,
 for several days. Luckily someone special logged in and
 I was so happy I felt much better.

     Pain and Despair.

 The wolves are howling at my door...

I live alone, have done since Feb 92. Over the years my interaction with other people has become less and
less.
I have one very good friend, he generally comes over on Wednesday evening when we discuss events of the  previous week...

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...

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...

Falling in love...or being in love when you suffer from depression seems like a monumental task to the person suffering from it... It takes an incredible amount of trust. You have to look at yourself, wade through all the negative self...

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...

You ask me who i am and i will answer with this.

I am the face that is forgotten,
My name that is not spoken,
I am the person that time forgot,
I am the one that people forget,
I am seen but not looked at,
I talk but am not listened to...

I'm 20 years old. I feel like I should be having the best time of my life right now, but I'm not. I feel so lonely and worthless. Nobody wants to hang out with me. I always call people and everyone is "busy". I don't even know why this...

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...

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...

Everyday i hate waking up i dread it. same old crap going through the motions smiling even if i dont want to i have a family but feel i am taken for granted eveyday i still feel as if i live alone at the moment i am even having trouble...

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...

when i was younger....id put my arms in my shirt and pretend i had no arms. Would restart video games whenever i knew i was going to lose. Slept with all my stuffed animals as a child so none of them got offended.. had that one pen with...

First off, I want to say that I'm not a doctor, nor would I want to be. More and more, it just seems they are pawns of Big Pharma, handing out prescriptions like candy. This is NOT right! Our bodies, minds, and spirits are nourished by...

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...

The number one thing I see on here is depression, what a tough topic to cover…
It affects all ages, it affects people to different extents, and each person is unique.
I’ll try to cover things that will help EVERYONE who is feeling...

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 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...