I Survived Depression

Unfortunately I am not at a state of mind where I can join this group, and I want so badly to be able to say this title out loud "I Survived Depression" and confidently without a doubt click the button reading "Me Too"....but I can't...

The love of my life died one day in a car accident. I wanted to die with him. All I know is that I could not go on anymore. All I thought about day & night was killing myself.  I drank myself stupid to cover up the pain...

I can say I survived depression... today. Some days I don't feel like I am surviving it, but deep down I know that as long as I breathe, I can fight the seemingly never ending battle with this daunting, unseen, but ever so prominently...

I have been fighting depression for a while now. I had my ups and downs, but lately, things have gotten so bad, my life is pretty much in a downward spiral. I have absolutely no control. I have lost so much, wasted so much time and let...

I have struggled with depression for as long as I can remember. I was told it was situational depression and then that escalated to PTSD. Everyone around me seems to die that I am even remotely close to. My birth mom gave me up for...

Hi, this goes out to all those that are suffering from panic, fear and agoraphobia, I know some days can feel pretty low but hang in there, there is life after panic attacks. I suffered through occasional panic attacks that later...

In 2001 I was diagnosed by my GP with depression!

Me mentally ill, never! But there was something wrong; I knew that… coming to terms with “being flawed” was not so easy. I fought it hard using every...

I am a survivor of deep depression and suicidal tendencies for five years now. I'm proud of that, being I suffered with depression since age 12 and the suicidal tendencies since age 15. Mine was "situation depression", depression caused...

About four years ago, I found many things around me going bad... my relationship, my occupation, my health, etc. I knew then I had to do something about it rather than just ignore things as I had done previously. Began seeing a...

One of the hardest things to deal with when trying to overcome panic and anxiety is knowing what to do with all that excess energy. I know when I used to get my panic attacks it sometimes felt like I just wanted to jump right out of my...

I've been crushed by the insurmountable condition called Depression since my childhood, it made my life hell and often taunted me in times of the dark.
It fluctuates inside of my system, consistently weighing me down on weeks to months...

So, I've been struggling with depression since I was around 6. My parents got divorced, and I was being bullied, and my teachers were generally making me feel stupid. It got worse as we moved to Scotland with mum, having to start all...

People that have known me for a long time know I've struggled with depression, but what a lot don't know is that, once upon a time, I was suicidal. There were quite a few times that I pointed a loaded gun at my face and just stared down...

I would have never thought 10 years ago that today I would be laying in my bed feeling down and depressed. No one truly understands but my best friend Jaynie, she's been there before she understands how I feels and she comforts me and...

I have been diagnosed as bipolar with emphasis on bipolar depressive disorder. I have been diagnosed as such since the age of eleven, even though I think the onset of it was around the age of nine and a half. I am not perfect. I am...

What is real happiness? Is being Happy getting that new phone you've always wanted? Is being Happy being in a relationship? Is being happy having money? What is true happiness?

I don't know about others, but to me happiness is a state...

It's not like bipolar delirious with happiness but down-to-earth honest joy.

I've been feeling pretty miserable for the last few (two or so) years and all that time I never went to see a psychologist. I also believe that I was a bit...

Question:

Can u give me an advice?i love how u explained that to overcome anxiety,u shud rely on urself and not on others bcoz dependency will only make me feel hopeless and weak.I really wanna try to live again.I miss the old me so...

The flashback that started it all
It was January. I woke up a snowy day feeling down. Suddenly I started remembering things from 5 years ago. It was a horrible memory. I didn't go to school that day, I was too depressed.
Maybe it was...

This morning I stumbled upon a question in the Q&A section of EP: “Have you ever being diagnosed with depression?” and that somehow gave me the courage to break the silence on this topic.

This was my answer: “Yes, many years ago...