Depression.

Hi Stefan + welcome. You are taking the right attitude towards your illness; medication along with an awful lot of self help will get you to a better place mentally . From my own personal experience; anxiety depression due to; a marriage break up after 30 years of marriage [ he committed adultery and was also diagnosed a being"psychotic + delusional} ,my dad was diagnosed with COPD at the same time my sister was diagnosed with cancer. I was facing redundancy also. Reading your post ,you have done so well and appear to be over the worst. I am a believer that once you have hit rock bottom there is only one way to go ....up. I also believe that you will never ever hit the bottom again; yes, you may feel despair but you will never have those truly horrendous, frightening emotions as you will recognize the signs of the dark cloud wrapping around you.

Learn to be gentle on yourself and not to be hard on yourself ;accept that everyone has low days, it is about learning to understand that this is normal in all walks of life.

Do things for "you", no matter how small.

Talk, talk and talk some more, this group is ideal as you will receive support, never judgement from those who understand exactly what you may be feeling through their own personal journey.

Always remember; Little by little, day by day.

Having never ever seeing any light at the end of a very dark, lonely, frightening place, my life is wonderful now. Yes, it has been a long hard path but I am so pleased that I stuck with it.

Have a great Thursday Stefan. Keep up the good work, your English is fine.

Always here to chat.

Julie x

Thank you !! i hope to hAve more time to read from you  tu xperience, because they are many styles for adopt the problems...

Best regards for all!

Hi Stefan, What sort of day have you had today?

It was great to read that you are in a better place mentally . Self help can be so hard especially when you want to hide away from everyone; no matter how much you love them. Addressing your issues bit by bit is a real positive. It is ok to say that you "aren't having a good day". The important thing is not to be harsh on yourself when you have had a bad day. It is a case of chipping away at your illness.

Recovering from depression is such a lonely , long path but as you have proved there is a better place at the end of it; although when you are in the midst of it, it is something that you can't imagine.

Stay positive Stefan; you have done an amazing job .

Keep talking.

Sending positive thoughts .

Big hugs

Julie x 

Dear Jully,

I'm on the night duty now...I'm nurse, i try to stay focus on my job, but is imposible, because i find today me and my wife we will divorce...and to be everything oki, i most to find a job because they want us to fire us....I start to be cold...nothing not surprise me...i'm ready to start from zero all my life...i am 28 years old...i stop to make plans...i live for present and i stop to look on my back...

Best wishes!

hi my name is frank i suffer from depression i have not to bad a day today

Hi Stefan . I hope that your shift went well?

I am sorry to read about your marriage break up. I was married for 30 years when my now ex started having an affair . I was heartbroken . It has taken me a long time to get to were I am now in my life and it hasn't been easy. It has been a long, hard, dark ,painful journey. I never imagined that I would ever be truly in a good place; a place where I finally am.

You must be feeling like the world is against you; I know that I felt like that on my low days.Please be gentle on yourself and try and take care of yourself.

Try and remain positive but accept that it is "a normal "emotion to feel cold/ angry. I wish you well in your search for a new job .

Focus on what is best for you. 

Hope to chat soon.

Julie 

 Hi everyone. I'm new here. I am struggling with my chronic depression at the moment and have joined for some support. (I have major depressive disorder and ptsd) This condition is taking over my life and I have days I do not want to carry on.( I stay with my mum and sisters and have a note book hidden in the house with letters to all my family just in case I do something silly some day) I have a young daughter but I'm lucky my family help out with her.  I will try get an appointment to see my gp but I have not long (over a year) been discharged from the mental health services I was under and not sure if I want to go through all that again. I am so drained and tired of this horrible mental state I seem to be in at the moment! I'm sorry I'm sounding so miserable and I so want to be happy as Christmas is coming up  

I look forward to chatting with you all. Thanks for reading 

Lisa X 

Hey...look on the stars, you are not alone..many people suffer by depression.. try to keep your mind on the present..no past,.no future....make steps one by one...keeping trust in you...be strong..you wold make that! best wishes

Hi everyone I'm new to the sight just finding my way round it,I suffer with depression and anxiety have done for some years I don't take Medes as they upset my stomach having got IBS and reflux so I get by on a daily basis of writing my thoughts down but it's a constant struggle I worry about everything and my memory is really bad I think it's because my head is full of scenarios every day that I can't fix 

hi i:am new to the site my name is frank i suffer from depression anxiety & panic attacks i take mitrazipine it helps with my sleep but i have good days & bad days & its a struggle iam like u trendy my memory is terrible