Your experience will only be as helpful as your social worker is good. I used to be a social worker. Unfortunately, there are a lot of ineffective, uncaring and simply poor social workers. Just… read more
How do u keep from giving up on finding a partner, when everything they do can be misconstrued as rejection...?
Myself and my fiance have been together for almost 10 years now and he's wonderful as he will chase up my medication for me if I've already tried to myself and gotten nowhere or if he sees that I'm… read more
I've currently recovering from a broken ankle a d i can fèl my mood dropping or more i have no motivation to do anything. Any suggestions.
I saw where someone said they were taking Abilify (2 years ago). I took Abilify for a couple of years. It worked great but I ended up with tardive dyskinesia. It affects my tongue and mouth. I… read more
Is it normal to feel numb while depressed? Like, Your emotions are dull?
No, being numb is not the same as being heartless, not at all. Sometimes, we shut down for any number of reasons, and it is self-protective, or a defense against being overwhelmed. Perhaps look at… read more
I don't consider feeling sad about something bad that happened depression. That is a normal response to something. To me depression is feeling bad when I don't really have a reason to. Or feeling too bad about something that happened. Too bad for too long.
What causes that? Why do I react differently than other people?
I talked with several Psychiatrists and psychologist over the year's and my final answer is they are all quacks. I had a lot of issues growing up and just like many of you the anger and the pain… read more
What things trigger and make your depression worse?
My trigger is music. Random songs can make me feel so emotional.
feeling invalidated, i thought she understood that depression is an illness. please tell me how you all recover from something so harsh. i feel pathetic now, not ill will depression. i want to withdraw completely because my heart is broken
To other people it may seem we are playing the 'poor me' card. But you know how you feel. A lot of us isolate because of depression. I did it for so many years I lost most of my friends. The one whi… read more
It's hard I know that..I'm going thru that right now
My primary doctor is a local boy from my town. He graduated as a " Big Man on Campus"; popular; good looking. And when I go to him, I feel like such a Loser. He has this perfect life and I get more jealous.
Note: He's a good doctor and Never treated me badly.
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Im struggling with anxiety and depression my Meds have bin put up to 40mg now
I don't want to socialise I struggle to leave the house for work I push myself to get day to day things done. Any help would be great I'm always worrying what people think of me so keep myself to myself
Depression is crippling