From a Depression Sufferer's Point of View

I may have posted this in the wrong place originally?

feeds@yuku.com (qt3) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:11:01 GMT

http://depressionfalloutmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/3461

worried about life

feeds@yuku.com (sadparent) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:05:40 GMT

I am sinking inot a pit. I get no enjoyment from life.. I spend most of my time in thoughts of sadness anxiety. I have been this way for a long time but it has gotton worse. from the outside -it looks like my life is great and when I look at my life I can't understand why I am sad. I have 3 kids and a DH. they love me an I love them.. I worry so much about there happiness. I don't like to be hugged like I use to. I worry about my daughter she is 10and shows signs of going from...

friendship fall outs and depression

feeds@yuku.com (Win) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:01:07 GMT

Hi,

First time posting on here. Wanted to ask people's thoughts. Sorry its rather long!

I found this forum a while ago - my husband has been long term depressed (a few years), and reading these posts has helped me a lot. I also had / have a really good friend - we have been friends for 4 years, during all of which time he too has been fighting depression. Its a platonic friendship - we both have partners, and are just good mates, often sharing good ideas on how to...

I'm new

feeds@yuku.com (SomeVelvetUser ) — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:49:07 GMT

Hi. I have lurked and read these boards for a couple of months now. I have some problems with depression and mood diorders and I really am trying to get a grip and understanding of how I have affected the people in my life. I'd say that the last 6-7 months have been a real roller coaster and it took me awhile, but I have gotten back into therapy and on anti-depressants. I still have problems with iraational thoughts and negative impulse control and have hurt a few people in the last few...

I want to fall back in...

feeds@yuku.com (fallingbackin) — Sun, 25 May 2008 01:14:42 GMT

I am so tired of the fallout. It has to get better! I have a great, amazing guy that I have been with for about a year, but I am scared that this depression stuff will eventually get to him and he'll leave. I know it has been extremely hard on him so far. We both are working so hard and we both want the same things, so why can't it just get easier? It seems like we keep sending each other into a tailspin or setting each other off. Its not a frequent as it used to be, but just...

I don't understand

feeds@yuku.com (elisabethlove) — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:49:28 GMT

My boyfriend and I have been together for over 2 years and, unfortunately for both of us, I have been depressed for at least half of that time. I know he's so tired of it and of how I take out moods on hims sometimes and he feels like I don't listen to him because I'll ask him questions over again (reassurance seeking I'm sure). I already feel bad and the knowledge that I'm making him unhappy is almost too much for me to think about. When this first started he was really...

giving up, or being realistic?

feeds@yuku.com (hopefullyhopeful) — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:08:05 GMT

two months ago to the day, my wife told me she wanted a divorce on the heels of finding out that I had been looking at internet porn. This came on the heels of 7 months (the last three really bad) of my second major depression, and from what she said, was the straw that broke the camel's back. Until I got hit over the head with this, I did not realize that I was depressed again or that my isolation and prickliness (for lack of a better word) was driving my wife away.

I...

losing my wife and kids

feeds@yuku.com (hgambler98) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:23:21 GMT

moved to the appropriate board

can someone who has depression explain to me.

feeds@yuku.com (58dreams) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:25:53 GMT

I now some of these questions have been in other post But I need to ask them and see
My question are
Why does someone with depression treat the ones closest to them as they do.?
Why do they treat others better then they do the family .?
Why the anger?
Why the putting down?
Why such self pity?
How do you make someone who is depressed seek help when all they see is the bad in you. And blame you for everything.
Why the constent threatening of...

My story on how I surived depression and anxiety

feeds@yuku.com (rebekahgirl) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:28:25 GMT

Hey you all,

This is my story on how I survived and was healed from terrifying anxiety, fears and depression. I was so scared of using antidepressants, because...

Well I never!

feeds@yuku.com (MUDCRABS) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:32:59 GMT

A board about depression!

Two weeks ago the doctor diagnosed me as having Depression and Anxiety ..bummer

He didn't want to give me meds and recommended I take (for the first month) St Johns Wart to see if that helped.

Any one else on this?

confused with relationships

feeds@yuku.com (pixie301) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:18:28 GMT

This may not make much sense as it confuses myself! I am depressed and have been like this for around 7 months, it's totally messed up things with my friends, especially my best friend as I am often harsh and overly critical of her despite at the same time avoiding her and pushing her away. I'm on the road to recovery and have felt much better these past couple of weeks, finding it easier to be out and about and just generally getting on with life, except with my best friend. We will...

Living with depression.

feeds@yuku.com (DAML) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:57:57 GMT

Living with depression. I wish it wasn't so. Done and do the meds. In therapy. Have an understanding wife. And yet depression remains to be a long life battle. As with each breathe so can be the depression. Never...

Can depression make you think you don't love someone?

feeds@yuku.com (nikblondiew) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:20:33 GMT

Can depression make you think you don't love someone?

We have been together for 11 years married for 5 in June. He has been struggling with depression and at times uses alcohol a little more than normal. We have a 7 month old son. We have been having all kinds of problems lately.....communication problems, not talking, I haven't...

Depressed, getting help & wanting to save my relationshi

feeds@yuku.com (BeingHappy) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:43:53 GMT

Please could someone give me some advice to help me and my partner? I have been suffering from depression for about 9 months possibly longer, myself and my partner realised what was wrong with me 7 weeks ago and I went straight to the doctors for help. I have been taking Prozac ever since and I am also attending EFT counselling sessions of which I have had two two-hour sessions (one last week and one this week). We have been reading depression fallout together and are on our way to being...

Self harm - how worried should I be?

feeds@yuku.com (Dolbert) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:43:52 GMT

Hello,

Self harm - scratching, picking, cutting only small but defo sharp instrment used.

Is it progressive? e.g. need to escalate harm to get same effect?

Or is it just an occasional release of tension - swap emotional pain for physical?

Dolbert

i'm asking you, is there still a chance?

feeds@yuku.com (gike) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:00:59 GMT

hello,
6 months ago my bf sent me an e-mail after a few weeks of no communication (we have a very long distance relationship) that he is sorry for letting me down and that not writing or talking to me was a very wrong thing to do. and that he would go to afghanistan. well, there he was for 1,5 months. he had to come back because the doctor diagnosed him with major depression. so he sent me another e-mail that i should not contact him because he doesn't feel like talking to me right now....

insight into depressed mind

feeds@yuku.com (kittytwelve) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:57:58 GMT

I would appreciate if someone could give me a bit of an insight to how a depressed person is thinking. B/f says that it takes him all his time to get out of bed and he has to remind himself about taking his meds etc. i don't know how to behave for him right now, he has ended our relationship but he doesn't have any friends and his family don't know about the D so i have told him i will be here for him as a friend, but finding it difficult to understand and know the best thing to do for him,...

What the Army is doing about PTSD and similar problems

feeds@yuku.com (AnneSheffield) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:08:12 GMT

This is what the military is doing about PTSD, brain injuries, and similar problems caused by service under v. dangerous and stressful conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan:

Since the start of the Iraq war, 28,000 veterans have been involuntarily discharged because of "personality disorder" or "misconduct." These are the two terms used to cover symptoms of PTSD and other brain injuries that are the result of service in this war.

The # of discharges for these...

What do you do when you are cut out from their world?

feeds@yuku.com (heartmd) — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:20:47 GMT

I am curious about how to handle the separation from my DSO. We had a great relationship as far as I knew. She went into a tailspin and never recovered. She started seeing a therapist 4 weeks ago, and decided 2 weeks ago to "take a break" from me. Since then, I feel completely shut off from her. She did reach out one day after 2 weeks of separation to tell me that her feelings for me were still the same, but, she was working on fixing herself first. I agree that she needs to do that...