Comments on: Depression, in my own words.

By: alex

alex — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:10:21 +0000

I remember in High School they tried a few medications. The side effects were unbearable and initially I couldn’t function. Then, as the side effects calmed and I got used to it, my anger and hate that I had been to depressed to act upon destroyed the rest of my youth.

By: @nicolewick

@nicolewick — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:00:40 +0000

I understand friend, I understand.

By: Cyndi

Cyndi — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:37:09 +0000

I came back to re-read this and find it so true to life, real, and very comforting in that I am not alone and what I am going through is not just what some might say “a cry for attention”. yea, r-i-g-h-t! I wish one person who has ever said that or even thought that about another someone who is truly suffering from depression – could just walk in that depressed person’s shoes for a day, having to experience what it’s like to be empty and shallow and the depth of sadness that person has to cover up with a mask of some kind just to make it through the day. “Fake it till you make it” just doesn’t work, in my twenty-something (thirty? don’t remember) years of dealing with depression and other mental disorders. Thank you for writing this, I’m glad I came back to it.

By: sara k

sara k — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:43:37 +0000

the void starts small, you never know it’s growing
it dissolves you from bottom up but you continue never knowing that it’s growing
that irksome little sentiment of owing
is sewing
tiny increments on who you used to be,
who you used to see
that swelling in the chest you used to get is ’bout to
spring free
lost to you now for the long haul just leave
me alone in the corner
why try to fight this disease, it does more than displease, it turns everything grey, makes you say
“who cares about someday?”
that poisonous phrase,
who cares about sunday, monday,
who cares what the future brings
so why try
why try to decide
why try to breathe
why try to take a step more than you need
it’s so hard to try to grow, when you know
that the nothing is eating you up inside
you can’t hide
from yourself so you hide from everything else
the opposite of mental health
when you want to find something to be afraid of you
realize that it’s JUST you
that there’s nothing more to do
just hole up and chew
on past ideas you THOUGHT were true
and try to dream up something new
to motivate you.

By: Kellyg

Kellyg — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:06:16 +0000

I started to read the comments and stopped at Biff’s. I wish I didn’t read that. That hurt way too much.

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By: Elizabeth Barrette

Elizabeth Barrette — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:12:35 +0000

>> The wiring isn’t just on the fritz, it’s burnt out. If you ask for help, they’ll insist on chemical assistance.<<

Evidently it has not occurred to the “professionals” that the pace of modern life is more than some people — a substantial and rapidly rising number, judging from drug use statistics — can sustain physically and mentally. It also never occurs to them that a good first step would be lifting all the demands OFF of a depressed person, the way they tell someone with a broken ankle to avoid putting weight on that, and see if it helps. If that helps, then the problem is overload, and demands should be re-added one at a time until the safe limit is determined, so that excess demands don’t cause a total meltdown. Because there’s really only one end to a situation where more energy is going out than coming in.

By: Nazzard

Nazzard — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:47:02 +0000

Thank you

By: Cathie

Cathie — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:53:39 +0000

I appreciate this very much. You have touched on so many things I think and feel everyday. Its hard to explain why you don’t feel ok, and make “happy” just really be a choice you consiously make. Thank You. You are not alone!

By: DAVE ID

DAVE ID — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:43:19 +0000

Dude. Well said.