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<<<<shattered>>>>I can identify with your comment about to going to bed and not go wanting to get up and then the next morning comes and you grudgingly start the cycle over.But you have hope so things aren't that bAd

Bellz I do the same thing self sabotage by expecting it to go wrong and then it does As far as being happy I am always looking for the end or the mistake that made me happy. I love watching stand up comics to find my laugh threshold sometime I hear afunny joke and no reaction from me those are bad d...

be present in what is going on right now at this moment and disregard everyething else and be focused on small bits of actions that you can accomplish

Hope the day goes smooth and gets better. You are half way there if you are trying to change the tapes playing in your head by hoping for a better day

isn't it odd how when certain medicines list the POSSIBLE side effects some people assume you will get them and I know when I am depressed I assume the side effects won't be issue, I so desperately want a cure I will do anything and I find the same thing when I am suicidal I don't think of the peopl...

I want to know how some of you think of the chat room, it could be the time I attempt to go on but it seems very unfocused

Your story touches so many of us in that I have been in that boat where I feel that I have been depressed for so long I don't know normal and being a part of a group. I stay in my single world so know your not alone and we are all small pieces in the world but the picture would be different and lack...

Hello, I am a new member who hto as been reading quite a few of the topics and hope I have found a place add my thoughts however random they may be. I have a kind heart witha depressed soul who is in treatment, but lost nevertheless in a haze of depresion that has become my life. I ache wanting thin...

I read your story and I am wondering if you have given life a true chance. you have spoken of quite a few incidents that are unfortunate but I think if you hold on things might change and it is well worth the wait, good luck.

beautiful disaster I am saddened to hear you go through the same feelings I go through, but I have to say damn you say it so well. I am staring at the page looking at your well thought and written words. I am sure there is joy in being able to write thoughts so nicely, Congratulations and here is to...

Hi all, I have been suffering from depression for years but this has been a extremely tough year with three funerals, jail time being unemployed and trying to feel worth something hasn't been easy. Sometimes, like so many others, getting out of bed is a struggle then once out, all you think of is ge...

Hi, you are definitely not alone in fact I have used that expression before and at this moment I too am not doing well and trying to use the CBT that I have learned but it is all a journey. I have some of the same thoughts and all I can say is there has to be more than this...I am spiritual so I hav...