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I have come to a conclusion. The older I get the more depressed I become. I find that the source of my sadness is growing up. The moment I entered high school, things changed. I was smacked in the face with reality. I had responsibilities. If I didn't fulfill them, I would face the cruel reality of ...

It's been a few days Brit. I'm not sure I've the best perspective on what your going through. At 17 that's a lot to be dealing with. I'm a man from America so don't quite know how what I say might relate. But, I was wondering about your future and if you have any plans past school. Your living in a...

When I was 4 I was molested by my neighbor. Since I did'nt want to testify in court because I was terified and had social anxiety he only went to prison for one year and was released. Now I get these flashbacks and I just want to stab a hole through my hands and scream and cry. I get so discusted. I...

I know this may the wrong place to put it since it in a way is not depression, but for me it's one of the factors that leads to depression. Lets face it, I hat my body. From the front i'm fine, not very curvy though, tall and wide body frame, not bad but I still feel kinda gross. When I turn around ...

Something similar Brit; Most of my life I've come up short, I've always been in danger of failing, of not making the cut. I've always had to put a lot more effort into most things in order to be average. It's gotten so I'm used to loosing ground, and failure. And there have been a few times in my l...

Where you're so depressed that anytime you feel happy you start to feel even worse about yourself because you know that happiness is fake and phony and will soon diminish and you don't deserve it. It's like your so happy you feel sick. You go to bed at night, wake up in the morning, and have this gu...

Thank you to both of you.

I'm trying to do whatever I can. :)

Hi, i'm new here, This is my first topic and it's about my year, or at least the downsides to it. I might do one for my child-hood, but this is mostly on my mind. It's pretty long so I apologize for the inconvenience. Usually the more recent the event, the more in depth It get. Thank you to those wh...