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Yes, I enjoy being around them and they do bring me joy. But there are times that I need time to myself, just like most people. They do keep me busy, though! I'm the parent that takes care of their day-to-day needs, school things, and emotional needs. Their dad doesn't do squat. Their dad is too bus...

My kids are 16, 13, and 9.

Hey, Georgiapeach...thanks for taking the time to respond. Yeah, I've hit rock bottom before, so it looks like I'm hitting it again. I just want to climb out of this pit...I have too many things to take care of to be dragged down right now. Wish I could afford to take a relaxing stroll through Barne...

Right now I'm feeling so worthless that I don't know what I can do to make myself feel better. I'm taking meds but it seems like it's not working. I'm divorced, I'm lonely, and right now my kids are my life and I know I can't expect that of them. I just wish I had an S.O. in my life so I could have ...

Amy - I can sympathize. I never have enough money to buy everything I want either! However, its still nice just to be able to take your time and walk around looking at everything.

ErinC - I'm glad to know that I made you feel better. :D I'm doing better today and didn't explode - thank goodness! I hope your weekend has been good. Mine got better after I visited Barnes & Noble...bookstores are like a sedative for me, so as soon as I walked in I felt a lot better. At least ...

Wow! I've never even heard of a lot of these. You must have done quite a bit of research to get all these interesting facts.

[=blue][/color]That's a nice quote, thanks for sharing. Its really true too...it doesn't matter how much you know, but showing you care goes a long way toward making someone's day better.

Thank you! I'm glad I found a place where I can get peer support. At least I'll have some place to go when I need someone to talk to and to get encouragement.

Hi. I hope everyone is doing okay. I'm glad I found this forum because I've had depression for a long time and its hard to discuss it with people who don't understand it...and friends can only take so much of it before they get bored with it. I'm divorced with three kids and right now struggling to ...

I'm new here and I've suffered from depression for many, many years. Right now I feel like I'm so alone and don't have anyone to talk to. People without depression can only take so much talk about it, but they don't get it and don't really like to talk about it. I'm on meds, but they aren't being as...