I can't believe I haven't posted since July. What neglect of this community, sorry. I guess I'm just self-absorbed or something. I'm posting today because I'm not looking forward to this holiday season and I'm really anxious about money, gifts,...Read full post  →

I can't believe how many things are stressing me out. I feel like I'm going to boil over or burst from the steam building inside of me. Sometimes I just want to run away and ignore it all. Nobody said life was going to be easy, but come on,...Read full post  →

I can't believe I haven't posted in over a month, not for a lack of stuff to write about. My depression left for a while to give me enough time to think I was better but as you all know it never goes away. It just creeps back in and infiltrates your...Read full post  →

I just read the SYB newsletter and after seeing my post in the newsletter I realized how much this website has been helping me. There is no where I can go that let's me express myself and my frustrations with my illness like I can do on this...Read full post  →

Sometimes depression is so lonely, it is like no one in the world sees you. It is like you are invisible to people who pass you by. It feels like, if you screamed out help me, no one would respond to your call for help. It feels like, if I start to...Read full post  →

My depression is manifesting itself is many ways including sleep disturbances, irritability and interpersonal conflict. I actually want to get into conflict with people so I know I'm alive. People irritate me on a regular basis but I put on a face...Read full post  →

Lately I have been posting really negative stuff and despite being depressed, and struggling in life, I need to find hope and find good in stuff every day because if I don't  start thinking positve, I'm not sure where my life will take me. I...Read full post  →

As my depression starts to lift, it feels like a black cloud which is rolling out of town after a storm. As the cloud leaves I can breath easier and the tightness in my chest and the busyness in my brain starts to subside. Thank God that...Read full post  →

Even though depression is treatable and is better than cancer or many other diseases, I still hate having this disorder. It sucks the life out of me and tells me every day that life won't get better and that life is hopeless. Even though I know...Read full post  →