depression
It is not just a matter of feeling sad; discover an honest view of the mental, emotional and physical toll of clinical depression.
Drowning
It’s a bit like drowning. At first, you're at the surface and you think you're doing great but suddenly, with one shift movement, your head is under water and you can’t guide air to your lungs. Panic gets to you and before your brain can comprehend the situation and get you out of it, you've lost too much air. The alarm goes off in your head and without even thinking, you take a breath. But instead of air, water fills your lungs, making every single part of them radiate, the intense pain tearing thyself apart right before you drown.
By E L U S I V E7 years ago in Psyche
Emptiness
Do you ever have one of those days where you just sit and relax and let all your feelings or lack there of, consume you? I've been doing a lot of that lately. My feelings are jumbled and mixed and it feels like any emotion that I feel just gets sucked up into this void of emptiness and gets lost and locked up in this vacuum of space in my mind. It's maddening; not knowing how to feel or what I'm feeling fully. I've never felt like this before.
By Elijah Taylor7 years ago in Psyche
Truth
I used to think that time would sort me out. I used to think that in time everything would smooth itself over and soon enough I would be happy (whatever the hell "happy" even is). I used to think that by talking the words I needed to talk, or crying the years I needed to cry, I would be OK... I would be sorted out... I would be "happy". But it seems like these goals I set myself are no longer achievable, or at least they may be but just aren't in my current mindset.
By Alex Mustard7 years ago in Psyche
Depression Is Not Your Friend
We all get sad and lonely. We all feel like the world is closing in on us. I understand. I've been struggling with depression for years, and it's something that's very hard to get through. Sometimes when you're depressed, you feel like you're the only one in the world and you're fighting all of this alone. You can feel like no one loves you or cares for you, so you pull yourself away from the people in your life.
By Amanda Doyle7 years ago in Psyche
The Battle in My Mind
I remember sitting anxiously in the doctor’s office wondering if I truly needed to be there. I had considered turning back several times on the drive there and I continued to question it as my two-year-old ran circles around and the baby cried no matter what I did to try and calm her. Was I really depressed? It could just be a change in hormones. Maybe I’m just going crazy. Oh, how I wished that were true. To be honest, I probably should have gone to a doctor several years before.
By Paige Guffey7 years ago in Psyche
My Mental State
I have always been depressed. Looking back on my childhood, through all my memories, although at times I was happy. Deep deep down, I was always sad. I am 18 now and it took me a long time to be able to fully admit to myself that I have something wrong with me. But with me, having this problem is just who I am. I am not less of a person because I have depression or because I want to die, I am still a human being who deserves everything a “normal person” would get.
By chrystal wray7 years ago in Psyche
Depression Days
The past few days I have been battling with severe depression. I’ve been diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety but I am on medication for it. Even on the medicine I still have days that I just don’t even want to get out of bed. The past few days have been that way. Living in a box is the only thing I felt like doing.
By Catrina Palko7 years ago in Psyche
