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User Profile: Bubbles12
Bubbles12 September 25th, 2014

I am a 24 stay at home mom of a two year old little girl and I am currently 15 weeks pregnant and I suffer from depression. I kind of just wanted to put my story on here because I feel alone and no one understands. I started noticing depressive symptoms around age 16... I didn't want to go anywhere or do anything with anyone and was just sad for no reason all the time. I did an internet search and showed my parents and told them I thought I had depression.... They did not believe me, told me I was fine and what was my problem, who was hurting my feelings, why was I sad? See the thing is is I have had a lot of crap happen to me over the years but at that time I had a pretty normal good life and couldn't point to anything specific. So I stopped talking. If I felt sad I didn't tell anyone and just kept it all in...I ended up cutting for the first time around 17 I think.. I felt overwhelmed and felt like I couldn't talk to anbody and I needed a release.. And it worked so self harmingwas how I taught myself to deal with sadness and stress. Well my depression continually got worse but I never told anyone until after I married my husband in 2010 and I opened up to him... We sought professional help but that has never worked for me and that is another story in itself.. I was doing ok and in 2011 we decided we wanted to start a family and I got pregnant with my daughter I really thought everything was finally going to be ok. But I was wrong and got hit really hard with postpartum depression it destroyed me and I have never been the same since. Although I don't have postpartum anymore and I love my daughter my depression has been getting worse again with nowhere to turn. I ended up in the hospital back in fen because I was cutting again and having sucicidal thoughts. I was there for five days and I had the option of leaving or staying longer and I chose to leave because I really wanted to see my family. I don't think I should have left though I was finally getting some real help and I wasn't done healing now I feel stuck because I'm pregnant I'm not sucidialand I can't go back and I don't know how to just be happy and I feel like my recovery is far from done but I don't even know where to start I don't know how to get better I don't feel like it's right for me to feel better because I haven't finished my healing journey and I so want to. So right now I feel utterly hopeless,lost, and stuck.

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User Profile: Celaeno
Celaeno August 10th, 2016

@Bubbles12, it was quite a while since you posted your story, so let me say that I'm sorry that no one replied to it until now. I think you're very strong and brave to seek out assistance when in need and I'm proud of you, lovely. You had a lot on your plate at the time and I believe you took the best care of yourself and your family. I don't know your current situation, so if you want to tell us more about it, we'll be looking forward to it.

Thank you for sharing and sending you best wishes to you and your loved ones!