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TW: My thoughts on the progressive stages of depression

User Profile: Nebula34
Nebula34 July 7th, 2024

I didn't really have the guts to post this, but I just wanted to know if anyone could relate to anything (it would make me feel better to know).

Note: These are just my thoughts on the progressive stages of depression. This is not necessarily true for everyone, but it's just my thoughts on what it's like to be without support.

I'm new to this site, so I'm sorry if I'm breaking any rules (please remove if so!)

In the early stages, you don't really notice it, but life begins beating you down.

You ignore this feeling in hopes of it fixing itself, but it only gets worse.

You begin having negative thoughts of uselessness and being unwanted.

You cry almost every day, yet you continue to display your poker face to everyone.

Socializing starts becoming a pain because you have to constantly force smiles.

You start losing interest in life. Nothing is fun anymore. You start having thoughts of suicide.

You finally begin to notice the damage of depression, yet it's so hard to share your feelings with anyone because you feel like no one would understand you.

You try to push through it, continuously leaving it alone and thinking it gets better, but it just hurts you more.

Although you look for tips to fix your broken self, you lack the motivation to try it (you don't think it works).

Eventually, you stop feeling and you go numb, but it feels nice to take a break from the pain.

Gradually it becomes a problem because you feel so empty and want to feel something.

You can't find "happiness" so you're led to self-harm, which helps initially. It doesn't hurt, but it calms you.

It becomes an addiction and you can't stop. No one notices it.

Life goes on. You feel lonely, broken, useless, unwanted--life seems meaningless.


Thanks if you make it to the bottom :)

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User Profile: RedWell
RedWell July 9th, 2024

@Nebula34

 Thank you for having the guts to post.... you really made a difference to me.... you wrote about alot of things that are really hard to say or understand...

But when you said them, I understood that I'm not the only one, and I thank you for making me feel more human, more connected. 

Depression wants us to be silent and have no guts and make us hide and never try to connect with people. But you helped break through today for me and everybody that reads what you wrote, probably lots of people read your post that are really down, and they all feel less alone now. So thanks for the connection. I'm gonna keep trying, there's good people out there, we just need to find each other. fist bump 🤜 🤛

User Profile: willow2845
willow2845 July 17th, 2024

articulating depression has been hard for me but reading this made it easier for me to understand myself.


I really hope you find some peace, this was a beautiful post about something so heavy.


❤️❤️❤️