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Hi there. I'm 24 and from the UK. I feel very alone with all this and have shut myself off from my friends and family, so hoping to find online support! I became depressed three years ago. Each successive year, the lows get a bit worse. I have lost jobs, friends, hair, weight, and motivation. The changes to my life have led me to become quite agoraphobic, as well as developing anxiety and disordered eating. I self harm too. I'm hoping to learn to hate myself less, and reduce the impact on my partner, who cares for me and is my only support. I would like to become less negative and suicidal, and find some goals for the future. I want to feel hopeful, and learn how to ask for help! Thanks for reading x

I have just been diagnosed with depression. My mum is been so judgemental. She is making me feel as though it Is my fault that I have depression. She keeps shouting at me. Basically I d

Feel hopeless.

Hello, my name is WingsOfTheDove and I have been suffering with depression and anxiety for the last decade.

To keep from having to spill out my life's story Ill just mention what I've been struggling with recently. So I'll be applying for graduate school (for biology) in the spring and I have a lot of things I need to accomplish between now and then and every time I think about what I need to do I become so overwhelmed that I can't accomplish anything. I try breaking things down into smaller tasks but that only works to a certain extent because I often feel too drained to even do simple things. This leaves me feeling even more anxious and depressed because I'm not accomplishing anything and I'm slowly running out of time. This is issue that hurt me all through college and still plagues me today. I am not currently seeing any therapists or doctors but I am currently looking for one. I was on medication for several years but stopped this year due to not having insurance for awhile.

Anyway, thanks for listening and I hope you all have a lovely evening!

Hello,

I'm new to this site. I am a classically-trained professional musician. I'm also a progressive Christian who knows way too much about religion. I struggle with issues of faith, professional satisfaction, and how to meet friends/find community as an adult who is out of school and away from my hometown. I think this is an amazing place and I cried tears of release just reading the extremely sweet and caring way the website and automated systems treat everyone. This seems like an aamzing place to talk, heal, and make the world a better place. God bless it, truly.

Hi, don't really know what else to say other than "hey I've got depression" so... Hi

Heya. I am Kabira. Depression is something, i have always escaped from. But , now, I'm back to face it and Help others too, on the way .

Hi I'm DawnPrism!

I just joined this thread. I have been struggling with depression for awhile now. I hide it alot by masking it because I don't want to bother people I know with it. I try to make people happy because I know what its like to be sad for way to long. You can't escape, and it's extremely depressing to be told that yo have depression. Anyway I hope I can get support and ways to deal with it on here. Thank you.

Hi all.

My name is Jasmine and I'm currently dealing with some massive changes in my life.
I was recently diagnosed with Endometriosis, and have suspescted POTS aswell. These diagnoses came out of nowhere within the space of a year. Symtptoms got drastically worse and now the life I once thought I was going to lead, isn't possible. This has caused an immense amount of emotional distress and a whole range of other problems that have inevitably caused me to become depressed. I never thought I'd ever admit it, because I always thought, "I can't possibly be depressed, people have it far worse than me.". But here I am - Crying in the quiet moments when I'm alone, having awful nightmares, believing I'm a burden and worth nothing, and no longer having anything to look forward to.

I turmed to 7 cups because I genuinely believe I can overcome this no matter how hard it seems right now, and I so badly just want to be happy again.

Thanks for being a community I can speak to <3

Hello. I'm new here and it's difficult to me talk or express my self with others. Well i have some issues with my family, myself, school, etc. i feel really down, sacared, small and i don t know what to do. I feel that i can t anymore and i feel alone.

I don't think anyone will read this coz I have no friends here or anywhere.