News of Clinical Depression Forum

Sometimes you have good reason to be depressed. I don't think depression should always be treated as if it were something to get rid of, like a cold.

This suggestion is not for everyone, but has worked a little bit for me.
I adopted a cat from a shelter, and got lucky. He wants constant attention / petting, and shows great joy when I pet him and feed him. Having even just one living thing ...

Hi, I have psychotic depression and I hate being medicated.

Recently it's gotten worse, where I feel like I'm not experiencing reality as it really is due to my medication. I always feel that actually, but it's just worse now.

Whenever I'm at my most desperate I usually feel the presence of angels but lately I have not felt them at all and I think the medication is numbing me down and blinding me to ...

So before I get into all of this, I'll get some things out of the way. I started this PsychForums and sold it because there were some threats made against me by some of the members and it was getting too stressful. I've stayed away for a long time but I've decided that I deserve support too so screw those that threatened me. I no longer own this website. I sold it in 2015. I ...

Hello everyone,

I'm writing here because I've been struggling to read for a while now. Difficulty concentrating on the stories I read, on the sentences but most of all, it seems that I don't actually feel that much when I read the written words, which makes me sad. I've had depressive episodes since 16-17 years old (now 31) and nowadays I can have periods of time when I'm really anxious and/or depressed (the anxiety being ...

had a nervous breakdown in 2013. n now i'm far worse that what i was or where i was.

when i look back at how this happened, i can trace back the steps. but i still cant believe all this HAS happened. :(
just waiting for this life to end. the sooner the better.

Yeah I am 26 and in a very bad condition. I don't know I don't take food so much or even necessary nowadays. I am angry at my mother, brother and friends and everyone around me.. I thought they were the reason for my failure in life.. that made me feel worse ... I blame everything on them like it was all due to them I was failed in life.. I smoked because of bullying, ...

or is it just me...

So clinical depression, if I understand it, comes on without any reason. Right? So if I am unemployed for 3 years and have a 3-year-old and no money, that is normal depression? I mean, you would have to be a zombie NOT TO be depressed.
I am asking myself to try to understand my diagnosis.

I'm struggling with depression at the moment. Life has been slamming me harder than usual. I don't know where to begin to explain everything so I won't. My life is complex and complicated with a lot of past traumas and abuse. My problem is that nothing seems to help and I have tried a LOT of things. I'm educated, self-aware, and emotionally intelligent, I read self-help books and I practice things. I've done a lot ...

I remember that a couple years ago a psychiatrist told me they would prescribe anti-depressant once I had been abstaining from weed for 3 months, which is what ended up happening. Does this seem usual to you? I quit using weed a week ago. Now I want to try anti-depressants again and I don't really want to wait three months while severely depressed again. It sucked the first time, especially the disillusionment since the stupid ...