PTSD Driven Depression

How do you deal with the Depression this crap causes?

I'm good at dealing with the Flashbacks. Hell, I've written articles about it. (https://healthvista.net/wp-content/uplo ... andout.pdf) But the Depression has been with me since 1998, If I'm honest, probably since the sexual abuse happened at 5 years old back in 1974. I'm heading into a dark place right now and I'm getting tired of this.

To be honest, I don't really have an answer either. I have found out more recently that I'm autistic and burnout is also fuelling my depression, but it's just always there. Learning to deal with trauma and flashbacks is one thing, but there's still a lot left behind after processing all that. All I can do is keep plodding along one day at a time, or sometimes just getting through the next several hours, or hour, or ten minutes. It's exhausting when there is no real relief from it.

Don't really have answers for you, but wanted to say I get it too.

Hugs if you'd like some,
Lily

p.s. It's nice to see you about again. Just sorry it's not a happier occasion.

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