Not Able To Enjoy Life?

A precursor: I suffer from PPD, I've been diagnosed with it, along with social anxiety. I initially only had social anxiety, but after i hit my early twenties paranoia started afflicting me.

Anyways, my question is to those who know people who suffer from ppd or who suffer themselves. Is this illness so consuming in ones life that it basically sucks the fun out of most every situation?

If my hypothesis is correct, I feel major relief that I'm not just a "party pooper" but that this illness is actually the reason I can't loosen up, which in turn I think may help me loosen up more in the future if I remind myself of this fact.

As a sidenote: I'm definitely a higher functioning paranoid than most, I admit, I think it's because i was in therapy before i had experienced full blown paranoia and as a result continued with therapy seeing a psychologist into my paranoid days.

To answer your question: yes.