Good to hear from you, Bananasarecool! I appreciate the update; it can be difficult to muster the focus and energy to post.
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...odd how you can manage to summon up a little hope; go out a couple of times and not hide away in your room. and its even weirder how that can be snatched away for seemingly no reason...
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Oh yes, that's depression. Meds help smooth out the roller coaster effect, but, in my case, they fall far short of enabling me to crawl out of my hole.
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at first what i thought was a picky appetite turned out to be a lack of one
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That's an insight you can use. I suppose you could find easy-to-eat foods and portions that don't turn your stomach.
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couldnt get to sleep till fourish last night... i normally get a little more but i just really couldnt sleep. i kept waking up.
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Speaking from experience, chronic lack of refreshing sleep will bring you down fast. Even if it's "just a symptom" of depression, it deserves significant attention. Restoring not just sleep but
refreshing sleep is a priority.
It's interesting to learn depression runs in the family, at least according to your mum, but she seems to think you (or anyone?) should be able to cope with it on your own. You spoke of a "family session". Do you have any "private" sessions without your parents around? Can you get one-on-one sessions?
So much for my attempts to be practical and helpful... I'm the ill advising the ill. Take all the above, toss it in the air and let the breeze blow away the chaff. Keep only what genuinely appeals to you in your situation. And if that's nothing, well, know we care and will continue to care even if our caring is off the mark.
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My dog
mastered the "fetch" command. He would communicate he wanted something, and I would fetch it.