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Oct 30, 2009, 03:30 PM
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Member Since: Feb 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,611
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Pegasus  All I can say is you have not experienced the same kind of depression that I have. If I hadn't already dealt with this issue I would find your words sooooooooo hurtful, so filled with misunderstanding. I don't. After years of dealing with my kind of depression I realize that you, and others who do not experienced what I do, simply can not fathom the kind of depression I experience.
My depression lead me to being homeless. I KNEW that would happen if I didn't get my *** out of bed, but still I couldn't. So many things I wanted for myself, or wanted to do for others..... I don't think about it any more or it will drive me into despair. What keeps me sane is knowing I would have done things - gotten out of bed, got dressed, made a phone call, etc. - If I COULD have. It's why I ended up hospitalized so many times. Believe me, if there was ever any thing to motivate me to "get going, get out of bed" it would be the threat of hospitalization or homelessness, again. Even that motivation simply didn't "help" me.
Unless you have experienced it, there simply aren't any words to describe, to make others understand. You have no idea how lucky you are to be able to do what you do.
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