Hello & Welcome, Samantha10101! You've already received some great input.

• Major Depression is a serious illness.
• It's going to impose itself on your daily living, sometimes more, sometimes less.
• Treating/managing your illness is important. Taking care of others in your life requires you take care of yourself as best you can.
• Thinking bad things about yourself and being disappointed in yourself are themselves signs of the illness.
• It's not yourself you need to get over, it's the illness and/or its effects.
• Too many people in your world won't understand what's up with you, including perhaps your employers - although some employers are well-informed about depression and accommodate those afflicted with it.

We're here to listen to all you have to say about what you're experiencing.