Hi, A_Long_ways!
Personal Opinion: Writing about your feelings and depression
is doing something. Posting helps you work out a vocabulary you can use with caregivers to explain what you are experiencing.
Feelings of not being in control are unpleasant and contribute to despair. Keep posting; you may find a sense of control by constructing a framework of satisfying words to contain what's going on in your life.
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My dog

mastered the "fetch" command. He would communicate he wanted something, and I would fetch it.