[QUOTE=Jwrn26;2869188]Thank you all for your words of encouragment! Def makes me feel better. I found a great article here actually about finding motivation when depressed and I'm going to try it out. It's just really hard sometimes because I'm not getting support from the ones that are the closest to me? It's always "just snap out of it" if it were only that easy. Do they think I enjoy living like this? QUOTE]

I have learned to just take support from wherever I can get it, and it is not always those close to us. Coming here is a great support for me... and from what others post, to them as well. I find family, in general, are like you described yours - 'they' are not going through this, but they want 'you' to hurry up and get 'normal' so they don't have to worry about you anymore. Well - I can understand that attitude, mostly it is because they care. But sometimes is it because they are close and either don't see the issues or get tired of dealing with us. *Shrugs* - it's a fact... well it is for me anyway... my family get tired of dealing with my issues. So - I go elsewhere. I spread myself thinly among those who are prepared to listen , and do what I can for myself. It's great that you found an article that speaks to you... now it is all about using that motivation to move forward one step at a time. I wish you well .