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Originally Posted by Dashiok
I know i have depression, I was diagnosed with severe depression a year ago. It just feels like there is no one around me who really cares. I try so hard to make people feel better about themselves, while I can easily toss aside my own arguments when the topic is me. The only accomplishments I really take pride in is I stopped 2 people I had never met before from killing themselves.
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Hi Dashiok, first of all
we care, right??!!
But sometimes depression can cut you off from the very people in your life who do care about you, whether it's limiting your interest in others, making it really hard to talk to others, whether it's misinterpreting what they are saying into negatives, whether it's just feeling so bad about yourself you can't believe anyone would/does care anyway, and the list goes on...........But that doesn't necessarily mean that they don't care about you, if maybe you could talk to someone/some of them about the way you're feeling and give them the chance to.............
And your "
only" (!!) accomplishments are............
Dashiok (!!!) those are
amazing accomplishments!!!!!!!!! You should feel
absolutely, totally, 1000% proud of those,
seriously!!!! How do I go on from there??!!
Come on you've
clearly got
so much about you!!!
And
great suggestion from psychehedone about the CBT or DBT, both can certainly help in changing perspectives, outlooks and negative patterns of thinking.
A couple of links with some more information on them, hope they help:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical behaviour therapy for borderline personality disorder
While the DBT refers to border line personality disorder I'm not saying you have that, it can just be really useful with BPD, but it can be useful sometimes with depression too. Best link I found I'm afraid!!
Best wishes
Alison