I think what you're feeling is the same as I get during my depressive episodes. I just feel blank. Numb and frozen. Like I can't cry but I'm too immobilized to act other than to lay there with the negative thoughts rolling through my head. I usually only cry when I feel so hopeless and the frustration of it all overwhelms me. I'm on effexor and still get this way. Most of my depression, right now, stems from my long term struggle with being underemployed. I work in a call center making $10 an hour but I was laid off a job making 55k a year. My whole self esteem way wrapped up in that job and now I feel like crap because I can't find a job in my field.
I also struggle with being in social situations because I don't want to be there having to fake bring 'up' or risk the 'what's wrong?' Questions. I usually leave early due to anxiety buildup claiming I've got to let the dog out etc.
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