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Old Sep 19, 2015, 08:33 PM
midorima midorima is offline
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Hi guys!
I'm a 20 year old woman, I was diagnosed with depression four years ago when it wasn't possible for me anymore to hide my symptoms as they had gone worse, but I've been dealing with this since I was about thirteen.

Even though I was diagnosed, there's something that is stressing me out lately badly, and it's that I constantly question myself if I'm actually depressed. I think, 'maybe I just gotta try harder', 'maybe I'm just faking it', even though I have my
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I don't think I have the sleep disturbance symptom (I sleep around ten hours a day and I think the average is 8) or eating issues (like eating too much or too little), however I sometimes deprive myself of food as a form of punishment.
Is this normal? Is it possible that I have another kind of illness? I can't get a diagnosis right now, so I guess for now I'd really love any kind of opinions.

This is how I feel:

-I do not enjoy anything, or am good at anything.
-I absolutely loathe myself, and I see myself as less than any living being. I do not think I deserve kindness towards me, and I do not have selfesteem.
-I feel guilt and embarrassment for existing every day. Thinking of embarrassing stuff I did when I was 13-15 makes me automatically suicidal.
-I'm extremely sensitive to rejection/being ignored.
-Every day I feel mostly numb but still sad/self-deprecating, I also have breakdowns in which I'm completely sad and get very suicidal.
-Experiencing any strong emotion, even if it's a happy one, a few hours later makes me severely depressed.

-I'm extremely envious. I compulsively stalk the blogs of people who live in first world countries, are pretty, have money, talents, and lots of like-minded friends; In my dreams I own their stuff, or become their friends.

-I'm very forgetful, moody, I snap at family and friends easily and for very stupid reasons. I'm 100% sure they all hate me, and the ones that do not, it's because they do not know who I actually am, but will discover it later.

-If someone ignores what I'm saying or is slightly mean/sarcastic to me, I automatically get deeply depressed, suicidal, and harm myself. (ex. I ask my mom to buy me cookies when she goes outside and she forgets to. So I auto-go to the bathroom and
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-I love my friends, but I compulsively avoid meeting with them and reading their messages on skype/whatsapp. It stresses me out really badly, and I struggle interacting with others. I can't look at people in the eye, it's nearly impossible for me to make friends.

-I daily feel as if everything is a dream, I think I'm dettached from reality. I actually thought this was normal, until I talked to others who had no idea of what I was talking about. I don't think of consequences, have terrible memory, and mostly live only in the present (besides embarrassment from previous acts). I also dont have much connection with my body, I view it as a thing or vessel to host my mind. I can't take it or my life seriously because it all feels irreal and blurry. I feel like I act by instinct, or as if I'm programmed to. My eyes aren't focused, and if I start thinking of being here, of existing, of why are we here, my mind freaks out and panics, everything starts looking extremely surreal

-If something goods happen, my mood improves for a few days and I completely forget what depression feels like, even tell myself 'maybe I was just being dramatic' (even though I know it probably stems from
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This one confuses me so much.

-I don't really experience sexual attraction but I am not asexual, as I experience sexual desire. I want to have sex, but I don't have much interest, I feel as if I have a mental barrier, I've tried it before but physically I feel almost nothing.

Is this all normal? Is it regular depression, or does it sound like anything else?

If anyone reads this, thank you so much for your time.

Last edited by bluekoi; Sep 20, 2015 at 05:51 PM. Reason: Appy trigger codes.
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