Self help sucks when it is the main treatment modality for depression and anxiety.

It is really hard to keep it up when you are on the inside of a depressive episode.

It is difficult to tell if you are getting better if you are isolated.

I realize that sometimes medications stop working. Maybe the same is true for self-help. I was doing okay but when I got a big dollop of stress in my life my depression went from moderately severe to RED FLAG SEVERE. It has been Red Flag Severe for several weeks.

I am disappointed because I thought self-help would eventually cure my depression but now self-help is barely managing it.

I don't have a good support system. In fact, I have no support. Without that doing self-help to heal from depression is difficult and exhausting. But everyone says hang in there and keep fighting so I guess that is what I am going to do for now....thank you to all who offered me comforting words. Hugs.