I have been feeling particularly hopeless lately. It seems like I keep hitting roadblocks. And I'm so frustrated that I can't even work or go to school because everything seems so overwhelming. It feels like I'm doomed to a fate of laziness and relying upon my mother. I don't mean to seem hyperbolic. Things just feel so unbearable yet I don't want to ask for anymore help because it feels like I'm a burden or I've tapped out all the resources that another disappointing outcome would be just that, disappointing at best.

Has anyone else been so consumed by their depression that they haven't been able to even do the seemingly simple tasks of life? And has it been a long time? Did you get out of it? How did you cope?

I'm sorry, I just want to cry and I can't even do that. It such an uncomfortable feeling, all of this, and I don't know what to do anymore. I feel stuck and the people that are "in my corner" just seem frustrated and annoyed by me. I'm sure it's just my perception but it hurts nonetheless. As the old adage goes, I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.