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Old May 31, 2017, 02:23 AM
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Originally Posted by East17 View Post
Your friend sounds as though she is a functioning depressive. Able to maybe hold down a job / have a family life / carry out the day to day stuff, but underneath all that is a person who is struggling to hold it all together. Sometimes we get through through on autopilot, but there's nothing left for anything over and above just coping with that.
This statement describes my situation nearly perfectly. CPTSD and GAD and situational depression have been torturing me for over a year. I work full time, I maintain 4 websites as a freelancer, self teach myself programming, keep a home, care for my MI daughter, do yard work. I have bad knees and am one back injury away from back surgery. At the end of the day and on the weekends, I just want to veg. I don't want to talk or visit or go do fun things with people. I just want to build up the energy so I can do it one more day, one more week. Because I have to. It's just survival.
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