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Blue_Bird · Feb 20, 2022, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by tentoedsloth

Hi everybody,

I'm still down here (Southeastern USA) reading this forum and also keeping up with my detailed activity list. It's still helping, or maybe it's the restarted medication, or maybe it's both. I only spent like maybe an hour total feeling totally miserable today. Edited to add: If anyone thinks it would help them to see what I'm talking about, I'd be happy to type part of my list into a post here. Or maybe it should be a separate thread; what do you think?

CATS !!! I love cats, and people who love cats. They seem to be favorites on this website. I've had many in my lifetime and have cat figurines all around--they are maybe the most beautiful animal, at least one of the most beautiful.

@Blue_Bird Did things get any better? You probably already heard of this, since you're doing it, but one bit of self-help advice for depression is to go ahead and do the things you used to enjoy, even if you don't think you'll enjoy them right now. Are you able to enjoy them at the moment? I hope so.

Thank you

Unfortunately not really. This has been brewing for awhile now. It started with lack of motivation to do things for a few months, having a hard time getting out of bed, totally isolating myself, not showering, then it turned into the worst I've felt in years in terms of being depressed. I just feel dead inside and extremely low. I keep having really negative thoughts I won't go into detail though. I just feel this oppressive weight holding me down. The last time I experienced it this intensely was years ago.

But I'm trying to force myself to do things, it's just hard because I feel so negative right now.

Speaking of cats, I have a cat named Miss Mustachio, not sure if you've seen her but here she is

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