I'm 18 and I've been depressed for six years, and I do want to get better to some extent, but for the most part I just want to sink further into it. Does anyone else feel this way?

[liveforfish]

Sounds like you're not getting the help you need. Meds and therapy are key for depression. Another key is eating well and exercise.

[Sam2]

Originally Posted by nevergoodenough

I'm 18 and I've been depressed for six years, and I do want to get better to some extent, but for the most part I just want to sink further into it. Does anyone else feel this way?

What you are feeling is natural. Fighting your way out of depression is a long, difficult road. Discussing those feelings and the underlying causes can be frightening. If you let it go though, you will look back several years from now and realize that you have wasted a life that was full of potential.

At 18, you have time to salvage your life and be happy again. I know it isn't easy when you are tired and depressed. The thought of being able to hide in sleep or isolation is a very strong urge. I don't know if you still live with your parents now, but if you do, that won't always be the case. Instead of getting easier, your life will get harder. Friends may drop away, new relationships will be difficult to establish and keeping a job will be torture.

I'm speaking to you as one with forty years of depression behind him. I live in a small, isolated world, with only one really close friend. Looking back, there were several chances that I could have taken to make things better by getting help. I chose not to. Partly because I was afraid, partly because I had become comfortable in my discomfort. Its a lonely existance, and you don't have to wind up where I am now. I would urge you to find a good threrapist. Just because you have a therapist does not mean that you are weak, strange, or teathered to that therapist. You can always change.

Without help, the negative possibilities are endless. Drug or alcohol abuse, lack of a meaningful relationship, isolation and fear of leaving the house. Please don't let this happen to you. I know right now it seems that you have all the time in the world, but you don't. The years will pass quickly, as will all your opportunities. The worst thing that can happen from seeking help is finding the wrong one the first time out. i'm sure there are many on this forum who can speak to having the wrong therapist the first time out, but the connecting with one later. Your life is important and worth saving. Take what time you have to find your way out of this trap. You won't regret it.

Sam2

[Idiot17]

Feel like also sinking deeper into my depression- Not much help i know. ((hugs))

[Dreamer11]

Have you tried sharing these feelings with someone you know? A lot of people struggle with depression and you might be able to find some more tangible support that way.

Originally Posted by Dreamer11

Have you tried sharing these feelings with someone you know? A lot of people struggle with depression and you might be able to find some more tangible support that way.

Yes, I have.