[bettie1971]

I remember when I was really outgoing. I used to be up for anything. I had a ton of friends, went out all the time. I laughed and stepped outside my comfort zone all the time.
Now, I just sit in my room and cry.
How do I get back to that place?

[gracez]

Hi Bettie,

I've been thinking about this a lot recently - how I also used to be happy and feel well inside just because. Nothing special.

Are you depressed? Is it something situational, or out of the blue?

I've been depressed for a year now. I don't have any answers for you, but I can relate.

Sending hugs

Gracez

[sewerrats]

Originally Posted by bettie1971

I remember when I was really outgoing. I used to be up for anything. I had a ton of friends, went out all the time. I laughed and stepped outside my comfort zone all the time.
Now, I just sit in my room and cry.
How do I get back to that place?

Get to your doctor and tell him , could be you need ad,s, could be something triggered it that can be put right with a talk. Not much use sitting in your room worrying about it you have to sort it. So come on you no its time, get it done.

[wantanewme]

You can be the person you once were because you have been that person before!!!! I have faith in you!!! Try to analyze why you are feeling sad.... Is it a lack of purpose? Low self esteem? Once you get to the root of your depression it will be easier to overcome.... I will check back in on this post.... let me know if I can help!! I recommend therapy because talking things out led me to come to my own insights that helped me overcome a really dark phase I was going through.

[Rohag]

Hello & Welcome, Bettie1971

Originally Posted by bettie1971

...I am so depressed and I start school tomorrow. I have to pull it together in 24 hrs. I have been in bed for a week now and can't stop crying. I'm on anti depressants and anti anxiety meds. Clearly not working....

Originally Posted by bettie1971

I remember when I was really outgoing. I used to be up for anything. ... How do I get back to that place?

School has now started, yes? How have your first days been? If the meds are not working - especially if they interfere with school or other important life activities, follow Sewerrats' advice and tell your prescribing doctor(s) ASAP.

How to get back to healthy? Regrettably, I do not know. But I understand many have recovered, and they've done so in many different ways.

[bettie1971]

Thank you for your kind word and encouragement. A lot has happened. First, intense pain throughout my body. Lost my job. Lost all of my belongings in a storage facility. Was raped. And, I am constantly fighting with my overbearing parents when I am 42. This is just in the last 4 years. I just don't know how to recover from all of that.

[davmid]

Originally Posted by bettie1971

I remember when I was really outgoing. I used to be up for anything. I had a ton of friends, went out all the time. I laughed and stepped outside my comfort zone all the time.
Now, I just sit in my room and cry.
How do I get back to that place?

I remember that time, too. I always feel like I'm walking just inside the edge of the forest. I just need to step out into the sunshine and everything will be like it once was. Every time I get close, there's suddenly a root or a stump and I end up veering away and finding myself deep in the woods, trying to get back to the light. I want more than anything to step out past the trees and be home. Maybe it will be soon... for you too.. We just have to keep trying to get there.

[bettie1971]

Originally Posted by davmid

I remember that time, too. I always feel like I'm walking just inside the edge of the forest. I just need to step out into the sunshine and everything will be like it once was. Every time I get close, there's suddenly a root or a stump and I end up veering away and finding myself deep in the woods, trying to get back to the light. I want more than anything to step out past the trees and be home. Maybe it will be soon... for you too.. We just have to keep trying to get there.

That's a good analogy. I totally get what you are saying I would love to come out of the darkness into the sunshine again. Have you ever seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Sometimes I wish I could do that.

[sewerrats]

right from a kid i new i was ill , i asked my old man many questions, he was a depressive and a nasty bastard but would not except it. treated me as if i was a retard when he was the retard in denile ,if the old fart had owed up to his own illness an explained to his son,me i would mabye have had a better insight instead of bluddering on from one disaster to the next. Its distanted me from my sisters who love me dearly because now i blaim them for not seeing my plight all because my dad was a **** head. He went into a nurseing home and for 2 years never asked to see me, when he died i went to the funeral and left straight after , not talking to anyone. So we all have crap things in are heads that never go away, but we carnt let it beat us or they have won, and i for 1 am not having that