[A hopeless optimist]

Every time I imagine myself in the future, I get this feeling of dread that I will never be strong enough to overcome this.

[Jolisse]

I've been dealing with depression for 25 yrs. I also don't see it ever ending for me, but I keep trying.

[LaborIntensive]

All anyone can do is focus on a few things that we enjoy. Today I went to the gym and got a haircut, WOO HOO! Party on everyone.

[Frankbtl]

Hi A hopeless optimistic, WELCOME to PC. It can sometimes feel like things never can/will get better. Depression can be such an overwhelming feeling that it can feel like you're changed forever and there's no way out, but believe me there are lots of great people on here who can/will be with you with what you're going through to understand, to identify with you, to offer you advise and support.
It's not always an easy journey at all, but you've picked the right place to drop in, just keep on talking, putting out threads, telling us how things are for you................and it doesn't have to be forever.
Alison

[TheOriginalMe]

I used to think it was only me who had that overwhelming dread of the future of 60 or 70 years stretching out ahead of me with only one certainty, that each and every day would be as awful as the next. Now I know that there are other people who feel something very similar, we all empathise with you. I know after 30+ years of living with depression that not every day is awful, it does go away from time to time, when that happens make the most of it. As for the other days, all we can do is live through them and if reaching out makes you feel less alone you'll always find someone here to listen.