Hi

This is my first post....I'm not quite sure what I expect to gain from this thread, other than listening, understanding ears. I've been suffering from depression for a few years...I'm not sure how many, as I was in denial for a long time. I think one of the hardest things for me is being able to talk about how I'm feeling. Which is why I've come here.

Over the past few years, I have closed myself off from many friends. Social activities have become so exhausting that the easiest escape for me was to close my circle. I now find myself somewhat panicking, as I have no one to talk about how I'm feeling to.

My family has never been very close and I cannot talk to any of them about this. I try to talk to my live-in boyfriend, but he doesn't seem to understand. He is a wonderful man, but as typical males do, he doesn't want to sit and talk, he just wants to offer a solution and move on. His solutions don't help much when he has never experienced depression, in himself or anyone close to him. He doesn't seem to understand that it's not a quick fix.

My best friend is a good person to talk to, but she has many of her own issues going on at the moment. I guess I feel guilty trying to talk with her as her issues are major, life changing ones, and don't want to dump my issues on her plate, too.

Other than that, I have no one else to talk to. So this is why I have joined here. I look forward to meeting you all and helping each other through this.

Hello and welcome, I'm fairly new here too. But I know what you're dealing with. Today I'm quite depressed and my wife just doesn't get it. Tomorrow who knows what I will be like. But here people understand, we live it everyday. Stay strong.

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Welcome to pc you will always find someone here willing to talk and listen. Lots of kind supportive people here!

I'm glad yr here! It's hard for some of our loved ones to understand. It's sui frustrating. I'm sure yr bf means well as you said he's a good person. :-) I also understand about family. Mine is totally closed off from my illness. They don't want to hear about it at all. I have a few close friends but I don't like to get out of the house much. Socially I don't really get together with friends. I'm glad you have a best friend. I'm sure she wouldn't want you to suffer thru this alone even tho she has major things going on. I came here for support and people are so helpful! I'm glad you came here. Depression zaps the life right out of you. Try and do small tasks throughout yr day. Don't put too much pressure on yr self. Take it easy on yr self.

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Thank you all. I'm actually pretty excited to finally be able to talk to people that can relate to me!

Glad you joined and welcome to PC. Read some threads and you will see how much we all have in common.

Welcome. I hope you find PC as helpful as I have. There are very understanding people here who can relate to your feelings. I've never felt that before coming here. Sometimes it's nice just to know you're not as alone in your feeling as you think you are.