[rannah]

Not sure if this is the right place, but. . . I feel so awful. I don't know why, because my family and I were having a day out and I was excited to go. But for some reason I've felt very blue, depressed and I can't stop thinking of disgusting stuff. I didn't enjoy our day out though I tried. Little things made me feel down, like the depressing book (Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry) that I read, my family yelling excitedly, bickering or bothering me, etc. At one point I just wanted to go home, curl up in bed and ignore everyone. Is it because I'm not used to getting out a lot? Its odd because I really did look forward to the day out. Or something else? Thanks.

[kaliope]

one of the symptoms of depression is not enjoying activities. withdrawal is part of it too. it is common to want to curl up in bed and wish the world would just go away. if you are not being treated for depression, it would be good to go talk to your doctor about how you have been feeling. perhaps he could recommend a counselor for you to talk to.

[Altered Moment]

Yeah typical symptoms of depression. Sometimes for me when it is not real bad forcing myself out like you did will snap me out of it. Sometimes it doesn't work at all and all I want to do is curl up in bed too. It's kind of 50/50 depending on how bad the depression is. On the fourth of July I went with family to all the festivities and felt like crap the whole day and wanted to go home. Because I was with my daughter I bulled through it. Well that night sitting at a concert listening to this Bruce Springstein song I just snapped right out of it like a switch went off. You never know.