[Viviane]

Here it is Christmas Eve and I would rather have the covers over my head and be sleeping. I barely have any family to speak of, my husband, daughter and elderly great aunt, all of whom I live with and a best friend in Iowa. My husband and I live on disability and my aunt on social security, we 3 support my 22 yr old daughter who has a 9th grade education and some minor disabilities that keep her from working. If we didn't share expenses, we'd never get by. Our little family is what I have left. Yes we have up a tree and lights, all put up by my daughter, but no presents under the tree to speak of. If it weren't for our local foodshelf, we wouldn't have the modest dinner we're having tomorrow. All I can do is be thankful for what little I do have, just wish it could make the depression better.

Hello Viviane: Thank you for sharing here on PC. Hopefully 2015 will bring with it new opportunities for your family. Yes, depression can be difficult enough to battle when everything else in one's life is going well. When one is struggling financially as well, it just makes the battle against depression that much more difficult. I wish you the strength to persevere in your struggles.

Originally Posted by Viviane

Here it is Christmas Eve and I would rather have the covers over my head and be sleeping. I barely have any family to speak of, my husband, daughter and elderly great aunt, all of whom I live with and a best friend in Iowa. My husband and I live on disability and my aunt on social security, we 3 support my 22 yr old daughter who has a 9th grade education and some minor disabilities that keep her from working. If we didn't share expenses, we'd never get by. Our little family is what I have left. Yes we have up a tree and lights, all put up by my daughter, but no presents under the tree to speak of. If it weren't for our local foodshelf, we wouldn't have the modest dinner we're having tomorrow. All I can do is be thankful for what little I do have, just wish it could make the depression better.

try and have a good christmas... i know it's hard but it's only 1 day.

depression this time of year is such a regular thing... me for instance, no family, no gifts, no christmas meal... i feel like i'm wasting my time even getting out of bed.

but it's almost over. that's how i look at it.

another year down the drain..

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It's really hard to bed joyful during the holidays when looking through the filter of depression. It sounds like you are doing the best you can do and that is all that anybody can really hope for. I know for the past two years, I didn't even want to hear the word Christmas, but this year things have turned around. The depression has lifted and I am grateful to have made it another year.

I'm glad you have family, even though small. Mine is small, too. And I'm really glad you will be able to put dinner on the table. I hope your depression gets better. I'm proof that it can happen. Only five months ago I was ready to end my life, now I have hope.

My best wishes to you and your family.