what things did you lose in life because depression

what things did you lose in life because depression
i mean by job, money , relationship etc

Over ten years of my life, my independence, friends, so many educational and job opportunities, most probably having a spouse and definitely the freedom to have biological children, bravery...

How much time do you have? The biggest loss is being fully present and available to my wife and children over the past several years.

Career, job, friends, any sort of social life, years of my life hiding away etc etc

The first time I was hospitalized, the pdoc who was attending to me wanted me to have ECT. During one conversation, she said something to the effect: you've ruined your whole life... isn't it time to do something about it... I never did have ECT. But she was correct. I pretty-much have ruined my whole life... along with the lives of too many others...

boyfriends, marriage (prob wouldn't have worked even if i wasn't depressed), jobs, being a better mother and now i pay the consequences, friends, and just too many years spent wishing i was dead. Lost lots of precious time feeling so down I didn't want to breathe anymore.

I will say having battled for so long. I have an empathy for struggling people.

I lost years and years, my vocation and the ability to work.

(Probably .. Having biological children )

my job , my car .but most importantly my parents

Diagnosis: Anxiety and depression
meds: Cymbalta 60 mgs at night
Vistrail 2 25 mgs daily for anxiety prn
50 mgs at night for insomnia with an additional 25 mgs=75 mgs when up past 1:00 in the morning

Oh gosh, this is hard...

my job, my money, my belongings, my relationship

but I still have family

Time.

And not just my time, but my husband's also...

I agree with time, lost wages, self esteem, no pride I myself anymore, dependability. Barely hanging on to my job and I don't even care

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This is a hard question. It's a bit embarrassing and shameful also because so many people fought through their illness and accomplished great things. I'll try this but I may not post it. No, I can't... not the details. That hurts too much. I'll just say this. I lost my dream because of it. I got little tastes of the dream during the up times. Really just a cheap, tawdry version of it. It really isn't something I'd like to contemplate in depth. I'd just feel bitter and it would end up sounding like sour grapes and egotistical "what should have beens." I think that as another poster did, I'll just say that whatever else MI did, it may have made me a better person.

years
opportunities
self esteem
money
dental health
sleep

There are other things, but I prefer to categorize them as "missed out" rather than "lost", because you can't lose something if you've never had it to begin with.


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Precious time with my son
Sleep
Opportunities
Almost lost my marriage
Self esteem which had already been low to begin with

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I lost my relationships with my children. I feel like I was in such a fog as they were growing up. I still struggle in my job and think about going on disability.

depression sucks the life out of you so yeah i have lost most things

Same here.

Ditto, by design. Although I would not trade my step-children for anything.

I have also lost the ability to function as a valued Member of Society.

Dave.

Sold my businesses
My self-esteem
My confidence
My health- (all due to depression)
Hashimoto's, Pseudo Cushings, Granuloma Annulare, Pancreatic Cancer, Diverculitis,
Celiac Disease, Lupus Anti-coagulant, borderline Diabetes
Many friends
My dignity due to ECT, rTMS and Ketamine which all failed
My hope- but I have a new medicine that works...maybe I can heal some of the medical problems?

Depression is a reaction to things I lost in life.

I've lost nearly everything in life...

life itself, school, job / career, financial independence, friends, joy / happiness, boyfriends/love, no chance at marriage or having kids, travel / vacations, life's milestones, time - lost tons of that, a regular functioning mind, healthy relationships, hope/will, esteem/confidence, a sense of belonging, energy, consistency, dreams/goals, and soooo much more.

I've been struggling for sooo long and it hit me just the other day - that I've been 'surviving' for so long that I don't even know how to live!! just don't know what 'living' life actually is...

and now thanks to a pretty bad car crash (all caused by some idiot not paying attention), I can add physical health to the list of things lost - which wasn't from depression but sure as he** hasn't made it better!!

I think I lost my future, seriously. It made me miss or squander so many opportunities. I went for the easy but useless degree. I lost out in years of meeting people and having fun. Sure I'm still alive but my life is a smoldering wreck that I can't seem to fix.