[RedStorms]

I've been isolating myself from friends recently, and nobody has reached out. I haven't spoken more than a sentence aloud in weeks. The world will continue to spin without me, so why rejoin it? No one cares enough to talk to me.

do you know why you are isolating yourself?

is something going on in your life at the moment which you want to talk about?

welcome to PC. this is a friendly comunity where you will get lots of support

[Sula B]

Hi RedStorms, Hello and welcome.

Is something specific happening that has perhaps caused a depressive episode? Are you isolating from your friends because of something that has occurred with them? In other words have they said or done something that caused you to want to withdraw or is the desire to withdraw separate from them? You say they have not contacted you but have you tried to contact them? Perhaps they are unaware that you need their friendship right now? Perhaps you should reach out to a friend and try to not be isolated so much.

[vanishingacts]

Hi.

I'm not very experienced here, nor very old, but I'm in a similar situation. I've spent most of my lunches in my school library and all my friends apart from 1 are completely unaware I'm depressed, same as my parents. All I can tell you is that when I got the courage to tell one of my friends, it felt like I could breathe for the first time in weeks. I'd honesty felt like I was being choked. I use online counselling when I'm really down and alone, maybe that would help you too?

I hope you feel better soon

[Fuzzybear]

[RedStorms]

Originally Posted by shattered sanity

do you know why you are isolating yourself?

is something going on in your life at the moment which you want to talk about?

welcome to PC. this is a friendly comunity where you will get lots of support

Originally Posted by Sula B

Hi RedStorms, Hello and welcome.

Is something specific happening that has perhaps caused a depressive episode? Are you isolating from your friends because of something that has occurred with them? In other words have they said or done something that caused you to want to withdraw or is the desire to withdraw separate from them? You say they have not contacted you but have you tried to contact them? Perhaps they are unaware that you need their friendship right now? Perhaps you should reach out to a friend and try to not be isolated so much.

Originally Posted by vanishingacts

Hi.

I'm not very experienced here, nor very old, but I'm in a similar situation. I've spent most of my lunches in my school library and all my friends apart from 1 are completely unaware I'm depressed, same as my parents. All I can tell you is that when I got the courage to tell one of my friends, it felt like I could breathe for the first time in weeks. I'd honesty felt like I was being choked. I use online counselling when I'm really down and alone, maybe that would help you too?

I hope you feel better soon

Originally Posted by Fuzzybear

So many replies! I'll try and answer all these questions with this:

Recently, I've been feeling like even my closest friends didn't really care about me. I even told a friend that I was depressed and he just changed the subject. So I stopped talking to them all and... silence. No 'are you okay' or 'where have you been.' It's just made me feel very alone.

To answer Vanishingacts, I've tried an online counselor of sorts, but it hasn't helped too much. The person just kept circling back to the same questions.

[LittleEarthquakes]

I don't have any friends so I'm also isolated. It's a very lonely existence.

[Yours_Truly]

^^^same here^^^

[dexter]

Originally Posted by RedStorms

I've been isolating myself from friends recently, and nobody has reached out. I haven't spoken more than a sentence aloud in weeks. The world will continue to spin without me, so why rejoin it? No one cares enough to talk to me.

Hello RedStorms. Remember that often when depression makes us isolate ourselves, it is not just a matter of not talking to people, it is a matter of withdrawing so that it appears to others that we don't wish to be talked to either. Very often people see us isolated and think that we wish to be left alone to heal and therefore will not reach out to us.

I believe in my case it is my depressive brain wanting to pull me down so that it can prove to me I am worthless. I sit at my desk and at quitting time I hunch over and hide my eyes so that coworkers leaving will not stop and say goodbye to me, then I sit there alone and say "see, no one even wants to say goodbye to me!"

It can be a vicious cycle.

If you have someone you trust you can try to break that cycle by reaching out. It can be reaching out just to do something distracting or reaching out to talk for a while, depending on your need and what you think the particular person is trustworthy of and capable of providing to you.

[Sula B]

Originally Posted by dexter

Hello RedStorms. Remember that often when depression makes us isolate ourselves, it is not just a matter of not talking to people, it is a matter of withdrawing so that it appears to others that we don't wish to be talked to either. Very often people see us isolated and think that we wish to be left alone to heal and therefore will not reach out to us.

I believe in my case it is my depressive brain wanting to pull me down so that it can prove to me I am worthless. I sit at my desk and at quitting time I hunch over and hide my eyes so that coworkers leaving will not stop and say goodbye to me, then I sit there alone and say "see, no one even wants to say goodbye to me!"

It can be a vicious cycle.

If you have someone you trust you can try to break that cycle by reaching out. It can be reaching out just to do something distracting or reaching out to talk for a while, depending on your need and what you think the particular person is trustworthy of and capable of providing to you.

This is so accurate especially as advice for a younger person. Thankyou for posting this.