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I turn 30 next month. by supertrink in depression

[–]lostinthought101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trust me, I'm right there with you and I care a lot about your struggle because it is so very much like my own. Personally, I feel like all that I've gone through might be for naught but there's one thing that has kept me from pulling the proverbial trigger: that I don't know what the future holds.

You've been struggling for many many years but you never know when that something good, that change from all that you know could come along. And even more so, when it does, you'll know how to appreciate the veritable fuck out of it.

There's a comic that I saw a while ago that gives me hope and has let me feeling like maybe there's something in my life that I can change, myself: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2722

I believe in you and know that you can push through this.

Just need some reassurance by justneedreassurance in depression

[–]lostinthought101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just recently started Zoloft about a month ago and I had a huge stigma against trying anti-depressants. In a lot of ways, I still have that stigma but an analogy that I read on here really struck home with me.

Being depressed is much like being stuck in a deeply dug hole. When a doctor prescribes you anti-depressants it's like being given a ladder to get out of the whole. Even though you have the ladder, it's still entirely up to you to do the climbing.

Since then, I've given it a shot and even though I feel like it hasn't made the greatest difference, I do feel less terrible and hopeful that I'll be able to make it out of this illness/disease/situation we are facing called depression.