Feeling Bad

Please, don't give up! The right antidepressant, combined with counseling, exercise (if possible), eating in a healthy manner, and hopefully, having a spiritual program, will put you on the path to a life you will want to give up for.  If any unresolved issues, such as addiction or abuse issues, are still in your life, you will feel better after you start dealing with them. Above all, I practice gratitude in my life, which believe me, I know can be hard to while you are in your suffering.  I, too, have children who suffered along with me at my lowest points.  At 57, I finally have have a life I can enjoy and appreciate most of the time.  I still use antidepressants, and I have dealt with every issue mentioned in this email.  Try to look at it as an adventure. Just do not ever, ever give up.  You are worth it!

Oops... in my previous post, I wished to use the phrase "get up for" rather than "give up for."  Knew I should have proofread my post. Sorry!

I feel exactly the way you do.  Incredible how you can put my feelings into words.  I just wish I could explain this to the people around me in a way they'd understand.

Hi Des.  I am a writer so I get paid to put feelings into words.  You would be amazed at the responses I got to the post.  The number of hollow feeling, walking dead there are out here is staggering. In a way it does help knowing there are so many that feel as we do, but as all things are relative to ourselves only, it's not much help.  Does talking about it really help??  I mean, to like minded depressed people or do we just feed into already pinched nerves???  Maybe we should just issue a mission statement we can just show people when we are trying to tell people how we feel...that would make for one less depressing thing we have to do.

Iwritesongs2 in NY