I DONT WANT TO BE DEPRESSED. I KEEP THINKING," AM I GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF THIS"? ALL I WANT TO DO IS SLEEP EVEN THOUGH I TRULY WISH TO DO THINGS. I FEEL WEAK, LIKE MY LEGS ARE LIKE JELLY. I CAN HARDLY FUNCTION WHEN THIS HITS. I FEEL IT IS MY FAULT, AND THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE IT SO MUCH WORSE, THAT I HAVE NO RIGHT TO GIVE IN TO THIS FEELING. I TAKE CARE OF MY 97YR.OLD FATHER,,WHO HAD A STROKE GOING ON THREE YEARS AGO. I WENT THROUGH A DIVORCE,MOVING,DEATH OF MOTHER,FATHER HAVING A STROKE AND THEN I HAD A HEART-ATTACK. IT WOULD BE EASY TO BLAME THESE THINGS, BUT I HAVE DEALT WITH DEPRESSION FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND I CAN'T SEE WHY I CAN'T MAKE THIS GO AWAY WHEN I RECOGNIZE ALL IT DOES IS SET ME BACK.
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Q: JUST HOW CAN DEPRESSION EFFECT YOU PHYSICALLY
Answers (3)
2/20/09 8:08pm
Jill, you are absolutely not alone in feeling these physical effects. I'd like to point you to this two part series from December 2008:
"I don't want to get up." How Mood Affects Motivation and Mobilization (Part One)
How to Get Motivated and Moving When You are Depressed (Part Two)
You have a lot to deal with, even if it were just caring for yourself, it would be hard. See if there are some ideas you can take from those articles. You don't mention how you have dealt with your depression of two and a half decades.
Have you been treated by a physician? Tried any therapy?
Do you have any help in taking care of your father? Are you able to contact your local social services and see if you can get any help even if only to relieve you occasionally?
Sometime we can't make depression go away as much as seek help in dealing with it. I hope other people will give you their thoughts here too.
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2/20/09 8:11pm
Also Jill, I don't what that is at the end of my answer, all those:
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but I didn't put them there! 
3/ 3/09 3:44pm
Jill, you have depression for the rest of your life. I know this because my theripist explained it to me. In my experiance, I used to not do anything. It is not your fault that it hapened to you. I used to think the same thing. Hope this helps.
xoxo Kimberlee
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