I think life is just plain hard, and it's not particularly fair either. Not only is your job tiring physically, but I know that feeling unappreciated and seeing others much less deserving get the...
I'm a new member; I started with the Depression Forum with a Subject of Depression in the 60s. I was "looking for a tribe." As I kept posting, I realized that I have material to post on half a dozen...
This is a reply to Hope. I have read a few of your other posts and you seem to keep quite active despite your fibromyalgia. Are you still volunteering and tutoring? That's quite impressive. How do...
As Hope suggested, the pain-diseases certainly contribute to depression. I suffer from Chronic pain and chronic fatigue; I was once diagnosed with fibromyalgia, but the doctor apparently decided it's...
I don't mean to be an on-line diagnoser; but this could be chronic fatigue, although that window air-conditioner you described early on in the thread sounds like it could have contributed--and...
Hope, I think my reply to you was lost; forgive me if this is a redundancy. I want to thank you for your post; it was understanding and gentle. I particularly appreciated:"I just want what I am...
Michael, I never said that I don't count my blessings; I have a number of them, and I'm aware that my depression-problems would be classified by many as "First World Problems." In fact, the comedian...
I do not equate diving into the darkness with wallowing in self pity. I am very glad that "pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start all over again" works for the people on this site. Good bye...
Thank you Karen. I may not belong here. I want to hear from fellow-sufferers. I have a huge sense of humor about my malady so even my plaints are leavened with lightness. I do believe that the...
I'm looking for a tribe. I'm a retired professor and occasionally-practicing poet. I've been depressed all my life, with active treatment the last 25 years. I have lost interest in nearly everything;...