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i feel so.... empty

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blair88
blair88

Why do i feel so empty? Its like there's nothing inside me but that there's so much on the outside its pushing me down and crushing me. I cant breathe.

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  • patricia44773
    patricia44773 blair88

    Posted

    Hello Blair88, how you are feeling sounds terrible, I am so sorry.  Perhaps you could tell us more about your situation and what is making you feel as you do.

    Are you on medication and under the care of your doctor?  If not, perhaps you should be seeking professional help as well as reaching out to us.

    Try to keep calm and breath deeply.  Have you got family or friends close who you could talk to?

    Keep in touch.

    Pat

    • blair88
      blair88 patricia44773

      Posted

      Im not seeing anyone or getting treatment.... Im very good at pretending that im ok so to tell someone would just let everyone know how im a fake and that im failing...

      i feel so alone. when im at home, and my little boy isn't around or hes in bed im left with these memories of everything bad. And they play like flashbacks, reminding me that im not wanted or good enough.

    • patricia44773
      patricia44773 blair88

      Posted

      Why pretend? 

      Pretending isn't going to help you at all.  It seems to me that you need help and support.  If you can't get that from family and friends it is sometimes wise to go to see your doctor and say how down you feel.

      You say that you are not wanted....what about that little boy? 

      Depression isn't failing...it is an illness and needs attention from people who can help, from professionals who understand and care.

      It sounds to me like you have had a hard time of it, but going over and over those memories does no good to you or anyone else.

      You need help love, please look for that help and keep posting here.  You will get so much support from people who understand.  Don't feel alone.

      Pat xxx

  • SkyeBeth
    SkyeBeth blair88

    Posted

    Blair, it is called depression, when we just can't deal with life pressures on our own anymore.  It is nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about, it happens to the best of people.  Look at Robin Williams, someone we thought should have it all, but it just doesn't work like that.  A lot of us also have a genetic deposition for depression and anxiety.  My Dad, brother and sister all suffer from bipolar.  I have two alcoholic uncles (different sides of the family) and a cousin who committed suicide when he was a teen, it goes on.  I guess in the end it is how we deal with our depression that matters.  Don't be afraid to reach out for help with the GP being one of the first people you extend your hand to.  Don't go my route and try to self-medicate, it just makes things a lot worse.  I have suffered anxiety and depression for three years and it was only a month ago I went to my GP for help.  Medication has helped enormously but so has reaching out to others who understand what you are going through.  I have never really been able to talk to my parents about what I have gone through over the last three years but I have been able to confess all to a close friend.  He suffered from depression after separating from his wife and understands what I am going through.  He is a great person to lean against as he has come through the other side of depression and is doing really well so he is someone I can look up to but who doesn't look down on me.
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