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Update i did make a doctors appointment, but it got cancelled due to covid. So I tried to improve things myself i did open up to my wife about it, im not sure she really got it but she appreciated the effort and it definately helped thin I got furloughed and thats when things changed for me, i was t...

Hi mine kinda crept up on me, I've always been pretty quiet. However the last few years, having 2 kids my social circle went from small to 0. A redundancy went from having a laugh with workmates on shift to a new job where I work alone overthinking for 8hrs a day. I once was optimistic and motivated...

Hi I like you're poetic flare, one of the few upsides to depression is the beautiful bleak dark poems and metaphors. No one writes good stuff about how happy they are, either fake or tedious or both.

Hi your post sounds familiar, I find socialising forced and awkward to the point I'd rather just not bother. I was cool with it my wife very much not apparently I was barely speaking to her, things had to change. 1) joined a gym got in better shape improved my self confidence 2) joined a fencing clu...

Hi your post sounds familiar, I find socialising forced and awkward to the point I'd rather just not bother. I was cool with it my wife very much not apparently I was barely speaking to her, things had to change. 1) joined a gym got in better shape improved my self confidence 2) joined a fencing clu...