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thanks for the kind words.

ooh, you're right. i don't like the idea of checking in somewhere. means it is worse than it really is. but i do agree, i think i need a break from work. i also think you are right that my depression is affecting my work. being up all night with anxiety does not help the situation. i was actually ta...

thanks everyone for all the encouraging words. i appreciate them and i am trying to appreciate what i have. i know from the outside my life looks fine. but inside i have never felt so conflicted and lost and sad. at the beginning of the year i felt like life was not worth living. but i still am, so ...

Hi, just wanted to introduce myself. i am new here. have been looking for a community for a while so i could find support and help. have been fighting depression all my life, the last 5 months have been particularly tough. not able to sleep, crying all the time, unable to get out of bed on the weeke...

i joined this forum so i would not feel so alone. i am desperately trying to find a way out of this hole i am in. i constantly feel that i have made the wrong decisions in my life. i am almost 40 and want a family so much. i have spent the last 10 years of my life working on my career, but for what?...