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Thanks for your reply! Yes I have the exact same social conflict: wanting to be alone, but also wanting to be around people. Very strange and frustrating. And again I also share your internal monologue of self-criticism of things I'm sure everyone else probably doesn't even give a second thought! So...

Sorry Rachel, I don't quite understand either! Do you mean the feeling that even when your happy that there is always depression in the back of your mind which almost takes the edge off? Like, even though you're in a good mood, that there is a part of you that is still depressed? If so, yeah I feel ...

I feel exactly the same.. unfortunately I have no idea what we're supposed to do - no matter what, like you say, it just seems to come creeping back. The only thing that I've ever found that helps me get out of those ruts of inactivity/self-loathing is exercise - as cliché as that sounds. It makes m...

I suffer from depression - although hate to admit it - and in the past it has been incredibly bad, with me self-harming and having suicidal thoughts & half hearted attempts. The only thing I ever found that helped was exercise: I train in martial arts for 5 years, earning a black belt, teaching ...