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I have tried for the last two weeks to engage myself in something other than wallowing in sadness...feel like I am being sucked down a drain.... Christmas holiday used to be a special time. This year I felt like a shadow wandering through a crowd. Maybe I have become too dependent on the therapy ses...

Sounds like there is wisdom in cultivating something that "feeds your soul". A place where there isn't a need to hold the mask on so tightly....I too used to really enjoy taking my camera for a walk along the river...(live near one in Oregon...west coast of US)for the last year it has been...

I am trying to be ok with the meds. (Unfortunately because I am a nurse, I know sometimes meds are needed...and that you should not stop "cold turkey". ..but there is another part of me that feels very isolated and alone on them). i go to great lengths to not vent at work. Some of my cowor...

I joined this site months ago, have not posted since as it has been too difficult to do anything but get through the days. Am still seeing a very good therapist (every 2 weeks now). Amoung everything else I am wondering what is next. I feel like I should put on the "I'm all better now" coa...

I want to find online support. I am new to this anxiety/depression experience out in the open & trying to find help. I found a support site during the time I was caring for my mother with Alzheimer's. Many nights the online conversations saved my sanity. She died in May ...almost exactly 1 year....