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Please do keep in touch. All I can say is we are always here for you.

To answer your second question, well, I have social anxiety and making friends isn't at the top the list for me. I had few friends, after the depression, fewer. Only those who agreed to stick with my unexpected behavior, mood changes, plan cancellations, blame games etc... they remained. They are th...

Well when the Big D strikes, there's nothing much I can do then. But to avoid daily; 1. Distraction: Keep myself busy. NO matter what. Don't let my brain Idle. Keep it busy always. It maybe something that you enjoy, or some deadlines to meet... anything. 2. Pills (ssri,snri mostly). I Mainly use Tra...

I agree. But I live in India. A good therapist is both rare and very expensive in the city of Kolkata, which right now I can't afford. The pills take the edge off, yes. But like you said, it doesn't take away the Big D. And worst of all is the tolerance. The tolerance piles up pretty quickly and so ...

I hate depression it makes you think things like this: What have I become? I cannot remember the last time I felt true happiness. Did I ever feel it at all? Its all blurry now. You have not become anything ... every moment in the future has possibility, but you are right, it seems like every moment...

I live between the period of one substance abuse till when it's time for another. I crave to fast-forward this gap. The only reality i feel is pills running down my throat. All emotions gone; replaced by fake, synthetic emotions. My enthusiasm is fake, my laugh is fake, my sadness is fake, my anger ...