So... I guess I'm new here. Hi!
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 3:59 pm
Hey all, I'm Tali. I'm really unfamiliar with all of this, so sorry if I say something weird!
About me.. I'm a 21 years old college student. I've been diagnosed with Asperger (Apparently they diagnosed me at age 9 but my parents only told me about that a year ago) and ADD which doesn't really improve my depression-circumstances. I've first been diagnosed with depression at the age of 13, later once again at 20. Somewhere in-between I had a fairly calm period that was however filled with anxiety and paranoia over things in my past. I'm overall severely anxious and paranoid over social circumstances and have lots of difficulties with these. Making friends is hell to me, keeping friends near impossible. Social interaction as a whole drains a whole lot of energy from me. I've dealt with bullying and neglection from classmates on out since kindergarten, to make a long story short.
The first time I dealt with depression, I was too stubborn to accept medicine and my parents were opposed to seeing psychiatrists and all of that, so I wasn't really treated for it. They had me enter some assertivity courses but that was about it. It was a change of environment that made things a little easier on me back then. Now I've been diagnosed once more, I've been seeing a psychologist, a psychiatrist who has tried two different antidepressants on me so far (to no avail), I've talked to a therapist but due to circumstances haven't been able to sign up with their sessions, I tried talking to instances that aid young people with issues and whatnot, but so far, it feels like I've tried just about anything, and nothing helped me atall. I at most felt worse due to things like visiting the psychologist. I came to this forum hoping to find some advice online, some tips on how I could improve my life?
Getting sympathy from others and this generic "Your situation is sad but no one can help you" makes me miserable as can be. I truly hope to find some advice on how to actually fix my life, and if that is impossible, to at least make it bearable. As it currently is, everything is just one big disappointment, a drag, and too much effort to waste my time on. I really hope that I can end this cycle of misery somehow, and if any of you has some tip, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks, and sorry for taking up your time!
About me.. I'm a 21 years old college student. I've been diagnosed with Asperger (Apparently they diagnosed me at age 9 but my parents only told me about that a year ago) and ADD which doesn't really improve my depression-circumstances. I've first been diagnosed with depression at the age of 13, later once again at 20. Somewhere in-between I had a fairly calm period that was however filled with anxiety and paranoia over things in my past. I'm overall severely anxious and paranoid over social circumstances and have lots of difficulties with these. Making friends is hell to me, keeping friends near impossible. Social interaction as a whole drains a whole lot of energy from me. I've dealt with bullying and neglection from classmates on out since kindergarten, to make a long story short.
The first time I dealt with depression, I was too stubborn to accept medicine and my parents were opposed to seeing psychiatrists and all of that, so I wasn't really treated for it. They had me enter some assertivity courses but that was about it. It was a change of environment that made things a little easier on me back then. Now I've been diagnosed once more, I've been seeing a psychologist, a psychiatrist who has tried two different antidepressants on me so far (to no avail), I've talked to a therapist but due to circumstances haven't been able to sign up with their sessions, I tried talking to instances that aid young people with issues and whatnot, but so far, it feels like I've tried just about anything, and nothing helped me atall. I at most felt worse due to things like visiting the psychologist. I came to this forum hoping to find some advice online, some tips on how I could improve my life?
Getting sympathy from others and this generic "Your situation is sad but no one can help you" makes me miserable as can be. I truly hope to find some advice on how to actually fix my life, and if that is impossible, to at least make it bearable. As it currently is, everything is just one big disappointment, a drag, and too much effort to waste my time on. I really hope that I can end this cycle of misery somehow, and if any of you has some tip, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks, and sorry for taking up your time!