Why am I sad when my life is so good?

[Welsh_Mark]

I apologise now to all the people on here that have really good reasons to be going through depression but if you looked into my life I haven't got anything to be sad about....but I am?

Looking back I think I've always been a 'dreamer' looking for something else all of the time....My beautiful supportive wife says she is content with her life and is thankful that we have two stunning, healthy and well rounded children and we live in an amazing place close to the ocean with a large house and pool..Why can't I see this? I'm so cheesed  off that I can't be grateful for these things and everything I do I feel what I can only describe as 'disappointed' like there is something better out there....

I have been to the GP who through no fault of their own seems like a production line of pill givers, trying to get as many patients through as quickly as possible...

I can't keep putting my family through my princessness as its not fair on them!

Anybody else felt this way and then coped with it?

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[Neil_1]

Hi Mark

Thank you so much for keeping us up to date with how your appointments are going – and for sharing.

How do you feel you are going now?    So on a scale of 1-10, since you first came here to Beyond Blue.   If your score was say 2 when you arrived here, what do you think it might be now?

Kind regards

Neil

[Feeling_Sad]

Hello Mark

My life seems similar to yours - happy family and husband, 2 healthy children, no money issues, nice house, investment property for the future, but I too started feeling down at the start of 2014.  I couldn't put my finger on it, but over time I realised for me it was too much social media and bad news stories breaking me apart.  I couldn't handle the constant bad news and more recently reading about young children dying of cancer, which saw me spiral out of control to a state of despair.  I couldn't work out how someone like me, who has never had depression, could end up like this?

I went to the GP, prescribed me drugs - took one, never again - not for me.  Then got referred to a Psychologist, have been 3 times, but not sure if that is for me either.  Don't really have any family support as in their eyes, I have nothing to be sad about.  My friends have been great though - lots of support as so many friends have experienced depression in varying degrees - I just didn't know.

I think I'm on the road to recovery after reading a few self help books and trying to replace my sad thoughts of these poor kids dying of cancer with positive ones - it's hard, but I'm trying.

I know this probably doesn't help you much, but thought I'd share my brief story so you know there are others out there in similar situations.

Good luck with everything!