Hi Chris
It can definitely make life a little easier when we've got people feeling with us and for us, those around us trying to gain a sense of what the feelings or emotions are about that we're really struggling with. Wonderful people who are full of wonder, tend to not leave us wondering alone in regard to why it is that we're suffering.
Regarding my experience with depression over the years, I've come to see it as being like a well in a way (a depression in the ground). It's like you can be on the brink of that well, a little way in, further levels down or at rock bottom in extreme cases. I've found the loneliness or sense of abandonment can come from 'having no visitors'. What I mean by that is 'no one is willing to visit us in the place where in'. No one is willing to come into that well for a time and either just sit with us or feel for us (where we're at) or shed some light for us. It can be a dark and lonely place for us to be in on our own. While it would be ideal for someone to completely pull us out of that well or depression, sometimes it's a relief to have someone come in and give us a reassuring hug, meeting us where we're at. It's the feeling of 'I'm here for you and I can sense where you're at'. Very different vibe from 'Get yourself out of it and deal with it alone in the meantime'. I find sensitive people are much better at sensing, when compared to insensitive people or those who can't sense in the ways we need them to.
Definitely sounds like a plan, visiting your psychologist. Maybe they're one to help shed light on where your at and what's led you to that point. Finding someone to raise us to a greater sense of consciousness is better than relying on those who leave us down or lead us down.
