Hi Traviarty,
I too wish to welcome you to the forums. Tony has made lots or recomm,endations for topics for you to have a look at.
Here on this web site, there is information relating to depression and also where to find help in your area. I have also used the phone help line. I find the people who answer the phone to be understanding and helpful. They have helped me back onto my feet a few times.
It is difficult for people without depression to know just what this illness feels like and how it messes with your head and emotions. I'm sure a lot of us have been told to "just get on with it" or "Pull your socks up" and so on.
My Father in law told me to just pull my socks up. I told him that even if I pulled them all the way up to my ears if I could, it still wouldn't help.
Here on this forum you will find people who understand, people who have walked a similar journey and people who have come out the other side and can offer suggestions for what worked for them.
I'm sorry to read that 2015 was so tough for you with all that you shared.
Some people find it helpful to write about how they feel, people have shared their thoughts on this site in poetry.
Maybe you could try to do one thing that you used to enjoy. Lets say you used to like fishing. To start with , maybe you could buy a fishing magazine or borrow some from the library. Look at those and read some of the articles. It might make you enthusiastic again.
Plan a trip to the river or beach. Even if you don't get to go fishing, you don't catch anything or you just don't enjoy yourself, you have managed to do something! Hope that little scenario made sense.
I usually get pleasure out of gardening. On a really low depressive day I might be able to manage to just water the pot plants. That is okay. It is an excellent first step. I have looked at my plants and cared for them.
This is turning into an essay! Ha. Ha. Hope some of this rambling helps.
Cheers form Mrs. Dools
