dear Aaron, I am so pleased that you have found this site.
I always believe that even once anyone is diagnosed with depression that in fact it goes back much further than this, it just slowly builds up so we think that we are just having a bad period and will better tomorrow, but that isn't always the case, because our mood changes, our interests that once we enjoyed now have no affect, our sleeping pattern becomes so intense that we feel like sleeping all day, and the list goes on.
Your needs are more important than others, because each and everyone of us struggles with our own depression, and I take the point that there are others worse off, but we are not talking about them, it's you that we are more interested in.
We can never cope or even understand our own depression by ourselves, because it is much too complicated, although we can believe that we can solve it on our own, but that's just putting a band-aid on, so the nitty gritty is still there.
Your road to recovery starts here, why, because there are so many people who are still going through their own battles, but still have the fortitude to reply to others.
They can do this because they themselves have experienced the traumas and devastation from their own illness, so they have the knowledge and therefore can help you, assist you, or suggest comments for you to consider.
Firstly could you give us some more information, so we can start the ball rolling, and secondly it would be advisable to go and see your GP who may want to put you on antidepressants, plus they can organise 10 free visits to a psych.
There have been so many people on this site who have benefited from all the help that these people have given them, and I really the same happens to you as well as Drew. Geoff.
