Depression, a hidden sinkhole in humanity. *caution.

By SeaBreeze · Oct 16, 2007 · ·
  1. This blog has talk of suicide. I wanted to warn you guys about what I have posted first.






    Depression. How many people have truly gone through, battled and are trying to overcome depression.

    The feeling of being so lost, so alone is horrible. To wish that you never wake up. To wish that you had the guts to grabe the knife and slice it across your skin. To see the blood flow and to finally end it.

    I battled depression for roughly three years. I am getting better now, but I still have my bad days. It kicked off when I met a man. A man that was drunk pretty much 24/7 and liked to play mindgames. He mentally abused me, made me do things that I refuse to talk about specifically. Escpecially here. He pinned me for being gullible and I was. I didn't want to be alone. I was lonley and wanted someone and he payed me attention.

    This guy also was delusional to the point where he thought he fought in the second world war, (he was 38, and yes, very much older than me but not THAT old), he figured himself to be watched by Intelligence agencies and said that he was one of them and would recruit me if I wanted. There are others but it's too rediculous to mention.

    One day, he was trying to get me to sing for him while he played a guitar and I hate being forced to sing out loud. I am painfully shy sometimes and don't like singing in front of other people, most of the time. And it clicked within me. I stood up and said No. I left him and refused to go back.

    A few months later, I think, I was at my friends parents house (BBQ, DRINKS etc.) and I was quite drunk. I then got angry. I decided that I was going to go and murder this guy that had taken advantage of me. I was going to go back to my flat, grab a knife then knock on his door and shove it through his throat.
    Luckily my friend, her parnter and mother all stopped me and I brokedown on their front lawn. I had finally filled up my emotional bottle and overflowed, causing me to have a nervous breakdown.

    I was lucky to have my friends there with me because I probably would of done something that I would of regretted.

    So here comes the depression. Suicidal. Black hole of emotional dispair. So please do not judge if you have never felt like this.

    I went to a doctor about my depression. And while I sobbed my heart out he looked at his watch and said that I should of made a double appointment. He mentioned somethign about counciling but he looked bored. I was devistated and never went back to another doctor. I wasn't ever clinicly diognosed but I knew that what I was feeling wasn't right so I battled on.

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    Phew! This is taken quite a bit hasn't it! Well, I shall post a sequal to my annoyingly long tale.. :) Thankyou for sticking around to read this, and no, I'm not trying to get sympathy. I am telling you my story. And this is the only blog I have. I will continue on in another post with how I overcame depression..

    Oh geeze, I belong on Dr. Phill or Oprah!

Comments

  1. dushechka
    This seems to be a never ending page in the book of my life.
    Not me personally, but in the one's around.
    Recently, (as I mentioned in the Chatbox thread) a friend of mine was contemplating suicide.. It's all so frustrating, especially when you have no idea how to help.

    Congrats on taking what life has to offer, and for still being around to share your story. : )
  2. Eoz Eanj
    Remember to keep yourself busy and socially active

    and to ask for help when you feel yourself going downhill again.

    That's my advice for now and despite it being quite simple advice, it's the best advice I can give having experience with a close member of my family whom for years suffered from undiagnosed clinical depression associated with a misdiagnosed case of post traumatic stress disorder (thanks to her abusive partner *sarcasm*).
  3. SeaBreeze
    Thanks guys. It is frustrating, even for those going through depression. And frustrating for those around who has it in their head that no-one really cares, even though they do.

    And keeping busy is good advice. I also kept a journal and listened to music.

    Thankyou both for your comments. :)
  4. Funny Bunny
    Yeah, I have it off and on. I really am glad that you are getting help, an dyes, you do need to talk about it. Talking is the cure sometimes. FB
  5. Funny Bunny
    Sorry, I do have sticky keys. I spilled some coffee on my lap top.
  6. mypensmysoul
    I've been down that road before. Tried a couple of times but i think God wants me alive, because something or someone always saved me. I finally got into a mental hospital/suicide watch, and i've been 'sober' for going on 2 years now, on Martin Luther King Day. I was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder, kind of a harsher version of Clinical or something.

    Just remember to never give up. I'm sure some days you still feel like that, right? ;) I know I do. :)

    You say you overcame depression? Good for you! But if you ever start feeling like that, call someone and get help, because you still have many journeys to take, and don't make that one your last.


    -Depression really is a physical disease, not just a mental disorder. You actually have physical symptoms! It's very sad that it happens to so many people and that the majority never reaches out for help. (I didn't; it was handed to me basically, without choice.) Just FYI, it's real...not just in your head. Your body feels it too.
  7. The Freshmaker
    This doesn't necessarily sound like clinical depression. I'm not saying that it's less severe than clinical depression, and no I am not one of those people who doesn't believe in mental disorders. I'm just drawing from what you've said and from my own personal experience. And what you have doesn't sound like something that can be helped with medication.

    I had depression problems for several years. My stepmother was abusive, and my father didn't do anything to stop her. I was extremely awkward socially, and had no actual friends.

    Directly after moving out at sixteen, I dated a guy. In some ways he helped me. He showed me how to be a bitch, and how to stand up for myself. Unfortunately, I learned to do these things because he abused me. Even after we broke up, he still had a hold on me. He guilted me into sleeping with him while I was dating other guys, by verbally abusing me until I felt so worthless that I didn't care (to this day, I still psychologically link sex and guilt). Finally, though, I got away from him.

    Three and a half years and three suicide attempts later, I'm still here. I have a boyfriend who I've been with for two and a half years, and he has stuck with me through the good and the bad, and helped me get over a lot. I got a tattoo of phoenix wings to remind me that life goes on, and it's kept me from further suicide attempts. At this point, after a lot of work, I'm certainly the happiest I've ever been. I don't feel depressed anymore.

    I'm only telling you this so that you'll see where I'm coming from when I say that I don't think you have clinical depression. I think that you've been through a lot, and you need some time to get over it. It's not easy. I can tell you what helps the most, though.

    1.) A confidante. A family member, a friend, an S/O. Someone who you can talk to when you're feeling vulnerable. Everybody needs somebody.
    2.) Staying busy. Take up a hobby or a sport. Request extra hours at work. Just make sure you're doing something so that you feel fulfilled at the end of the day.
    3.) Dating. Don't hide yourself away from the world just because one guy did you wrong. There are good ones out there, trust me. You just have to recognize the difference between the good ones and the bad ones. If you stop dating just because of this one guy, though, then it's like he's won. He's kept you down. Don't let him. I'm not telling you to sleep around or anything like that. Just see what's out there.

    This is all based on what I have read in your blog, so forgive me if I have anything wrong. I'm sorry you had to go through all of that. But it will get better. I know it might not mean much, but you can always PM me.
  8. SeaBreeze
    Thankyou. I think that there are different degrees of depression. Sure I got the less severe type but I had it. I had the symtoms.

    I am now dating a wonderful man. 10 months on the 24th and he has helped me regain my confidence a lot. But thankyou for posting yoru replies. It is greatly appreciated.
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