Posted by janejane on January 15, 2010, at 14:10:56
In reply to Re: Your worst symptom, posted by inanimate peanut on January 15, 2010, at 13:44:20
> Loneliness is one of the worst parts of my depression, which is sad because my depression improves when I am around people that I can trust and can talk to about it (support groups, friends, etc.). I'm open to meeting people online-- I've actually met some great guys online in the past-- but now is not the time to meet new people unless they also have depression (or would just uniquely understand what I'm going through, and how do you screen for that?). I have nothing interesting to talk about and am not my normal engaging self :-). So the irony is that the loneliness makes the depression worse which in turn leads to circumstances that increase the loneliness.
I can totally relate. I used to be in the same place at one time, painfully alone. You already know I did the personal ad thing to help, though I guess I probably wasn't in the deepest depression during most of that time (I was definitely dysthymic, though). Just having plans to meet up with someone for coffee perked up my mood, if only temporarily. I don't think the same thing would do much now, though. Weird, isn't it? I seem to be less reactive to positive events than I used to be. I wonder if the many years of prozac did that.
Are there support groups in your area? At least you always have us. ;-)
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