Introduce yourself.

Hi, my name is Heather.

I've been suffering from depression for over half my life and anxiety for 5 years. I also am currently 2 1/2 weeks clean & doing my best to recover. I've been seeing a therapist for a couple months now.

Hello I am a bit overwhelmed by this but have hope that it may help me. I suffer from major depression, PTSD and anxiety. I go to a therapist weekly and am on meds from my family doctor. I feel for everyone going through this but find some comfort knowing I am not alone. Thank you to all who made this website possible ♡

Hello, My name is Lauren and i have manic depression. i am not sure what that means . im guessing its bi- polar anddepression combine. And sincei'mthinking i am losing my mind. i cant concentrate on most things (like to actually look up what imgoing through). i have very bad patience. So i sometimes cant just sit there and research what exactly i have.i failed many times with medications and counseling.So right this moment , i am not on any meds,or any kind of support. And it kills me that most times i can't care for my 2yr old girl properly.And it kills me that im so depressed i cant teach her ,what she needs to be taught. So i am willing to do anything to help my self out, just so i can care for my baby girl. but most importantly "Myself". I really hope and pray this website with guide me or give me the right support.

Hi, my name is Lauren. I am 20 years old and I have been a sufferer of anxiety and depression my whole life, with it only getting worse and worse. I am on many medications and go to a psychologist and psychiatrist - both of which have been so inept that I am on a waiting list for the top depression and anxiety hospital in the area so I can stop seeing them.

I will do my best to explain my background. I was severely bullied for 7 years straight until my parents had no choice but to pull me out of public school in 6th grade. I did not feel safe from both classmates nor teachers. The only person that would even talk to me was my neighbor and fellow classmate who took my love and admiration for him and abused it every day until he got tired of me one day and never spoke to me again.

Shortly after that, they caught the killer of my aunt after 20+ years. My family was going through so much suffering, and I tried so hard to feel emotions and I just couldn't; not even when looking directly at the face of a murderer. I have always struggled with feeling emotions, especially empathy, and I felt - and still feel like - a souless robot.

My mother suffers from similar ailments as I do because of the trauma of her sister being murdered. I was raised to never leave her eyes for one second because she was so terrified of something happening to me. To this day I refuse to leave the house, only leaving a couple times a month for doctor visits, and I never leave my parents' side in general; I cannot remember ever doing so.

Eventually I even ended up dropping out of homeschool because I just could not do it. I have given up on the idea of ever going to college and/or getting a job. I am now classified as disabled in the eyes of the government and that is how I live. My dreams of finding the prince of my dreams to save me have died as I cannot imagine anyone seeing any worth in me. I also used to be religious, but now I have no faith in anything; neither religiously or in myself. I have existential crisises every day to the point where I don't even see the point in trying anymore. I won't even leave bed and my body feels like it's deteriorating. I have gotten used to just spending my days finding whatever keeps my mind occupied such as taking care of my many animals, going on the computer, and collecting things like dolls; like the one in my icon.

... I am so sorry this ended up being so long. Anyway... I will try to post on this forum and do my best to both give and accept support. Thank you so much for reading, and despite being so scared of people, it would also bring me so much joy to have someone out there to talk to, and maybe I will find that on here...

Hi all, I'm Richard. I'm 27 from Texas, USA. As far back as I can remember, I've been dealing with social anxiety and worsening depression. It's come to the point where I hardly go out at all and just need help. But nothing so far has helped for very long- only temporary. =(

Hi, This is my first post! I have been sufferiing with depression since I was eight years old. I'm now 34 and it feels like it is progressively getting worse.

Hello. I am Maf and I suffer from depression and anxiety which has a rather large impact on my current situation. I like cats, food, more food and more cats

Hi! My name is Kristy and I just turned 40. I have been dealing with depression from a very early age due to sexual abuse by a parent (or so the counselors think due to reactions I had to going to visit on weekends), mother always telling me I was fat, not good enough and pretty much wouldn't amount to anything at all even as she would tell me I was smart and taking custody of my child way when I was 26 due to rumors my parents heard that weren't true, abuse both physical and emotional from ex boyfriends, chronic pain for the last 10 years, etc.. After many years of counselors and medications, nothing has worked. I don't want to hurt myself in anyway. I just find myself not wanting to go out or even care about anything anymore. I talk more to my dog than I do anyone else. Lol, she at least listens. I'm hoping to find a way to get past all of this guilt, anger, depression and everything else.

Hi ,I don't want to tell my real name but you can call me Tracy.I'm Asian and my English is not really good. I know I've beendealing with depression forat least 2 years. I need help,I want to talk with somebody.But in my country ,I can't find any website or organization which can help me. I found 7cupsodtea2 hours ago but I'm afraid I can chat with any listener because of my poor English.. Can you help me ?

Hi everyone, I just joined today and I thought I would introduce myself.I have been suffering from depression from a very young age and have been through many traumatic experiences, some of them I still feel unable to talk about. I wish I knew how to overcome my depression. It has plagued me for so long that I don't know who I am anymore.

I hope I can help others and share my support with everyone on this forum and try to bring a smile on somebody.