illness
I have a lot of chronic illnesses which has severely impacted my quality of life. I have had to give up almost everything I like to do. I dont see a way out. The doctors dont offer much hope for recovery. I am scared for the future.
@beachlover5008
I'm really sorry to hear that.. sometimes life can be really hard on us, like she's trying to figure how she could hit us some more, and harder. Depression feels like the loss of all hopes, and motivation too. And the source of this feeling, or illness, can be a lot of different things, some more real than others. Whatever is the source, depression is a feeling that makes you see the situation as bad as possible, and even more. It is a sort of defence mechanism, that simply calls for help for those around us, or give us time to reflect or mourn on a loss. But sometimes this mechanism doesn't work very well, and it gets pretty loud and confusing, like a malfunction.
I'm not saying that you should see your situation in a positive light, I'm just saying that what you feel is common in your situation, and that there are ways to overcome this feeling. There are professionals that works exactly on these kind of problems, and we now know a lot about depression and the ways to overcome it. Please, give yourself the chances and the time to do this.
@GiulioBelluomini
Does feeling like this automatically equate to being depressed?
@AffyAvo
Nothing automatically refer to a pathology like depression. It needs a diagnosis from a professional and even then often is just a hypothesis that has to be constantly verified. It might be low mood or reactive depression or a lot of other things, I'm sorry but we can't make even a hypothesis with so few informations.
