Mikayla

Quentin, I've been severely depressed for 11 years and then I found out that my meds contibuted to my depression (mainly clonazepam or klonopin). I don't say that everyone should quit their medication because of my experience but meds sometimes do more harm than good. Well now I'm depressed because of withdrawal but also because I lost so many years of life because of my own...how to say it...my own stupidity. Ok, I'm praying for you, may God who is good and kind bless you with joy, love and peace and money:)

I really pray for you to find some helpful friends who you could meet personally but if they come, don't push them away..:)

Oh, that's nice!☺️ ☺️

@Tears_AlwaysTears are good sometimes, they have kind of purifying effect. When I feel sad it usually means I'm stressed, I isolate myself too much, and what helps is to meet some people personally or at least call someone. I guess I read it or I heard a clever idea: "Loneliness isn't a solution even if people hurt us".

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@Lundi_Hvalursson Well, maybe I could pray for you:) (I don't need your approval anyway😄)My friend is not religious too, I prayed for him and he got a girlfriend in two months. Really. I'm sure you'll get what you really need, just try to relax and don't worry.

My neighbour gave me a wooden rosary bracelet.

Thank you Mark for your time. You helped me a lot. I believe pedophile priests will be judged and God will judge them, surely because I'm not a victim of them, I hope He will be merciful. I appreciate if someone can say "sorry" to me. It's nice. But I'm pleased if the person is able to forgive me too. We all have narcissistic traits after all. I'm stuck with that forgiveness thing when I'm in withdrawals (I was addicted to clonazepam for more than 10 years) Perhaps I should accept the situation better and not to be so hard on myself. I guess my withdrawals (but sometimes I don't understand what's wrong with me) are a biochemical issue I should just accept but I don't think all depressions are caused by chemical imbalance. You are absolutely right that it's not right to suppress our emotions but I don't like to hurt others with my anger even if the conflict isn't my fault.

Happy person is a good person. Sometimes it's hard to become a good person if someone didn't get enough love as a child. My friend once said an important thing, if we don't forgive our parents or those who hurt us, this circle of hurting someone, this circle of depression will go on. It's not easy, of course.

Yeah..it's not a way parents should love us. I'm almost sure that your mom's parents made a lot of mistakes and she probably didn't get what she really needed in her childhood or something happened what influenced her as a person. Hope your mom will find some good friends, hobbies or something useful to do and will let you be and really hope she will be able to keep healthy boundaries one day:)

Well, doesn't your mom just feel lonely or so? Probably she loves you a lot:)

Stressed...I feel stress and nervousness in my chest. I don't know what to do, I can't think, so I'm going to take a walk..:)

I feel better after all the years... Super anxious...suffering from insomnia etc. but less depressed. After 10 years I found out I'm not treatment resistant and I don't have 'chronic depression'. I became more depressed after antidepressants and I've been prescribed benzos for 10 years. I've been tapering since September last year...I tried to taper before but I couldn't bear anxiety ..I thought it was still my original anxiety and depression but it was just addiction and side effects....my doctor said lately it was my fault I had chosen to take meds... Yeah..I was completely lost, I told her many times I didn't want to exist anymore... but she didn't know it could be because of "klonopin & company" so she said nothing and doubled the dosage. Well, I left university..I worked off the books most of the time (I've had house keeping jobs)...I have almost nothing...but now...I often want to live so much:) You really helped me, guys...and @JD4010 I will always remember what you said when I was ashamed that I cleaned windows at work:))...thanks:) ...probably I will still do cleaning during the withdrawal 'cause I need money and my brain is ...to put it mildly.. "not working properly" after so many years of taking that stuff....... If your girlfriend loves you still she will come back to you I guess...I don't think you were just 'selfish' all the time...but it's highly probable you were also very kind to her. Oh..it's quite long this time:D

Anyone else thinking about hope?:) .... Tell me, do you have hope? Not really. Do you know how to cope? Nope. Hope is like the skies, I guess Blue with white cotton balls Unceasingly existing Constantly moving (Though at night, I'm wondering) Are you still here? (Pink cotton balls are a signal of hope of great intensity)

Blue with small amounts of white and pink:)