SombercatCasual Contributor
Stuck in depression
Hi,
I'm struggling with depression. Everything seems pointless. All I want to do is disappear from life as I know it. It's hard and draining.
I don't know how I manage to get up and go to work, function there to a degree (not good enough for my manager though) and still have some sort of facade I'm okay.
Inside it feels like a nightmare. Intrusive thoughts and desire to just hide under a rock for eternity.
Work is toxic under the current manager. She micromanagaes. Always points out every single flaw or mistake, even something like using the wrong adjective. I was close with my previous manager, and she has been a source of support, but I feel like there's only so much I can share, and a limit to how much I lean on her.
I see a psychologist every 3 to 4 weeks, we were planning to drop back a bit as she thought I was going okay, but really I think I have just reverted to hiding beneath a facade again.
I see a psychiatrist via telehealth, but it feels strained and awkward. I haven't really been able to be open with her.
I don't know what I want or how to cope. Everything feels too hard, too draining and completely messy. 😞