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Living with depression and anxiety

Living with depression and anxiety

Hi everyone on the forums.

I have lived with many problems in my life, not many as I was young although they may have been present, since the breakup of my family around age 17 I started taking drugs, was on and off until I was 24 when I realised I needed to turn around and face my life before it was too late. My two best friends passed away in the next coming years from drugs and alcohol and I was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for around 4.5 years on and off which has brought me up until recently which I am now age 30.

Only in the last couple of months I have realised my depression and anxiety is serious.

My parents never talked when my brother and I was young as a family they just had a very dissfunctional relationship and never really had any real communication that I can remember.

Only until the last two months I realised that trust is a big part of a relationship and was something that was missing in my life and my parents life.

I asked my parents if they trusted me and they said they did.

Since then my problems have become more noticable and the depression and anxiety really hit. I started having panic attacks and what now seems to be a permanent thing where I can get panic attacks at any time and bad depression. Its like it is never really going away. I try and resolve issues with my parents but it never seems to do anything and I come back to the problems I just listed.

If anyone has similar stories please share and understand these stories.

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Re: Living with depression and anxiety

Hey @Troubled_One

You know this is such a hideous thing to say to anyone, it makes me really angry. "Move on" is so dismissive and avoidant of facing the issues. What the psychs should be asking is: what happened to you? Then listening and helping you work through that. IMHO they need a kick up the bum if their best is "move on"!

End of rant. Deep breath.

Hope for helpful help does endure..

Kind regards,

Kristin

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Re: Living with depression and anxiety

@kristin

Thanks kristin for understanding, its such a hopeless thing to say is move on when the damage is done. I am trying to move on but at the same time you do need for people to understand and your family and doctors should understand most but I guess it is so hard to try and fix things that people have done that they know they shouldnt have.

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Re: Living with depression and anxiety

Dear @Troubled_One

Lee,

How are you? I have thought about you but have had a few things happening.

I had no idea. Isnt @kristin wonderful. She must be really busy at the moment but her and...@peace left kind caring practical messages.

Those grr..... doctors you have seen.

lee, please ke on writing what you do during the day,

We are here for you. I have also seen the support you have given others like @Appleblossom you certainly have the experience........

Have you heard from your brother ?

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Re: Living with depression and anxiety

Hey Anne, I like the cool new funky writing maybe I can do that one day lol.

I am ok just battling on trying to get away from these panic attacks its like I do not know what is real anymore, I had so much hope on my brother and my family and now it seems like its all just a mith, a fake situation I was creating in my mind, I know it is still real but damn, I do not know what to do. Nothing much works out and I just battle on some how. I love that people like you and others encourage me on, I see where I can achieve things but those things are so far out of reach.

Yeah kristin must be busy, she has a real heart that person.

With my brother he is so busy, I think in his mind he is still a little oblivious to problems like depression and panic attacks, but anyway, he is off in his world. He told me if I contact him it does not make him get back to me any quicker or slower, I often wonder does my mother love him more than me? Maybe not but sometimes I wonder... ?

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Re: Living with depression and anxiety

Hey @PeppiPatty Anne, How are you today?

I was reading over my last message in this thread and thought I would see what your up to?

I saw my doctor the other day, and we are trying to get me off some of the medication I am on. Taking it slow and seeing what happens. I am eating better and working out a lil as well.

Hope your doing ok.

Lee.

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Re: Living with depression and anxiety

@PeppiPatty Anne I spoke to my mother today and spoke about my brother, I am really feeling that I do need to talk to him let him I know I am there and I love him. I reallly have not said it to him this whole time and him hear it I realised this today talking to my mother.

And I think this is what is affect me and my fathers relationship and our whole family.

I think this is why you might be mentioning him?

I am seeing my psychologist on wednesday and going to talk to him about it. I will let you know what happens.

Its all good if your busy.

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