Depression, Feeling Low

sadness ... down in a hole ... desperation ... numb ... feeling lost
withdrawing ... finding life again ... reconnecting ... surviving ... thriving

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Artwork

Very - Artwork by Pauline St. Marie
This Is Grief - Feeling isolated, alone and cut off
Hopeless - Thoughts and feelings after redundancy

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Experiences

My Life So Far - *Trigger* Struggling with self harm and an eating disorder
This Insane World Of Mine - *Trigger* What she has survived & the effect it had on her
Frustrated Depressive - Struggling to get counselling, to no avail
Sara's Story - *Trigger* Struggling with PTSD, OCD & Self Harm. Getting there
My So Called Life - Feeling alone and paranoid, just wanting friends
My Experience - Dave's ongoing battle with depression
My Experience - Struggling with self harm, feeling alone & worthless
Dark To Light And Back Again - Experiences of bipolar disorder
There Is Light At The End Of The Tunnel - Recovery story
Just Confusion - Describing the depression, paranoia and suicidalness
Psychotherapy & Counselling: NHS, Private - Experiences of treatment for depression
The Dark - Being swamped by depression, withdrawing
Losing Myself Inside - How I feel like i'm not really here
Today Was A Bad Day: I'm So Alone - Feeling alone, empty and terrified
Beginning To Bark - One man's experience of depression
It's Good To Talk - My journey from silent self-hating to opening up
Brain Chemicals Or Trauma? Why Am I Ill? - Looking for answers
Down In A Hole - Three little windows into my experiences of depression
The Aftermath - Feeling weird after no sleep, asking why
Not Now. Not Ever - On the verge of a relapse, frightened

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Opinions

Michael Barrymore Syndrome - Depression: is it the price of being a funny gal?
Quick Fix - Other people's (not so) helpful advice
Asking For Help - And not being taken seriously
'Back To Normal' Shampoo - A humourous look at a stupid slogan
A Dangerous Game - Some unhelpful attitudes to suicidal distress
Medication:Is It Enough? - Why I need more than drugs can offer

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Poetry

Turning The Lights On - Being afraid of the dark, inside and out
For The One I Love - An explanation & apology, trapped in depression
That Day (after the meds kick in) - Noticing the sun, wanting to taste life again
We Slept In The Coffin To Remind Us That We Were Alive
Feeling - Struggling just gets too much, sometimes
God Forgot About Me - When it doesn't seem like s/he cares at all
The Truth - Being in a bad place, and lifting yourself out of it
Sometimes My Days Are OK - But sometimes everything is too much to bear
Lying Flat - Coming out of the flatness of depression
My Depression - *Trigger* Feeling suicidal and that no one cares
Awake - Memories & darkness fighting inside your mind
A Lonely Monday Night - *Trigger* When night is long & suicide tempting
Depression Poem - *Trigger* Feeling as low as it gets, and life loses meaning
The Space - *Trigger* The pain & lows of having an eating disorder
End Of A Depression - The bit where you become part of the world again
Wasted - *Trigger* The art(?) of self destruction
Angel - A short prayer (of sorts) to a guardian angel
Through The Darkness - Knowing the good by living through the bad
Soulful Thoughts - Getting through it all. Some hope & positivity
Demonic Reasons - *Trigger* Feeling pain, anger & frustration
Sinking Fast - On the way down, but no one can see you're falling
Today I Feel Raw - When everything pushes your buttons
I Give You Myself - Loving someone when you feel broken & battered
No One Knows The Real Me - *Trigger* Losing your identity, craving some release
Depression - What's underneath the mask you show everyone
One Day - When you lost your motivation somewhere
Cocooned In My Private Hell - *Trigger* Falling apart, trapped in depression & self harm
Razors - *Trigger* Effects of abuse: hating & blaming myself
Window Shopping - Wanting to be seen, to be heard and to be loved
Author Unknown - Being reliant on drugs to feel good
Firewater - Alone, depressed and traumatised - a song
Safety First - Self disclosure: to tell or not to tell
Lead Weight - Feelings about therapy, not too complimentary
And In The Dark - Hiding in darkness, as if nothing's there
I Wish I Was Harder Than The World - When the world is too sharp and painful

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