I was finally diagnosed with clinical depression by a psychiatrist and thank God for that.
I will probably be one of those people on meds the rest of my life, and I'm okay with that.
I too used relationships as a way to 'medicate' my depression, and also drugs/alcohol.
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This is me too.
Major Depressive Disorder, Chronic, Treatment Resistant. (got the right meds now)
Beth