Originally Posted by
Dee74 
Hi James
A lot of people think that depression means always feeling down or feeling sad but that wasn't the case for me.
I had moments when I wasn't sad but I rarely had moments of genuinely happy, content, and safe or only fleetingly felt that way. That felt false and like I hadn't earned them.
I was depressed for 20 years without knowing it, or without realising that what I felt was not normal.
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/the-fa...s-and-symptoms https://depression.org.nz/is-it-depr...ety/self-test/
This isn't your first post about feeling this way so I think it's worth considering?.
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Thanks Dee,
You could well be right, and if you're speaking from your own personal experience( hope all is well now) I'll definitely give it some thought. Probably quite a narrow minded opinion of mine but I always (and still do) see my self as the type who would battle on no matter what the situation , than ask for help which would be so much easier. Down to pride ? Maybe, but I've only ever felt comfortable trusting myself to get through things, asking for help just seems weak and easy. You will probably completely disagree with that, but that's just how I am, Becky right or wrong.