acid-nessss:

If anyone knows what it’s like to be depressed, knows that it’s not easy. It’s not easy waking up every morning, it’s not easy going to work, or to school or anything for that matter. It’s not easy going to lunch with friends when you’d rather be in bed. It’s not easy when you make plans with someone and look for reasons to cancel just so you don’t have to leave your house, because it’s where you’re most comfortable at. Especially when you have a place of your own to live in, your own car, a good job, two great dogs, a great cat and incredible family and friends that love and care for you and would do anything in their power for you; a boyfriend that will do anything and everything to make you happy, loves you for all the annoying things you do, spends every waking minute with you. It’s hard. It is very, very hard fighting depression when you have everything you could ever want and more. It is also very hard to justify my depression when there should be none at all. My life is so good yet I find the bad in all of me and it is so hard. It is so hard for me to find myself buried in all of this sadness but I am determined to find me again and honestly I am scared. I am not sure what this path holds for me or my future but I’m praying to god that I can climb out of this rut and be myself again.

(Source: acid-nessss-blog)

If anyone knows what it’s like to be depressed, knows that it’s not easy. It’s not easy waking up every morning, it’s not easy going to work, or to school or anything for that matter. It’s not easy going to lunch with friends when you’d rather be in bed. It’s not easy when you make plans with someone and look for reasons to cancel just so you don’t have to leave your house, because it’s where you’re most comfortable at. Especially when you have a place of your own to live in, your own car, a good job, two great dogs, a great cat and incredible family and friends that love and care for you and would do anything in their power for you; a boyfriend that will do anything and everything to make you happy, loves you for all the annoying things you do, spends every waking minute with you. It’s hard. It is very, very hard fighting depression when you have everything you could ever want and more. It is also very hard to justify my depression when there should be none at all. My life is so good yet I find the bad in all of me and it is so hard. It is so hard for me to find myself buried in all of this sadness but I am determined to find me again and honestly I am scared. I am not sure what this path holds for me or my future but I’m praying to god that I can climb out of this rut and be myself again.

How to Cope with Feelings of Loneliness

onlinecounsellingcollege:

1. Understand that loneliness is a feeling, and not necessarily a fact. Sometimes we feel lonely, unwanted or rejected based on wrong beliefs about ourselves and others. Often people and events acts as triggers for our feelings … and then we start to act as if they represent the truth.

2. Fight the urge to withdraw or to isolate yourself. You’ll actually feel better if you some spend time with others (but spend time with people who love you, just for “you”.)

3. Check for making assumptions, or jumping to conclusions, or skewed ways of thinking which make things seem much worse. Then, look for exceptions to balance up the picture. Don’t waste your time and energy on biased, untrue stuff.

4. Related to this, make sure you’re not attacking or putting yourself down. Try and focus on your good points, and things that you do right.

5. Work on being warm and friendly – as often other people are hiding their own feelings of insecurity. Hence, they’ll often be responsive when we are warm and friendly – and then reciprocate by being interested in us.

6. Try and find other people who share some of your interests – as that’s a natural way to form connections, or build bridges.

(via psych-facts)