Before you do anything stupid as you put it,,,run to your nearest human services and ask for the pamphlet depression (your doctor ) may also be able to help with this...It sounds like you may be overwhelmed by something or someone it happens alot believe me I no for facts I have been running to my doctors for 15 yrs now and they can help!!It doesnt mean (when I say 15 yrs) that you have to live with this for life however there are services and technics that help us deal with every day problems...

Janey 1and 2, god yes I feel like that so often - but there are times when I get through it.

Do you know what is causing these feelings? I'm asking because I think there are different ways to deal depending on the problems at hand.


I know for me, sometimes stuff seems really daunting and overwhelming and I dont know how to deal with what is going on so I just want to bail. At other times, I just don't care about things enough to not want to run away. And other times, I can look at things in my life objectively and think that it should be manageable to deal with, but I just dont feel that I can face it.

Hve you tried breaking your life down into really small parts and just concentrating on dealing with one aspect of it (for me, that sometimes means just getting out of bed in the morning)? Sometimes I find this helps me to get dealing with bigger things.

Also, for some people, books like mind over mood (dont know the author) or feelign good by david burns, can help train yoruself to deal with your life and feel good about it. And for many, therapist or a good supprot ntwork, help.

It can be really tough but it is awesome that you are writing in. Just posting here seems to me to be somethign you are doing other than running away.

Great advice mscreant. I recently finished a cbt group and it is having a positive effect on my life. I know I have to keep practising for the new way of thinking to become more natural to me but it is already helping more than I ever thought it could. I have not read mind over mood but the one by david burns and the one by sam obitz have both helped me.

Depression! You are not alone, I used to get so low and then I would realize how fortunate I really am. I live with pain 24/7 sometimes I fall a lot but I keep moving, I am not ready for a wheel chair my life has been good, it has had it's ups and downs when I used to get dow real bad, I would go talk to these people in a rest home that had nothing of course, I worked there too or to watch some of these kids that are terminally ill that know that they are passing on but they can still smile and know that they are loved and so are we. Maybe if you go to church, join a cbt group or some type of support group, do some relaxing exercises. What you might want to do is to call mental health, they might lead you in the right direction and please don't take me wrong, I am not trying to tell you that you are crazy, sometimes we all need a liitle help and their is nothing to be ashamed of. We are here for you. Talk to your dr about your feelings to and if he/she will not listen get another opinion,

all the best to all of you!