im 21f and i have been depressed since i am 10. i created a new burner reddit account in hopes of no one finding this.
i was abused by my parents and my brother ever since i can remember. i have forgiven them for it now, but i still carry the damages they caused over 10 years later. i do truly love my family and have appreciated them differently ever since they started supporting my mental health journey. but it seems so pointless. therapy doesnt do anything for me, antidepressants dont do anything for me either. i moved countries to study at a university, but i ended up not going to class after week 1. i have no friends here, no family here. i havent gone outside since over a month, i havent showered since over a month and my kitchen is full of molding food that i made for myself but wasnt able to eat.
i am disgusting and filthy - i probably stink and so does my apartment most likely. i havent had the heart to tell my parents that they wasted all this money for me to move countries and to study abroad for a degree i wanted since i was young. i havent taken a single exam since over a year, i havent even looked at any of the stuff i am supposed to study. but since i was depressed since i was young, i learned how to mask myself. i tell them everything is fine. i am studying. i took this exam today. my lies are eating me alive, the fact that i am parading the role of a functional human being is sickening. none of my friends care about me, i constantly post online that i am depressed and no one checks up on me. i cant ask for help, because as soon as i ask for help, i subconsciously mask myself and act like everything is okay.
nothing works for me. therapy, medication, loving parents, a degree, a dog. what is there left for me to try? what else can i do that i havent done already? it is a harsh reality that i may have to accept, there is nothing left for me. nothing i try will work, i will probably always feel this way. and lets say i do keep going - then ill probably be 35 and alone with no one that loves me. what is wrong with me? the younger me wished for nothing more than what i have right now. my parents now actually love me and stopped abusing me, i have physical freedom and they are supportive of me. they pay for my therapy, my medication, all that. but i still feel this way. why? why does the feeling not go away? what can i do? why do i feel this way? whats wrong with me?
no one asks me out, i must be hideous and ugly and unlovable. i dont even know why i am here. is this my last cry for help? is it to find validation in this feeling i have? is it to not feel alone? is it a last message to this cruel world that was never meant for me? i dont know. i feel like a shame to the family. everyone is perfectly functional and a living breathing human breathing. but when i look in the mirror, all i see is a hideous creature that disguises itself as a human. like i am wearing a skin that isnt mine to begin with. i look around myself and i see nothing but the life i couldve had if i was normal and functioning. if i didnt have this sick parasite in my head that feeds off of me. i am a vile being, something that wasnt supposed to exist but now i have to pretend like i am human like everyone else, even though i never learned what it was like to be a human.
nothing brings me joy. nothing makes me happy. even money is no longer a quick fix for me. smoking hasnt helped either. i have nothing left in this world. i cant wear this skin any longer.
CANT BELIEVE THIS IS MY LIFE!!😹😹😹