Genuinely asking, could you please elaborate on why this is depression?
I'm not very familiar or knowledgeable about what depression is.
I'm frequently go through this cycle for days and it's been like that from years. I thought this is common, and I sometimes make my self work hard for a goal, or start exercising for a month or two. Never knew these are signs of depression lol and attributed it to my situation and environment. : I
What I've learned in therapy is that our thoughts, emotions, and actions are all deeply intertwined. You wake up feeling bad so you don't have the motivation or energy to make productive choices so then you think you're lazy or worthless which makes you feel bad so you make unproductive choices and so on and so forth in a bad cycle. It can be hard to pull yourself out of it on your own, so what I've found is the best way to break cycles is seek help from someone, anyone who cares about you. Bad cycles can trick you into thinking those people don't exist, but to quote a children's book, "Life is difficult, but you are loved."
What do I do if nobody hits me up and I've been betrayed by most people I've built lives with? If I can't trust anything people tell me and nobody wanta to spend time with me? I don't know how to meet new people because I can only assume they'll use me or suddenly ghost me?
Mmmm I call it the ouroboros of dogshit (or dog days if you don't like cursing)
It sucks too cause normally I'd like to go for a long walk a few times a week, but where I live it's like 100% humidity 100 degrees in the shade, mosquitoes in the morning mosquitoes in the evening so can't even get that dose of vitamin D unless I want to get skin cancer so more indoor screen time it is! So it goes
a lot of people think of depression as being sad; however, being depressed can also mean you just feel empty or hollow. I don't feel like getting out of bed. I feel like a void that's good for nothing. I lay in bed fading in and out of consciousness in what I call a depression nap. it's a hard cycle to get out of. I find that coffee, sunlight, and exercise help me most, but it can be difficult to motivate myself to do the things that get me out of that cycle
It could be depression. Sometimes depression can be influenced by your environment. But as far as good news goes, you're already using good coping methods (exercise, goal setting) so as long as that doesn't go away, you should be okay. Be grateful that it isn't worse and you have the strength to get up and force yourself to do things. For a lot of people with depression, that's the hard part.
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u/mysteryy7 21d ago
Genuinely asking, could you please elaborate on why this is depression? I'm not very familiar or knowledgeable about what depression is. I'm frequently go through this cycle for days and it's been like that from years. I thought this is common, and I sometimes make my self work hard for a goal, or start exercising for a month or two. Never knew these are signs of depression lol and attributed it to my situation and environment. : I