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Am I depressed?

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EnglishNotMy1stLanguage · 17/09/2012 23:03

I feel nothing, I feel numb. I don't care about anyone else a part from my 5 year old but still get angry and snappy over very little things and I don't even say sorry, I'm so cold. When she says she loves me I change the subject. I feel like I do care for her but go through the motions more than anything. I have cut contact with my family and slowly doing it with friends for no reason. I wish my husband dead every day and he is good to us most of the time when I'm not spoiling the good atmosphere in the house because I can't stand people feeling good and me feeling bad. I criticise everything and everyone in my head. I have no plans for the future, no goals, no motivation. I work but I self sabotage. My only ok time is when I imagine myself in a totally different unrealistic life style that will never happen because it is so surreal and it makes even more sad and angry. I can't even be bothered to cry tbh.

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purplepenguin86 · 17/09/2012 23:51

Yes, it sounds like you could well be. Is cutting contact with friends/family about it feeling like too much effort to be around people, or for some other reason? Does your husband know how you are feeling? It sounds like you should consider going to speak to your GP about how you are feeling - they may either be able to prescribe some medication to help you, or refer you to some type of therapy. Keep talking on here in the meantime.

EnglishNotMy1stLanguage · 18/09/2012 09:51

I feel like I've cut contact with my family (they live in my home country) because they will ask how things are and if I say 'good' I will be lying but if I say the truth I will also be ashamed of how crap my life is while their are great. I have been struggling with make wrong decisions my whole life and I can't risk being criticised anymore. My sister and my brothers are doing great and it seems like they always did and I'm the odd one out. My sister lives here half an hour from me and I'm the one always making an effort to see her. Last time I didn't feel supported by her and she seems very judgmental towards me so I might cut her too. Re friends: I envy the single ones whit out children because they are free, I envy the married ones with children because their life is overall better, their partners are better and even their children are better, I resent my clients because clearly they are happier and better and they pay me to work for them. I have to admit that I had worse life conditions since I got pregnant and decided to be with H but now everything improved a part from me, I'm feeling crap. I don't want and avoid meeting new people because they will find out that I'm not worth their time.

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EnglishNotMy1stLanguage · 18/09/2012 09:55

In fact I've never knew how to connect with people very well and some 'friends' who I appreciated dearly dropped me and my daughter already and I've been a victim of adult bullying (other mums ignoring and excluding me and dd) I have no idea why, so now I just don't want to bother whit people anymore to avoid pain and disappointment.

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EnglishNotMy1stLanguage · 18/09/2012 10:09

I don't feel I love anyone, I'm not even sure I love dd, I certainly worry about her well being and do my best for her to be happy, she is always clean, well fed, she has plenty of toys and books, we live in London and I do my best to provide her with all the activities the city has to offer and I put her first 99.9% of the time but showing love, affection and compassion is a struggle for me and doesn't feel natural when I do so I'm not sure if I love her or not.

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EnglishNotMy1stLanguage · 18/09/2012 10:10

And I can't talk to H about anything and I wish I could cut him of my life too for me he is just an idiot and I can't stand him.

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MrsMuddyPuddles · 18/09/2012 12:14

It sounds like you could use a good chat with your GP, and maybe ask for councelling. hugs (I know they're frowned upon here but...)

EnglishNotMy1stLanguage · 18/09/2012 13:16

But how can I say this to someone face to face? How will the chat even begin? I will feel judged and pitted.

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NanaNina · 18/09/2012 14:36

I don't like people "diagnosing" on the internet, but clearly something is very wrong for you at the moment. It sounds a lot like depression because when we are severely depressed we lose all sense of self and it is like stranger is inhabiting our own body - very scarey.

Have you had mental health problems in the past? How long have you been feeling this way?

IF you are mentally ill and I have no idea whether you are, then you will be one of the 1 in 4 people who are/or will suffer from depression at some time in their lives. What you need to do is to write down (in bullet points) how you feel and then if and when you see a GP you can hand/him her the list. This way you don't have to begin - it's a consultation by the way, not a chat. GPs are busy and allow 10 mins per patient. He/she will be able to tell from your symptoms whether you are depressed or not.

Can you say anything on here about your childhood (I know you are comparing yourself to your sibs and seeing yourself as a lesser mortal) this is probably because of low self esteem, but where did that come from. What kind of parenting did you have.

You say you are worried about being "judged" and "pitied" - well a GP will do neither of those things beleive me, but there is still a stigma around mental health and people do get very odd ideas about it, usually through ignorance. Anyway we are all making judgements about things all the time, so I would think this is the least of your worries.

Sorry I've asked so many questions and don't feel you have to answer them.

It realy does sound like you need to separate from your H as living with someone you hate must be very hard going, unless of course this is because of a mental illness, and if you were recovered, would you still feel like this. I suspect you would, but you can only tackle one thing at a time and would urge you to get a GP appointment and you won't be telling them anything they haven't heard hundreds of times before. One third of all GP appointments are mental health related.

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