In the last 344 days a lot has changed for me

I'm coming up to the year anniversary of the most traumatic relationship break up I've ever experienced.

I didnt feel like I deserved to carry on and felt like my world had imploded and it was the end.

I spiralled into depression and anxiety and talked about taking my life.

But my best friend who lives 400 miles away sensed things were bad and actually had me on the phone for at least 2 hrs. I was a mess!

She felt helpless being so far away but reached out to my family and got me the help I needed.

During my recovery another friend introduced me to SW in February and I'm glad they did.

I got the all clear to come off the meds in April by the docs. I moved back into my house after my ex moved out taking everything with her bar a few things that were mine.

It was daunting moving back into an empty house.

I decided to adopt 2 cats and in June I got the first of my 2 fur babies the second arrived in July.

Here I am almost a year down the road in a much better place mentally.

I now have a house thats no longer empty, I have my girls who have shown me what its like to love again. But most of all I have made a number of new friends here some of which have become very close friends and I'm truly thankful for that.

Whilst my illness was mild and short lived I do have a better understanding of depression and anxiety and an appreciation of what some of my friends are going through.

My point is time is a great healer and we are all different some of us will heal quicker than others. Time and understanding truly helps those who suffer from mental illness and not always medication is the answer.

Sorry I've rambled enough and apologies if I've bored you, or you've fallen asleep 😂😂

SW-User

glad you are out of it.. yours sounded more of situational depression, than clinical depression. soon as your situation cleared up and found meaning in other things than that person. your mind rewired its thinking pattern. i was depressed for several years. 3 years ago it was the darkest. almost took my life several times. there was a lot of self hatred, a dark shroud over my mind. a lot of mental pain. meeting someone online kind of took away a lot of that pain because of finding someone that you could relate to.. but i ended up being played by that person as she changed who she was depending on who she was around. was just out to play men online. why i no longer trust people online. pets can give you the most unconditional love compared to people. people seem to change on you or only seem to love you for a short while, till they fall for something else or get bored. kind of why i love animals more than people. but since going through depression myself i talk to others that go through it, have them talk out their emotions and see whats bothering them mentally. try to help them out, just being there for someone who is depressed helps out a lot, especially when you can try to make them feel good about themselves.