I Fight Depression and Loneliness Everyday

It's not my own, not any more. It belongs to someone I love, he calls me and doesn't say a word. I know he wants my company and feels too bad to speak but I just feel helpless listening to his misery.

I'm doing what I can but it's still so hard. My positivity feels like a whisper into a giant black hole sometimes.

I'm not here asking for solutions, I've studied long and hard. I know a person can only help themselves, there's only so much I can do..blah blah. I just needed to say this, to write it down so I don't burst.

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alan20 · M

It does help to share, however little. I find going for walks is therapeutic.

ZenKitzune · F

@alan20 It does but I do get frustrated at having to explain that I know it can't be helped and that I know he has to make his own way out of it all. Sometimes I just want to vent because it's hard work standing back and watching someone's pain.

alan20 · M

@ZenKitzune I very much understand that. If everyone could help depression just by words, how could there be any? When I'm feeling down I think - what's the point in feeling depressed?

ZenKitzune · F

@alan20 It's more the words you say to yourself. I was able to get myself out of that mindset by watching my self talk among other things.