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The question was submitted Wednesday, 13 May 2009

Subject: How do i get myelf out of this mess ?

I've never joined a group like this before and so am a tad usure of poss outcomes...but here goes.
Background. New GP has diagnosed that i have been suffering long term with malabsorption. That is my body is not accepting some vitamins and minerals it needs to function properly. This creates problems with production of hormones and other chemicals that my brain and organs need.I am on various types of morphine for pain and I cant ever remember having a good nights sleep. I've recently lost someone very close to me. Because of this illness i am in the process of closing our family business. Narrowly missing bankrupsy via a loan by a family member. After 18mths my GP finaly managed to tie me down with a depression test, at a weak moment and in tears i answered truthfully. I was suicidal. Thus diagnosed with depression. Im seeing a pro but I still can't see a future. My whole persona has now been void. how do I move forward?

Answer from DepNet

Losses and failures in our lives can be potent causes of depression. They can make a person feel that who they are has been irrevocably changed. However, we are more than what we do or what we have. The challenge is to find ourselves again in these changed circumstances, and perhaps to change to some degree in response. This is always possible – the success of the human race has a great deal to do with our adaptability. But being depressed can rob you of creativity and the positivity to see a way forward – but just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Seeing a ‘pro’ is important to ensure that you are receiving the best treatment – psychological assistance to help you find the way forward, and for some people, medication also. Depression is an illness and recovery is the rule, but it does take time.

The answer was published on DepNet Thursday, 28 May 2009