Hi
I am 20 years old and I don't know if I have depression. Almost everyday I feel unmotivated and hopeless and yet I can still talk to people and be myself. Sometimes I will go at least several months being extremely happy or calm and then I will spend the next few months being very down. I over-eat and then at times I make myself throw up. But this happens every now and then not always. I have also been in an abusive relationship for 3 years and I am scared to get out of it. I recently broke up with him and experienced at least 6 weeks of joy but then I didn't trust myself or have enough faith so I ran back. I can't speak to anyone in my life and my mother constantly makes me feel unworthy. I have not spoken to my father in a year after he hit me and I called the police. I also am lying every single day about everything. Recently I lied to my boyfriend and friends that I was pregnant when I wasn't. Is this a condition? Sometimes I want to die. But I think I am just trying to feel sorry for myself and maybe everyone experiences this. Please reply here as my email is inactive at the moment. Thankyou.
Hello “Do I Have Depression”,
While it’s impossible to be certain from your mail it is certainly possible that you have a mood disorder. You might also have some personality vulnerabilities that interfere with your capacity to achieve optimal interpersonal functioning. The combination of these 2 disorders is obviously worse than either 1 of them alone.
I believe that it’s important that you see a psychiatrist to receive a proper assessment of your condition(s).