12-20-2007 07:01

Depression hurts

How depression feels to me: I feel like I'm choking-like I have a constant lump in my throat. I have headaches. My muscles ache. My eyes burn and I feel like I'm tired all the time, like I haven't gotten enough sleep. I wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep. I have panic attacks, where I feel like I'm dying. My chest pounds and I get short of breath. If it wasn't for my kids I wouldn't even get up in the morning. I'm irritable. I snap at my husband, my kids, my family. Some of my family won't even speak to me anymore. I want to be left alone, yet I don't want to be left alone. I feel like a failure, I feel stupid and unimportant. I'm scared.

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