Struggling to Find the Energy to Get Better from Depression

We don't have to necessarily call somebody a liar but it helps to Google depression and check all the symptoms and see how many symptoms we ourselves have and write them down. So somebody who is not knowledgeable there's tangible proof with depression is all about and all the symptoms that come with it. You may actually find this some of your friends have depression and they don't know it because they never googled it and didn't realize some of the symptoms so they have it themselves. I have done this with bipolar because of my husband and actually I realize there's a lot of people around me who have it and they have not seen a doctor and gotten help. It's hard to get better if people are not honest with themselves or they don't have information to help a loved one

Another thing to consider is that diagnostic criteria for depression includes “little interest or pleasure in doing things,” “fatigue,” and “lack of concentration” all of which make it extremely difficult to want ANYTHING let alone something as obscure and elusive as “getting better.” It’s a chicken and the egg scenario.

Yes and it's not a character or moral failing your brain is not producing enough of the right chemicals to give a F. I think most people don't understand that. I think sometimes working at trying to care is just where we are at sometimes.

It is not helpful for people to say that you don't want to get better! It shows they don't understand depression or they themselves have not really had depression that bad. There is different degrees of depression. There's different kinds of therapy. There's cognitive therapy they're supposed to help with the way we think and how we perceive stuff. If our medications are not matched for us because we didn't tell them all our symptoms are we weren't 100% honest with ourselves and the questionnaires they give us or we didn't have family members help remind us of the other symptoms then it is hard for our depression to get better. I am proud of you for going to therapy but I wish somehow they can tweak it for you as an individual to help you better

Talk to your doctor about Ritalin for TRD.

I feel this all the time. It's a lot about setting small goals for yourself with small rewards