Posted by sid on January 10, 2002, at 10:24:17
In reply to Re: fear of depression » sid, posted by Noa on January 10, 2002, at 7:49:13
Thanks for sharing your experience.
About losing the chance of having a kid: I'll be there soon... unless things change drastically in my personal life.
Professionnaly I am held back as things take more time than they would otherwise. These days it's better, but at times I really felt stupid, taking months to do things that should have taken weeks instead, just because my brain did not function so well.
I wish us the best for the future. We have some catching up to do !
> Hey, Sid, I think that managing to get a PhD while you are struggling with depression is a pretty amazing accomplishment!!!
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> Not having fun--well you needed to focus what energy you had, probably, on your work.
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> I, too, sometimes grieve for the lost years, lost decades. My teens and early 20s were very difficult. By mid to late 20s it was better (due to therapy)and then my early thirties were really looking up--I felt more in charge of myself and my life, had more self confidence, knew who I was. Then the depression hit really hard again, and I basically lost most of my 30s to it. I did work and developed my work life ok, but it gwas a major struggle, and I was held back by the depression in terms of career advancement, not to mention personal life.
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> I may have lost my chance to have a kid, I don't know. But I have to just look forward now to what is possible.
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