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    What do you do when Life's pretty hard and you're invisible & out of control?

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    I have regular thoughts about how to escape. I have pretty much withdrawn from life already. I have no friends, my marriage is gone, I dont see my family and I have got myself in financial trouble because when I was spending, I was doing so thinking I wont have to pay it back once I am gone.
    I lie here in bed sometimes picturing my funeral and thinking there would not be anybody there. I cry as I write this but with things getting worse (not better I cant see hope)

    To sum it up, I feel invisible and pretty much wothless. I also feel I dont know how to just be normal. I have obsessive disorder where I make really bad decisions thinking they will bring happiness. They never do and compund these feelings with regret and self doubt. There are so many more things that I have let go such as health, work, diet and previous interests, I just dont know where I am going. I feel I'm losing the battle.
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    Dr Simon Easterbrook-Smith

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    My research interests include immunology and the mechanisms of amyloid formation. The latter has implications for people who are dealing with Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease … View Profile

    James, I agree with all that Grant has said though my perspective is different from his.

    I have been in the dark place that you seem to be in now - chronic depression, suicidal thoughts.

    Thanks to skilled help from a psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist (as well as my own hard work) I am in remission from both.

    Remember that depression is just a word - it is not a life sentence.

    Please get help - you deserve it.

    All the best.

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