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The truth behind those glassy eyes people used to look straight through and ignore the pain...

Staring at the bright screen in front of me, it's not hard to remember at all. It caused me too much pain to ever forget. She caused me too much pain to ever forget. Looking back to before year 3, I never would've imagined my life turning out...

#353 Read the full story - (Shared: 06/08/2008 16:41:13) Comments: 5
Tags: thatartificialsmile - Pain - bullying - suicide - overdose - self harm - bottling it up - depression - relapse - learning - Regret

Everything

I just don't know where to start really, I feel like I'm having a complete breakdown and I don't know what to do or where to go. I'm 24, 9 years ago my Dad was diagnosed with cancer and my mum was diagnosed with emphysema. My Dad found this...

#255 Read the full story - (Shared: 23/03/2008 20:20:37) Comments: 2
Tags: Cancer - depression

Falling into a black hole

It's 2:30pm. I'm still in my dressing gown sat on my sofa. I'm out of work at the moment and know I won't be able to get another freelance contract til the new year. Hence why I'm just sitting here. I'm very lucky that I have a loving...

#216 Read the full story - (Shared: 12/12/2007 14:43:18) Comments: 2
Tags: depression

From child to mother

My story starts when I was just a little girl. I started off quite shy and very sensitive so when I was subjected to an abusive stepfather from the age of 4 I became even more withdrawn. There was a constant tension in the house, and so I became...

#197 Read the full story - (Shared: 29/10/2007 23:58:04) Comments: 1
Tags: strong - abuse - Childhood - autism - depression - self harm - suicide

DESPERATE FOR CHANGE AND A FUTURE 2

I thought it would have helped me deal with things a lot better, after my last item, but since posting it, things have just got worse, and now today I have just reached a real low, the lowest I have felt since the late 90's, when I really wanted...

#173 Read the full story - (Shared: 03/08/2007 13:17:07) Comments: 1
Tags: depression - SO DESPERATE - FED UP WITH LIFE - I WANT A JOB!

no one will listen

'you look sad, i'm worried, you're not happy, would you like someone to talk to who can help?' yes. but i never got it. everybody in my life wants to sugarcoat my eating disorder apart from me. i just don't know what to do anymore.

#90 Read the full story - (Shared: 10/02/2007 16:57:23) Comments: 3
Tags: eating disorders - anorexia - depression - lost - lonely - sad - ugly - fat

Guilty Over Weight

I thought I was happy with my weight, untill I saw holiday pics of myself I felt aweful. I'm 20, 5ft 4" and weigh 9 stone (size 12) and used to be 2 stone heavier till I managed to lose the weight. Whenever I look at myself in the mirror i just...

#82 Read the full story - (Shared: 29/01/2007 21:08:32) Comments: 1
Tags: Jealousy - Weight - depression

Chelsea

My girlfriend, Chelsea, and I had been dating for almost a year. I truly did love her, and I knew it was true, because it's the longest relationship I've ever been in and past relationships haven't been as completing, or were simply...

#74 Read the full story - (Shared: 15/01/2007 21:47:41) Comments: 5
Tags: love - loss - Chelsea - sad - depressed - depression - mike - michael - torture - agony - anxiety

My Cure

heres one of my blog journals i wrote the other day.... i just just hope in sharing this stroy, people can relate and hopefully gain some advice from it and Hopefully help in some way??? Sunday, December 31, 2006 My Stroy on 'My Cure'...

#65 Read the full story - (Shared: 02/01/2007 06:01:46) Comments: 51
Tags: depression - self harm - ED - bullys - love - rehab

lost convicts soul

Hi my name is john and im going to share some personal stuff with you all, that I haven’t with others, I came from a broken home and was raised by an alcoholic mother I have one brother and a sister. We were pretty much on our own as our mother...

#62 Read the full story - (Shared: 31/12/2006 05:46:39) Comments: 4
Tags: love - sorry - Help - lost - depression - relationship

It happens to the best of us...

I'm Chris, I come from rural England near London. I find it easier to explain myself as a metaphor really: When I go for a job interview I always impress - I appear happy, confident, full of personality and humour and like someone who is...

#41 Read the full story - (Shared: 22/11/2006 00:37:57) Comments: 2
Tags: lost - Hope - depression - sensitive

feeling lonely and shy and out of place and feel real low need serious help

it all started at the age of 11 where i had started school. i was always feeling low and out of place. and i had been feeling claustrophobic ever since. i never know what to do and always feel as if I'm the only one feeling this way. while...

#39 Read the full story - (Shared: 11/11/2006 03:05:27) Comments: 7
Tags: depression

i need to talk

i have needed someone to talk to for a while but im not very good at talking to people so i thought i shud just write it all down.well this might seem a bit supid but im only 15 and for the last 2 months i have been really upset angry and...

#15 Read the full story - (Shared: 22/09/2006 04:44:19) Comments: 5
Tags: lost - scared - afraid - depression

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My Cure

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Too lonely to live

I'm alone and unwanted. I have been for as long as I can remember. I always have been, I always will be. I've heard all the "someone for eveyone" lies, but isn't it funny how that particular platitude always comes from people who have...

Read the full Story 28/09/2006 20:09:20


Feeling lonely and pathetic

Hi there, I am a 39 year old man. Having read the postings on this site, I feel my story is slightly different. Many of the contributors feel trapped in families or jobs, whereas I feel I cant even get that far. I have never been loved, or know...

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