jess161989
14-11-07, 13:22
Hi there,
One of my friends reccomended this site to me, and so far I have found searching through the pages very useful. A bit about me:
My name is Jess and I am 17 years old. My Mother has been severly depressed for most of my life, and because of this she has not always 'been there' for me like many mothers. She also can get very stressed. I think this is probably one of the reasons that I am the way that I am. I was diagnosed with depression approximately 3 years ago, and was on anti-depressants for a long time. More recently I was told I have OCD where I constantly have to count things and refuse to eat things in groups of less than four (sounds silly I know). If I am told to turn something off (a light for example) then I have to go round the house turning every light on and off again. I have to check up to 15 times in the morning that I haev locked the front door after me. I get halfway down the road, and then have to go and check again! As you can imagine it takes up a lot of my time that could be spent doing other things. :weep:
I don't know whether this is a trate of many people that suffer from depression, but I go around with a 'front' as in I come accross as a happy bubbly person. It is only my few close friends that know how I really feel. I panic a lot, esspecially if someone shouts at me (bad experience from past) and tend to forget to breathe! :wacko:
Sorry if I sound a bit stupid- It has been difficult for me to post these things. :)
Does anyone else do the things that I do?
Thanks
One of my friends reccomended this site to me, and so far I have found searching through the pages very useful. A bit about me:
My name is Jess and I am 17 years old. My Mother has been severly depressed for most of my life, and because of this she has not always 'been there' for me like many mothers. She also can get very stressed. I think this is probably one of the reasons that I am the way that I am. I was diagnosed with depression approximately 3 years ago, and was on anti-depressants for a long time. More recently I was told I have OCD where I constantly have to count things and refuse to eat things in groups of less than four (sounds silly I know). If I am told to turn something off (a light for example) then I have to go round the house turning every light on and off again. I have to check up to 15 times in the morning that I haev locked the front door after me. I get halfway down the road, and then have to go and check again! As you can imagine it takes up a lot of my time that could be spent doing other things. :weep:
I don't know whether this is a trate of many people that suffer from depression, but I go around with a 'front' as in I come accross as a happy bubbly person. It is only my few close friends that know how I really feel. I panic a lot, esspecially if someone shouts at me (bad experience from past) and tend to forget to breathe! :wacko:
Sorry if I sound a bit stupid- It has been difficult for me to post these things. :)
Does anyone else do the things that I do?
Thanks