Eventually, I found I have something called “double depression,” an ongoing depressed-lite mood, with occasional bouts of full-out depression. What you described sounds just like my depressed-lite stuff.

For me, some lite pharmas and intermittent therapy usually do the trick. All the tips here sound great, and I should get to a few of them myself (especially Mingaling’s Colon Blow Oatmeal). But if you try everything suggested here, and a few weeks from now things are the same, you might think of talking to a medical type person, just to make sure everything is okay.

I didn’t know I had depression until a doctor told me, around ten years ago now. The sense of relief I felt that day, just knowing that it was a problem, with a name, that could be helped. There was no reason to grin and bear it—I was just sick.

Of course, your mileage may vary, and I’m no doctor. Hell, I don’t even play one on tv.

Just take some deep breaths, think about it, and you will figure out what you need!

I get where you’re coming from too, I think most of us have felt similarly. On a practical level, maybe work at pinpointing what might be changed/improved? On a personal level, maybe give up some things that are overwhelming you or dragging you down, and maybe take up something new (something creative maybe) that is going to give you a sense of acheivement.

Sometimes changing just one thing has an unexpectedly good result. I’ve been working hard on improving my health and giving my self esteem a major boost by losing weight. Just focussing on that has snapped me out of a bout of depression that I didn’t even know I had! That feeling of numbness was part of what I felt.

You just need to hang out with me more, D. Mwah!