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Suggest Treatment For Depression

Hello..I lost my adult daughter to cancer in 2010..it broke my heart..we were very close in everyway..she lived near me also. I have only recently been able to look at her besutiful face and not fall apart . During her nine month illness, her dad, my wonderful husband, had a mini stroke and immediately mived into alsheimers disease..I cared for him 24/7 and he passed away last year. Miss his precious love for me and our family. During all of this, our other dsughter and family lost home and business, so they moved in with me..she recently had a massive stroke, but is home and at this moment being cared for my her daughter & Therapists. My question is: I m not grieving as I did for five years, but I thought the depression would leave aldo, but it has not. Are Grief and depression all the same thing? I feel cramped up in my room and don t know how to get out of this funk..darkness..I do not go out anymore! Dixie
Mon, 11 May 2015
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Welcome to HCM
We understand your concerns

I went through your details. Grief and depression are not same. Disappointment and depression are also not the same. You should be able to distinguish between disappointment, grief and depression. Disappointment and grief also brings on symptoms identical to depression but they are short lived.

In your case, I never would sympathize (I know it is not sin) because, you don't need sympathy here. Sympathy could ruin somebody's life. You need decisive steps so as to move forward. Very few people come across these kind of life events. I understand. But, you need to get up and stand. You did it for three times. If you go back to your life, you must have did the same several times. Negating negative events are your experience. Each experience makes you bolder and bolder. In fact makes you confident. So, now you are experienced, confident of facing life without much further worries. Past will trouble you. Nobody can stop it. But, you can overcome those troubles.

If you require more of my help in this aspect, please use this URL. http://goo.gl/aYW2pR. Make sure that you include every minute details possible.

Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications.
Good luck.
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Suggest Treatment For Depression

Dear Welcome to HCM We understand your concerns I went through your details. Grief and depression are not same. Disappointment and depression are also not the same. You should be able to distinguish between disappointment, grief and depression. Disappointment and grief also brings on symptoms identical to depression but they are short lived. In your case, I never would sympathize (I know it is not sin) because, you don t need sympathy here. Sympathy could ruin somebody s life. You need decisive steps so as to move forward. Very few people come across these kind of life events. I understand. But, you need to get up and stand. You did it for three times. If you go back to your life, you must have did the same several times. Negating negative events are your experience. Each experience makes you bolder and bolder. In fact makes you confident. So, now you are experienced, confident of facing life without much further worries. Past will trouble you. Nobody can stop it. But, you can overcome those troubles. If you require more of my help in this aspect, please use this URL. http://goo.gl/aYW2pR. Make sure that you include every minute details possible. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications. Good luck.