Have you ever been so depressed you feel sick?

With my last ex, I was so depressed by the end of the day all of want to do was going to sleep in my bed. I didn't even have enough energy to eat with my family. I would wake up in the middle of the night and conduct my night routines (like eat by myself yade yada). This last for about a month. Hoped that the next day was better than the last.

Reading that gave me cancer. Anyway, I have to agree with whatever whoever said above. I went through a slump for a while, and I wouldn't say I'm completely out of it, but I recently took to trying out things that I wouldn't normally care to do before. Making new and exciting experiences helps, even if only a bit. I'm not going to say that I have a newfound love for life and yadda yadda, because I don't. But I do feel the best that I have in a long time, and it's mostly from pushing myself to step out of the monotonous routine that I had become comfortable with. Spice things up, as they say.

https://d.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1400469095ra/9679575.gif Devoured my soul XD @chiefmoonsmile

Mine is more self inflicted. I go onto random chat rooms and the app Anime Animo and talk to people that want to commit suicide and hurt themselves and i become their friend, listen to their problems, and talk to them everyday. For them they might be getting better. But for me the more stuff i listen to and help them with makes my condition worse. I used to not be that bad but now..... Idk. And i cant just let them go. As long as i can save a few lives, mine doesnt matter to me. I dont even care about myself anymore.

@Yami - I've been in a similar situation for a while in the past. I wasn't really depressed. Depression is such a strong word that's becoming way overused and it's mistakenly associated with just being sad. They're two very different things. Back on the subject though, I was absorbing a lot of negativity from other people's lives in the hopes of making them feel better. And I thought if I could help them, I might feel better about myself too. Like maybe I could find my calling in life: to help others somehow. And it worked for a while, before it started to take its toll. I've managed to overcome it eventually before it was too late but it's a very slippery downhill slope that can easily get out of control. The advice I can give you is this: if you really want to help other people, if you care that much about it... then start by helping yourself. Don't get me wrong, there is no wrong way to help people if that's truly your goal. But there are better and worse ways to do it. I know it sounds selfish, in fact, putting yourself and your own needs before that of others is almost the exact definition of being selfish. Unless you do it for a noble cause and not just personal profit. Here's an example, think of yourself as a doctor. You're all about helping people. But you cannot be a doctor unless you dedicate yourself to learning your craft, mastering it, bettering yourself. The better you are, the more you know and the more your influence on helping people grows. In your particular situation, what do you think the people you talk with would respond to more? A depressed person listening and offering advice or a confident person who personally overcame a similar situation to that which they find themselves in? I found that this applies to a lot of things in life, not just overcoming depression. Like love. You need to learn to love yourself before you can love another person. You need to make a change in your life if you want to see change around you. Inspire yourself, so that you can inspire others. : )