Hi,
What happens when you don't know why you're depressed? Where do you start? What if there's nothing bad that happened... let me explain (or at least try to)... I come from a great family who are both loving and supportive. My parents are still together after 35+ years, there's no history of divorce or violence on either side of my family. I grew up in the country with everything I ever needed, we never struggled or had any type of financial hardship. I had, worked for or was given everything I needed in life to succeed and was actively involved in sports teams, post secondary school, clubs etc. I've now got a secure job, great friends, a beautiful home, I'm dating an good man and I can do or go anywhere without being questioned or worrying. There is no history of depression or anxiety in my family. Picture Perfect. Yet I feel depressed all of the time and now it's like I'm searching trying to understand why. How does a person become this way when there is literally nothing that could have triggered it? Where does one begin? In every sense I should be "happy" but I'm filled with self-doubt and sadness. It's not like I can't see the positives, I see them loud and clear, but they don't make this "yuck" feeling go away. I've received anti-depressants from my doctor and it seems like that's their only solution because they don't understand it either. Their solution is to "get happy". Where do I go from here?
Thanks everyone.
