Being with others

If you are suffering from depression, you don't feel like or have the energy to be with other people. If you need to go out, you have to force yourself to do it. You keep yourself to yourself and you are definitely not an entertaining or funny person. Afterwards, you feel tired, worn out and sad. You can also be full of contempt for your own poor effort.

Even with milder depression, you feel tired and lack energy, and you are therefore not up to much in company with others. You do know that you ought to look after your family and friends. You also do know that you ought to look after yourself but you simply haven't got the strength to do it.

You know that you ought to be more interested in others. You ought be to be more entertaining, get good ideas and put things in motion. You do know that you ought to show initiative but: You simply haven't got the energy.

If you are depressed, you prefer to be left alone, because you simply haven't got the energy for anything else. But it only makes the depression worse and so the vicious circle is in motion.