Can't stop feeling depressed

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It seems like even when I try to do things to try to improve my mood like working out I still feel depressed. It does get me in a better mood, but it doesn't last.

I understand completely but I wish I could help as I myself am going through immense distress. My girlfriend whom I met online left me over 3 weeks ago and I have been having depression ever since. Like you I can do my regular routines and make myself better but it doesn't last long before I'm feeling down and even having suicidal ideas. I wish we could find the answer *hugs*

Thanks. I've been feeling better today so far. Yeah, losing someone can be rough.

I hear you. I've been feeling totally flat and depressed today. Did an extra workout about an hour ago to lift my mood - it worked but I can feel it fading already

I don't believe there is a permanent solution - you just have to keep pushing yourself to do little things so you can feel some accomplishment. That's my experience anyway. Any time I let my guard down depression comes creeping back in.

One of the reasons I'm depressed is because I don't know how to stand for myself. I literally don't. When try doing it in the moment it usually backfires, gets misinterpreted and sometimes causes more problems. The things I read are so mixed. Somewhere I would here that ignoring them is the best thing to do because they want a reaction and then somewhere else it would say to react to it. I feel like this effects other things too because it causes people to feel sorry for me and it makes me unattractive. Sometimes I have trouble responding to anything if it's not already scripted. It makes me feel like a helpless child that doesn't know how to take care of themselves. I don't know what to do about it. I sometimes feel tired of living.

Getting in a relationship feels hopeless. It seems like the most important thing for women is having good social skills and being extroverted and I'm neither. I'm 26 and I've never even cuddled or kissed anyone. The dates I go on feel fake and I don't feel attracted to the guys I meet. Whenever I like someone they usually don't like me back and if they do they always like someone else more. It feels impossible and I don't know what to do about it.

I don't know where I could meet someone besides dating sites and forums. I don't usually feel interested in the guys I meet on dating sites. I feel like the meet ups are overly formal and not real. On forums I feel like I can relate to people better, but most of them live really far away so it would be hard to meet up. Most people irl seem to treat me differently and guys rarely show interest in me. If they do it usually doesn't last for very long.

After doing some more research you should only try ECT as a last resort. First off, make sure that they give you anesthesia because some countries do ECT without anesthesia and then you have a seizure and your body thrashes around and you can break some bones. It has saved people's lives, including mine, but it has also caused severe memory problems and other problems with some people. I met a person who couldn't remember anything of her childhood after having it. However if you are severely depressed and you feel like killing yourself and medicine and therapy and everything else has failed then you might want to consider it. Just talk to a doctor about it and its potential side effects and if you should try it.

Only from realizing exactly why you are depressed can you ever begin to work towards not feeling depressed, everything else is going to do nothing but temporarily distract you from it.

Is there something you wish you were doing? Or something that you would like to change to improve your quality of life?

Remember, feeling depressed is a sane and realistic response to being an autistic in our world. Even to being normal, and knowing how bad things are. When you're autistic, though, you're left out of almost everything, you're misunderstood almost every time you open your mouth. It is, godMmit, depressing. Fight back. Gently, carefully, and with enormous determination. It is our only chance.

When I had Thanksgiving with my family my aunt gave me several drinks and I actually started to get drunk. Alcohol makes me feel a little better, but I still struggle an have trouble interacting with others. I feel like an unlovable helpless child and I'm don't know what to do about it. Sometimes I don't want to be alive.