Authored: Jan. 23, 2011
Updated: April 23, 2025
People with a mental illness feel alone.
Depression makes you feel alone. Depression makes you feel like you’re the only person in the world who feels the pain and sadness that you do. Depression brings about negative spirals of thinking that convince you that there is only darkness, nothingness, and that you are utterly alone in the world. This loneliness is a symptom of depression.
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Authored: Jan. 23, 2011
Updated: April 23, 2025
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