Does Anyone Feel Like Their Mental Illness Worsens With Each Passing Year?

[DeadButDreaming]

I'm definitely not getting better.

 

[lululoo]

Yes, and I picked up new ones.

 

[lostangel]

My depression gets worse some months and Better for other months rather than years.

 

[Close_to_freedom]

Childhood abuse is like cancer for the mind. I'm terminal now.

 

[Poptart]

I feel like the consequences of my mental illness get more and more dire every year I get older.

 

[Misery99]

I thought I had depression only but now I think that I might have bipolar disorder too. My mind is a living hell. It gets worse each year :(

 

[lotus11]

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Raminiki]

Yes. I remember when I was more resilient and functional. I thought it was bad then. I had no idea how bad it was going to get. I become increasingly isolated from the world to protect myself, and as a result I become increasingly sensitised to interaction with the world. It's a negative cycle.

 

[Cosmiq]

Well it literally has both according to myself and like everyone around me

 

[terry_a_davis]

Not me, 7 yrs getting worse, then treatment, "cured" in a few months, 3 years no symptoms & no longer on meds.

 

[Brick In The Wall]

Yes and no. I used to hold many more convictions, morals, and truths. I find myself backsliding then I pick myself back up.

Ultimately though, we're all degrading in some way shape or form each day. We're born to die, and tomorrow will always be worse then today to some degree.

 

[WinterFaust]

For me, yes. For a while on the outside it looked like I was doing better but really depression was chipping away at me for years. I used to appear resilient but I think I was just angry. Now I'm just tired of being like this. I can't even push to help myself anymore, it's not sustainable. I won't last very long.

 

[selfhater]

ya waay worse than ever i thought i had it worse but life said nope u have seen nothing

 

[Lamebrain]

Yes , ___ ,
It's only going to get harder, too...

 

[Luchs]

I'm definitely not getting better.

I don't know if I have one, I was never diagnosed with one, but the delusions, paranoia, moodswings and depression have gotten far worse, I've also begun to hallucinate again.

 

[ERASED]

Yes it's getting now to the point where I cant focus or concentrate. My mind is deteriorating and so is my body.

 

[Sadkitty]

Not me, 7 yrs getting worse, then treatment, "cured" in a few months, 3 years no symptoms & no longer on meds.

What treatment "cured" you?

Yes. I remember when I was more resilient and functional. I thought it was bad then. I had no idea how bad it was going to get. I become increasingly isolated from the world to protect myself, and as a result I become increasingly sensitised to interaction with the world. It's a negative cycle.

This is me too. I look back and think, how did I do it? My life was far from perfect but it was never out of control as it currently is.

 

[Nexol]

Yes. Since 3 years it's getting worse and worse. What I noticed, antidepressants only made it worse for me.

 

[the box is empty]

I never really started having psychosis until the last couple of years

 

[Evermore]

I used to think my depression and anxiety got worse with each passing year but now I'm not sure . Maybe living with it longer has just beaten me down a little and I'm just not able to cope with it the same as I used to.

 

[AnxietyAttack44]

It worsens each passing day.

 

[Mr2005]

Time hasn't healed because it's gone the wrong way. Look to the future? I'm in it. Certain things that add to my mental health woes it would be better for me just to accept but I won't because I shouldn't

 

[ArtySchopenhauer]

Feels like it's getting worse every day.

 

[Epsilon0]

Five years ago I never could have imagined things would be this bad for me in 2020.

Makes me wonder what new heights of despair I will climb in 2025.

The sky is the limit! My own personal Everest of despair beacons me in the distance. So, I take my little flag and put one foot in front of the other.

I wish the White Wizzard of Isengard would cast a spell on my moutain and cause an avalanche of rocks to bury me whole.

 

[islima]

Yes, It gets worse everyday.

 

[Bone]

My most recent mania/psychosis was leagues worse and longer than the previous two, with much more serious consequences. I can't see recovering from this and am beside myself with what to do in the future now that I have possible conviction for criminal charges coming up in a month or so..

 

[stygal]

I just feel like it's here to stay - in the past I could occupy my time better or find a reason to carry on but now I all I want everyday is out.

 

[clown_17]

It's gotten better but I'm less functional if that makes sense. I used to push myself to try to act like everything was fine which made things worse. Now I don't have the energy to try anymore, so while my stress is lower I can't do anything that I used to do.

 

[IWantToSleep]

Yes.

 

[FuneralCry]

I think as time has went on, I have became more depressed. As the years go by I get more and more tired of living and I lose the will to live even further.