Edit: Im asking because I’m currently going through some serious depression and I’ve been forgetting stuff lately. I wake up every morning with a panic attack, I am too tired to do anything. I barely had any appetite to eat. I just wanted to see if I’m the only one. Hearing stories from others makes me feel less alone.

Sorry if I sound pathetic af, I’m just sad

Edit 2: I’m gonna mark this as NSFW because the potential very traumatic stuff.

  • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachtsEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    In no order:

    • breaking my wrist at the beginning of the year
    • dad dying of cancer in 2007
    • mom dying from a long-term infection in her spine, while suffering from Alzheimer’s and having no helpful doctors; during the peak of COVID too which made Hospice visits a real hellscape
    • my closest aunt dying of cancer when I was still young
    • brother dying from a heroin overdose when I was a kid. We got the phone call at 12am one day
    • when one of our cats got FIP (essentially covid for cats) and we had to spend $6k for underground meds. He’s cured now but having to give him an injection every single day for 6 months was not good for my mental health

    I’ve spent a lot of time in and out of hospitals and 95% of the time was for other people (or pets). Have to say I’m not a fan.

    • Railison@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      The one about FIP got me. I lost a cat to FIP several years ago and couldn’t get the drugs on the black market. Had to watch her die.

      • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachtsEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        I’m so sorry for the loss of your kitty. We were preparing for the same thing but got really lucky and found a Facebook group that had a contact near us. I wish it were more accessible for everyone. We still have some of the injection meds in our fridge and I would gladly part with them for free if I knew it could help someone.

        • Railison@aussie.zoneEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          It’s so good that the disease is manageable now. I see my vet and every time I do, I ask her how FIP treatment is going and she says the drug has completely turned the tables on FIP. She said it’s hard to overstate the impact of the treatment on cats and their owners.