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I was diagnosed with is disthymic disorder with a general anxiety disorder. There also seems to be a hint of avoidant personality disorder in there as well.
For those of you who don’t know about disthymia, it’s a low grade depression. I like to think of it as having the blahs. You’re at a constant low, but not low enough to really hinder your daily activities unless you’re having a particularly bad day.
I’ve been dealing with it for over ten years and I have been informed that I may end up living this way for the rest of my life. I have learned to deal with it in my own way despite everyone’s ranting about how I need to crawl out of my hole and just be happy. I have the feeling if I actually had a week where I was completely happy; I would go insane from not really knowing or remembering what true happiness is.
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