How do you cope with lack of hygiene and avoidance caused by depression?
I’m a senior in college, my depression has been lifelong but it definitely gets worse because of school etc. I think one of my roommates/friends had to come in my room to turn off my alarm at some point and it’s a disaster in here, I don’t really see how bad it is until someone else is involved, and I’ve been withdrawing for a while but she hasn’t mentioned it or anything. I just don’t know how to cope with the kind of person I am and how depression leads to that. I go to a pretty rigorous school so my friends and classmates are even more functional than the average person from home and people just assume i’m always tired. which i am but that’s not really something I can control, and it seems like people think I can. I don’t feel entitled to other people’s understanding it’s just saddening to be seen this way and not dump the way i feel on others and be a buzzkill. i think the idea of depression lasting forever is starting to sink in a bit more now but im not sure how this could be sustainable and how to not hate myself for the best i am doing but maybe i could try harder