Calm, private discussion
Fear and worry are heard without judgement.
Nothing gives you pleasure any more, and your family says it is an outside influence
It has been months. You get to work, do what is required, come home and lie down. Food has no taste. You do not return calls. On the weekly video chat your mother peers at you and says your face has changed, that someone has done something, that she will send a thread. Outside the window it is another grey Chicago afternoon.

Fear and worry are heard without judgement.
We separate genuine concerns from ordinary stress or health.
Guidance on prayer and protection from anywhere.
Only protective and peaceful remedies are advised.
A pharmacist in her thirties has felt flat and exhausted since the autumn. Her family in Gujarat has had two ceremonies performed. She wears the thread. Nothing changes, and she starts to think she is beyond help.
Loss of interest, low energy, poor sleep or too much, changes in appetite, and a sense of worthlessness lasting more than two weeks are the signs of depression. It is an illness, extremely common, more so among people living far from home through dark winters. It is very treatable. Many cultures have described it as a heaviness placed on a person from outside.
A consultation offers a kind hearing and encouragement toward proper help. A prayer may bring comfort alongside. We do not diagnose or treat, and we do not think anyone has done this to you.
Recognisable, named, and not your fault.
A primary care doctor is a fine place to start.
In words that fit their world.
Otherwise, note how long you have felt this way. The main service page explains what to expect.
How the consultation worksNo one snaps out of an illness. Treatment is how people recover.
Their failure is not proof you are cursed more strongly.
Call or text 988 now, or go to an emergency room.
Make an appointment with your doctor and say exactly what you have told us. Ask about depression. Treatment may be therapy, medicine or both, and most people improve substantially. Many employers and insurers also provide counselling.
Tell your mother that you are seeing a doctor for tiredness and low mood, and that you welcome her prayers. Keep the thread if you like. Get outside in the morning light, move your body a little daily, and let one friend know how you are. If you ever think of ending your life, call or text 988 at once. You are ill, and illness passes with care. If getting to an appointment feels impossible, ask a friend to make the call or come with you; low mood makes even small steps feel heavy at first.
The session is online and can be joined from the Chicago area. We listen without hurry. Birth details are optional.
What you describe matches depression, which is common and treatable.
No. It means the cause is medical and needs medical care.
Perhaps slowly. Describing it as an illness of energy and mood that doctors treat often helps.
Of course. The two sit well together.