Are/Were you depressed?
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Thread Topic: Are/Were you depressed?
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Well,I've been depressed for a long time,but it's a month I'm trying to fight it and distract myself.No listening to sad songs,I even try to close my mind when my mind thinks about sad facts of my life.But sometimes the depression just comes back,and it gets harder for me to fight it.
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You just have to deal with it. That's what I do. If its really bad hire a counselor or go to a doctor for antidepressants. Sorry, I'm not sure.
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Samantha2332 JuniorI know that this isn't going to help much, but I still am a little depressed, and so whenever I can, I surround myself with my friends. It helps me.
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I'm dealing with it.It just gets back to me very easily.
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Been fighting for 2 years
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My counselor thinks I'm depressed and is screening me for it in a few days. I don't know how I feel about this and the news of this somewhat frightens me. How'd you guys deal with getting diagnosed with it? ._.
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1) Let Your Feelings Out
Talk. Talk about your feelings to people that you know are sincerely concerned for your welfare; your anxieties, apprehension, confusion. The type of person who will listen to you despite the late hours and will not pass judgement upon you. They may not be able to resolve your issue, but letting those burdening feelings out, letting them be known is a tremendous weight lifted off upon your shoulders.
If you have no one of that character around you to confide in, express your feelings in writing, in a journal for example. This may be more beneficial for you as you have a definite and hopefully accurate record of your thoughts and feelings. Do you feel more depressed on certain days? Around certain people? When you have witnessed a daily common occurrence? Writing this out will help you to reflect and analyse certain aspects, only then to work on those aspects for the better.
2) Be Realistically Optimistic
This is a case of mindset and attitude. This is crucial, as what ever runs through your mind and whatever attitude you possess can determine the happiness of your days. See those two aspects as spectacles you put on every morning, "mindset and attitude" scribbled on the glass. This determines what you see every second of the day, and what you see of it.
Being optimistic, I find builds you up inaccurate false hope, only for you to land with a crash. Being optimistic to the point of definite self convincing is a dangerous mindset. Also, being pessimistic will accomplish nothing. Full stop. Be in reality. Accept that tomorrow may most likely be a bad day. Accept that that person you hate will pass you in the hallway. It may be the bitter reality, but it is the reality and you can only run so far from it. It does not sound so dire as interpreted, acceptance is also a tremendous relief. Accepting the things you can change and control, and accepting the ones you cannot brings you a peace of mind of what path to take and what to expect.
Just because tomorrow may be a bad day, doesn't mean you cannot find a way to make it a good day. Just because you failed that test, doesn't mean you cannot take it again. In the midst of your sorrow, seek the unappreciated and often forgotten pleasures this world has. You do not need to do something ground-breaking to reep happiness, look around you and acknowledge the littlest of pleasures, and in return it will bring you such pleasure. Be realistically optimistic.
3) Spirituality/Religion
I do not if in anyway you are spiritual or religious, but this aspect help me greatly. I know what you are lost likely thinking, but that is not what I'm about to suggest. Meditate; close your eyes for ten minutes a day and go where ever your mind takes you, and only stay there if it is submerged in positivity. Pray; talk about your problems in your prayers, and be grateful as you could be immersed in something much worse. This may work as a peaceful release for you.
Be active and healthy. Take up a sport, start walking or running. Eat fresh fruit and veg. How your body feels and how it responds every day affects your mental and obviously physical being greatly.
4) Keep Going!
It is so easy to give up. Your motivation not to is the thought of the person you will be at the end. The person you were, and maybe even then some. Where being this person will take you. Your aspirations for the future are what keep you going. Hope of one day reaching it. If is means something to you, if you value your life, you will not give up. Remember that each day that goes by is a day of discovery, exploration, inspiration! Each day is a day closer to the future.
And remember, Vik: "Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." -
Whoa...wish i'd had that in 2009....
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Are listening to sad music because you're depressed, or are you depressed because you're listening to sad music?
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Talking to my girlfriend,drawing,playing guitar,music,Shows.They all help and get my mind off things.
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If you have a pet, that might help. If you do and it's a dog take it for a walk. If you don't, go for a run. Whenever I feel like I need to cry, I take my dog on a walk or run, telling myself that I'll just cry when I'm walking or running, but I cannever seem to do it. (I was never depressed, these are just suggestions). Also, try being super sarcastic because sarcasm makes people laugh.
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I went through a stage of depression. I still have the scars to prove it. The thing that pulled me out of it was looking at myself and being scared. I could push a razor into my shoulder and not feel a thing. I would get off on grinding and twisting my own open wounds until they started bleeding again. I felt nothing, and that is what bothered me. So I quit. I chose not to be that person. Everyone has a moment where they see themselves from the outside looking in. And if you don't like what you see, then only you can change it.
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My mum says I'm depressed... I don't feel depressed... ._.
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FlyWithMe342 Newbieim very depressed and ive tried eeverything to well you know..yea.. but nothing works and im trying so hard to keep hanging on...but i dont know what to hang on to anymore
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I've been through depression, and still tackle it a bit today, but I've learned to manage it to where I can bring myself to enjoy life and have hope. I take Celexa, and honestly if I didn't the depression gets worse. I'm happy to say that these days, I'm a much more positive and content person overall. I taught myself to be a true optimist, and it helps me get through hard times.
If I could say anything to someone who is going through it, just know that it really can get better, and that sometimes patience and letting go of things is the best thing to do. Be driven and try to live your life to the best of your ability. Especially if you're young, there's so much potential in the future and if you stay strong, things can change. Life's never over until you're dead.
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