I'm wondering if any of you guys are in any kind of depression at the moment. How is it for you? How long have you been depressed and are you taking any meds/getting any help for it? I'm currently going through a depression that I've had for about 1-2 years, I started taking flouxetine a while back but it's not working and I'm really worried because I go from being slightly motivated to crashing and becoming suicidal and back again and I don't know how to get better.
There is a booze for a reason. Optionaly weed if you want to break the law. Fuck the meds, they get you more messedup than you already are. Go out with your pals to have a time of your life, or go to disco bar and hope you aint terrible dance (You might make some friends and maybe pick up a nice girl if you know what I mean Honestly to combat depression you have to have a good time. If you cant do it sober, you defenetly can do it with beer/high.
Yes, but there are alot of problems. First of all I'm 16 so I'm not allowed to drink, though I still drink, but it's not often as I cannot get it myself. I don't really have that kind of friends that I can hang out with either. But yeah I definitely need to have good times.
If only it were that simple. To be honest, if you're having suicidal thoughts you should go back to your doctor as soon as possible. Tell him/her that you don't feel any better despite taking meds. Depression is a recognised illness and should be treated as such.
I'm not exactly about to fucking off myself, but I generally hate my life. That said, idt I qualify as clinically depressed. I hate my life because everyone is a fucking idiot, not because I hate myself. I actually have a pretty big ego.
And yet it's not that simple aswell. These meds weren't supposed to help untill after a few months anyways and my psychiatrist was basically like "well, we try this and we'll see how it works". My psychologists and psychiatrist know I'm suicidal. Sounds like some meds that work!
As someone who has studied Psychology and Psychological disorders for some time now, I feel that you need to know that medication does not solve depression. Any doctor who tells you that is a quack. Depression can be tackled in many different manners, from a Psychoanalytic perspective to the Humanitarian perspective. I believe (and this is my own personal belief) that cognitive therapy is the most effective in dealing with depression. Cognitive therapy involves identifying irrational negative self defeating thought processes and replacing them with more rational helpful ones.
I am fully aware of this, I know medicine is not going to solve anything and that is why I was against taking it in the first place. It's just a "help on the way" or that's what my psychologists and my family said and they kept insisting and in the end I thought why not. I'm trying to understand my whole psychological situation. Would you mind talking with me? Anyways I've definitely gotta change my life in someway though I'm not sure what nor how.
Yes I can talk with you; I haven't actually conducted any therapy on my own. The most I have done is helped one of my professors with some of his cases. But I can defiantly do my best to help you out.
I am depressed, to be honest I find it hard to believe that anyone is truly happy. I wake up and do the same thing every day of my life. What's the point?
I'm not really depressed at all. It's just in retrospect. I guess life just isn't fullfilling, I need more drive rather than just going to school, coming home, doing work, watching TV, surfing the internet, playing games and then sleep. I am happy, but feel depressed when i think like this and get too thoughtful. That's why ignorance is bliss.
I'm not really depressed at all. It's just in retrospect. I guess life just isn't fullfilling, I need more drive rather than just going to school, coming home, doing work, watching TV, surfing the internet, playing games and then sleep. I am happy, but feel depressed when i think like this and get too thoughtful. That's why ignorance is bliss.[/quote:20odce0j] Started out like that for me. You need something more indeed, you need to go out and have some fun, do some socialising.
For anyone here who is at risk to commit suicide, i just want to ask you to do one thing if you do decide to make an attempt: PM me, I check the forum daily, and wait a day so I can get back to you, so we can talk before you do anything. Please, I don't want anyone to kill themselves, it's not worth it.
That's nice of you to offer that. I knew someone who killed herself and it hurt a lot more people than just her. That's something that a lot of people don't think about when they want to do that, they may think no-one cares but odds are someone does. On the other side of things I've actually known people low enough to use threats of suicide to gain attention when they never had any intent to do it. But every suicide threat has to be treated seriously. I have personally been depressed for years. Partly to do with losing those who I cared about like that person I mentioned. I am not suicidal or anything because of the reason I stated, I know it would hurt people I care about. I'm also depressed because of an injury which made me quit martial arts, it was actually my job for a short bit, I was one of the sensei at my local dojo. But I am getting over it and looking into other stuff.
I often question my own sanity at times, usually when I'm alone. I have been known to stare off in to space for hours until I eventually will-power myself out of said trance and fine something to keep myself busy with.
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. It's wholly illogical. If ever anyone is feeling that way, please reach out to someone and get out of those thoughts. I've been there myself. I know it's tough to do when you're that low but please do it. It always gets better. Always. Find someone you trust and be open with them about it. Sometimes it takes somebody else to point out the good things in your life when you can't seem to see them for yourself. I also have a journal that I keep of those good things. Pictures of my family, happy times I've had, dreams I've yet to fulfill, things that make me smile, and stuff like that. It's basically hope in a book for when things just seem to be hopeless. When I start the nose-dive into depression that journal is the first thing I reach for. It may not always stop the trip but it will slow it down and make it more manageable until I can talk to someone about it.
I'm not really depressed at all. It's just in retrospect. I guess life just isn't fullfilling, I need more drive rather than just going to school, coming home, doing work, watching TV, surfing the internet, playing games and then sleep. I am happy, but feel depressed when i think like this and get too thoughtful. That's why ignorance is bliss.[/quote:3ht0vme6] Had same feeling some time ago, you just need something more fullfilling in your life. For me it was friends, for you it can be new hobby? Or both.
