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Fighting Deep Depression (pg. 3)
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| X RichieRich X |
| quote: | Originally posted by C-Naptik
I didn't know about that soda thing...what's wrong with soda when you're depressed?
It's not that i don't believe you, i'm just curious, i never heard of that before |
Well soda has caffeine in it which contributes to nervousness which in turn contributes to the depression. |
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| Aendy |
| Sorry man... I dont think there is a manual to get out of depressions. Everybody got they´re way to treat it and all ways are good as long as U dont hurt yourself or someone else. I usually just keep me for myself. Not necessary alone, I go to parties and friends but I only listen to others and are not socialy active. But all of a sudden one day I feel like joining in on something and thats when I know I´m on my way up again. Dancing helps to... just go out dancing until you are tired and then go home... without having to speak to anyone. As long as U dont do like a girl I know, and cut yourself or something like that, depression actually is a healthsign. (If its real serious you can go to a clinic and get a value of your emotional control-substances like hormones and stuff to see if its somatic, if it is you can get free treatment) |
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| JayD |
| quote: | Originally posted by X RichieRich X
well it was me that suggested that he start to take em. That is probablly why i got confused. They worked for me. Mornings were the hardest during my depression till i started to take them. You wont feel the results until after about 1 month of taking them EVERY DAY. |
Wow, a month... Damn, I thought it was like a 1 day thing.. Thanks for the advice, I will now be taking my vitamins everyday :). |
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| LiquidX |
| Damm, I need some of those vitamins .. any special name ? |
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| X RichieRich X |
| im talking about a good multi vitamin like centrum. and im not talkin about the occasional depression. Im talkin about clinical depression. Its a chemical imbalance in the brain caused by emotional stress. |
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| JayD |
| quote: | Originally posted by X RichieRich X
im talking about a good multi vitamin like centrum. and im not talkin about the occasional depression. Im talkin about clinical depression. Its a chemical imbalance in the brain caused by emotional stress. |
Yes, thats mostly the stress I have, it's emotional stress. It's starting to get better and better every day although this vitamin idea sounds pretty good. I took a calcium & mineral vitamin today. Was that one any good to take?
By the way daffer, yesterday for the first time in a long time I took a cold shower.. Not cold cold, but like cold. Cold enough, it definitly took off alot of stress out of me. I know that sounds in a way sort of misbelieving although it did help out a great amount. Try it and tell me if it helps. |
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| LiquidX |
| you know what I do when stressed?!?! I go on sunset to the beach, seat there, and think , do some real deep thinking, and just relax, bring some Chillout trance , and that kinda trance like Xpander, then like JayD said, take a shower, on my case, I take it hot, have it hit my back like HARD, then you'll feel like someone else, also do that when you go out exercising, take a shower and you'll feel different, really takes off BUNCH of stress. Id start doing this again as SCHOOL STARTS. |
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| Phazon |
Daffer...im not gonna bull to you ,cause what im about to tell you now may not only help you but it helps me also. And when its helping me, then im confident that my adive is working for the other person
#1. Fuk them all!!
#2. U dont need a g/f
#3. join the gym
Theres something u did in the past thats makin u feel like this..Bro just let it go. Stop living in the past. Nothing is better then being here TODAY. I used to walk around and have a face like someone close to me just died, and it made me feel so unhealthy and believe me , when you're like that NO one wants to chill with you No one wants to talk to u. Some people like being like that, they're the Aloners, but i guess your a social person. Dont be a half -ass..Do things 100% . And this girl that youre talkin about..to hell with her. Thinkin of her is makin u down even more, cause u dont want her right now and she obviously doesnt wannat talk to you..But trust me they always come back |
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| Renegade |
Yep, some mighty good advice here. :)
Now I may not be in the best position to offer advice here, seeing as I never really get depressed, but I do go through these periods of boredom sometimes, where for two or three days at a time absolutely nothing interests me (including friends etc.) and I just don't feel like getting out of bed. Now, like I said, it's not depression (even though I'm sure that some people would say it would be), just apathy and indifference.
There are three sure fire ways for me to get out of this zone though: friends, music, philosophy.
Friends because they can make you see that you shouldn't be bored (or depressed in your case) because there's so much to be passionate about, music because I'm so damn passionate about it in the first place, and philosophy because it gives me a different perspective on things, and makes me see just how inconsequential my worries are, and just how valuable your life is.
Now this may seem kinda fruity, but for me true happiness is where you can have anyone of your posessions taken away from you (including friends, g/f's etc.) and still be happy. That is, you're happy within yourself, and regardless of what's going on around you, you can still be happy and maintain an optimistic frame of mind. Maybe you guys don't see things the way I do, but since I started to really get into philosophy my entire perspective on life has changed. It's like religion but more solid, and more applicable to everyday life. I've become more rational, and, I think a much better person, both with the way I think and feel and the way that I treat other people. From my own experience, pick up some existentialist literature (Camus, Satre, Heidegger etc.), switch on some of your favourite music, and become enlightened.
Maybe it's worked a little bit too well for me, because I'm now at my happiest when I'm alone and have time to think, and if I'm around too many people too much of the time then I start to feel cramped and frustrated. I enjoy solitude, which is probably why I couldn't be arsed with a relatioship right now. Too many people look for happiness in other people, but the problem with that is that you're placing your happiness in the hands of another person, and considering how irrational so many people are, I think that this is a dangerous thing to do. Like Phazon said, forget about this girl, you don't need her - or any other girl - to be happy. If you do need someone like this to be happy, then I'd argue that you're not truly happy, you're just using a band-aid solution. I mean it's important to have friends and things, but just make sure that they aren't the only barrier seperating happiness and unhappiness.
Erm, am I making sense? :conf: |
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| Phazon |
| hey Renegade..Thats really good advice. I never opened my eyes and hears to philosophy. But thanks to you, now i have something new that can help me. This is good for Daffer as well as anyone who visits this thread. |
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| Sugarbean |
| quote: | Originally posted by Phazon
Daffer...im not gonna bull to you ,cause what im about to tell you now may not only help you but it helps me also. And when its helping me, then im confident that my adive is working for the other person
#1. Fuk them all!!
#2. U dont need a g/f
#3. join the gym
Theres something u did in the past thats makin u feel like this..Bro just let it go. Stop living in the past. Nothing is better then being here TODAY. I used to walk around and have a face like someone close to me just died, and it made me feel so unhealthy and believe me , when you're like that NO one wants to chill with you No one wants to talk to u. Some people like being like that, they're the Aloners, but i guess your a social person. Dont be a half -ass..Do things 100% . And this girl that youre talkin about..to hell with her. Thinkin of her is makin u down even more, cause u dont want her right now and she obviously doesnt wannat talk to you..But trust me they always come back |
yea so i read through this entire thread..
and i find this to be one of the most accurate advice...imo
a few things about depression...
there are so many different kinds of depressions...
yea there is depression associated with the seasons...called seasonal affective disorder...basicly how it affects u is if ur one to like the sun...you will have an abnormal amount of energy during spring/summer...and however high you are during those times...once the winter hits...depression sets in, u have no energy to do anything, you begin to withdraw from things u like the most...u start to crawl inwards.
ive been livin with depression all my life, i wont go into spacifics, unless anyone thinks they can benifit from it...but its not the normal type of depression thats being described above. cuz one day i can wake up with all the energy in the world...but the next day, for no reason at all i could wake up so depressed and outta myself that i dont know what to do...but ive been able to manage...i got a few tight friends, they help despite whatever their/im going through.
but if u dont have that...u gotta be ur support. look beyond yourself and be ur own help. ur all u got, u can either sit and wallow or stand and fight.
one thing i reccomend is not to start doing a whole bunch of things just for the spacific reason to rid ur mind of what ur depressed about. this only leads u to a false sense of self awareness in a non depressed state. in other words, you begin to think your all better just because u found something that takes your mind off it for that moment. that also goes for relationships. so dont even think about starting a new relationship with a person cuz it wont work. its all about self help. no one can get u outta a depression...not the best shrink in the world...they cant do it for u. all they do is provide you with a way...you gotta do it for yourself tho...and believe that u can do it. cuz if u dont believe u can...u will be wasting a load of money on a shrink...
One of the main things that keeps depression aparent is the constant emotional ties to problems that seem to build and build. what u first need to do is identify those problems...lay them all out... it...write them down...sounds wierd, but try it. write down everything that u think is bringing you down...then when u got them all written down...look through them and figure out..cross out the ones that u have no power over what happens. theres no sense in worring about things you cant change cuz it just adds to the stress. but the other ones...find a solution to them. and take them on one at a time...day by day...alter your lifestyle a little bit, do things for yourself...dont spend all your time doing things for everyone else...ak im tired...oh well hope that helped.. |
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| Daffer |
| Wow! it's been almost a week and people keep posting! cool, well, I've followed many things and you don't know how this has helped, Maybe i'm not the smiliest person on earth biut life's been good these days....I joined a gym, done zero drugs, and have gone deep into myself for thinking...and you know what? It has helped wonders...man! so nice you guys don't know how much you have helped during these "intense week" (managed to solve some problems that were happening) so..Thanx!:p :p |
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