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| Jackson |
Anyone here suffer from depression?
I've had it for over a year, i have been on 5 different types of anti-depressants, been to councilling and starting to see a psychologist. I have just started to self harm aswell which im not proud of...:(
Just needed to tell someone i guess... |
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| KilldaDJ |
yeah sometimes, but i get over it easily by angry music or playing the guitar.
best way to counter depression is to go out and mingle with ppl and never to keep it sealed away. |
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| TranceGiant |
| How old are you? |
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| Jackson |
| 18 in a few days... i mean its not like im lonely of nothing....i've been with my gf for 17 months now...she very supportive...i just dont know what to do anymore...i feel like im on the very edge. |
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| UglyDave |
my advice:
- dont take Es (unless u've never tried them before - just dont make a habbit of them. once every 2 month is ok)
- go out + socialise.
- convince urself you're not depressed.
- try be more positive
finally:
- listen to this link: it's the funiest thing i've heard in years: http://www.buncrana.com/carstereo.mp3
:) |
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| -=M=- |
drugs dont help depression imo
the only way to deal with depression perminently is to think about the problems you have, think about the problems other people have, think about what you can do to fix your problems, and remember that sitting around being depressed isnt a way of dealing with it
i used to be depressed about being fat (i weighed 115 kilos) people gave me about it, it pissed me off, , even my family gave me about it... so instead of being in my well of depression i came up with a solution to my own problem coz i knew that no one else can fix your own personal issues - now i weigh 85 kilos and am a load happier |
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| Slylee |
make sure you go to a therapist as opposed to a psychiatrist who will just diagnose and treat you with meds (which isn't always good). you should get to the root of the problem. I’ve been depressed before, but it was situational depression, so I was able to get over it by changing my lifestyle or getting rid of the problem (i.e. a boyfriend), or it just had to do with where I was in life and needed to make changes with myself. you have to analyze yourself and your lifestyle. are you happy with yourself? do you have major regrets in life now? like maybe not going to school, or you’re lazy and introverted...try exercising (makes you feel great) or doing something you always dreamed of. i used to be the laziest person in the world, but i started going to the gym regularly and not sleeping all damn day on the weekends and i have so much more energy and i'm just always in a better mood.
you are still a baby and you really need to fix it now while you’re young. I would hate to see it ruin your life. you really need to sit down and start making a list of things you don’t like about your life now. then make a list of things you want to do in life. I’m not going to assume or ask you because it’s none of my business, but if it has anything to do with a messed up childhood, then please do whatever it takes to overcome it. don’t dwell on the past, just pray for the future and be thankful for the present:) life is too short and precious, you really can't let things take over like that. self meditate and talk to yourself when you're getting upset (not out loud, in your mind). deep breaths, all that stuff helps. and like i said, go talk to someone professional who will talk to you, not send you on your way with a bunch of pills.
hope this helped a little. good luck. |
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| N|te-L|fe |
I am, constantly living in ups and downs..
My advice: Keep buzy...one thing that helps me go trough it is do what I have to do even if I don't feel like it.. my motivation is to think that when I'll be done I'll look back and be proud of myself, and at the end of the day you feel satisfied and proud of yourself, it really helps to deal with the rest..
for example, try working out, it makes you feels good, its benefic for your health, both physical and mental, and the feeling of accomplishment really changes your mood
Of course, those are overall stuff, it wont make it all go away completely, but at least you will set your mind and body in the best possible condition to work on the rest. The key is to try and find out WHY you are so depressed and come up with a solution, wich is also the hardest part. Is it triggered by something? does it have to do with self-confidence? or some emotionnally intense things that happened in your life? etc...
good luck to you, and remember your not alone, we all have our load of sh*t....:thepirate |
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| Lira |
I've had it for a long time (felt suicidal, saw nothing but dark clouds in my life, blah, blah, blah), but many factors helped me in the long run:
1) Friends - do not lose contact with them. Last year I tried to get a scolarship in another country and it really really really made me feel a lot better to see all my friends helping me. It's nice to know you can count or people... even if it seems they want to send you to a foreign country :D It took me a while to find such good friends though.
2) Happy Music - You've got no idea of the healing powers of happy music. If you're listening to sad stuff, you obviously will be sad. Ska and happy hardcore are some of the things that usually cheer people up.
3) Religion/Philosophy - getting to know buddhism also helped me in many ways, such as trying to understand myself (and others) better. I used to be pretty harsh on my mother (as she is a difficult person to deal with), and I slowly become less harsher as I try to understand her behaviour. And so on...
4) Psychology - Some counseling is always good, as you can have the opinion from someone outside you, if you know what I mean. In fact, this would be a good idea not only for depressed people, but to everyone, as we all have something to work on.
5) Any possible drugs - mate, if you're bad on your own, changing the chemical balance of your body doesn't sound like a good idea. It usually doesn't work, except for Ste, who has/had some blood left in his mdma veigns, but he's a crazy nutter :p
There are some interesting threads about suicide, both in the "everything else" poll section and here in the COR :) If you feel like talking about it, mate, feel free to PM me. |
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| Slylee |
| yea seriously, don't even think about taking drugs...that is the stupidest thing you could do now. |
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| UglyDave |
| quote: | Originally posted by -=M=-
drugs dont help depression imo
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don't even think about taking drugs...that is the stupidest thing you could do now |
yeah, i take it back.
what i was meaning was:
- when i took my first pill i was completly like! whoooah!! anything in my life which was bothering me at that time - wouldn't have bothered me anymore - this feeling lasted about a month!
couldn't stop thinkin about this new amazing thing i'd discovered!
but, the guys are right, after taking them a few times you'll only get even more depressed.
drugs r bad, esp when depressed..
aah, there's 2 ways u can look at it.. but, take the safe option - stay the away from them! |
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| Orbax |
I was diagnosed as cyclothymic in 6th grade so that would be about 10 years now. I was started off on imipromine (sp? been a while hehe). Ive used celexa the most recently. I didnt sleep for 4 days. It was a red nightmare. It was such a ed up drug for me. Every muscle conraction was bliss, the harder I flexed the better it felt. I would wake up from a nap or from sleeping with a locked grin on my face...
Im not a huge fan of using drugs to solve your problems.
Some people make a huge difference between being "chemically" depressed and just depressed because of life. Depression is a chemical imbalance. I dont give a what caused it.
I know mine stemmed from a history of bi-polarism (formerly known as manic depressive) in the family, combined with being an ass-ugly skinny little who got picked on a lot. No friends didnt help.
It took me until Senior year of highschool before I started filling out a bit, I took a weight training class and was curling 10lb weights hehe...ahh the good old days.
Anyway. I decided I was gonna quit being such a loser. Stop blaming all my troubles on the world, or society, or other people being jerks. I was going to become the most capable person I could be. I began lifting weights and eating right, and doing more active stuff in my life.
I had alredy been boxing for 4-5 years so I began retraining with me new muscles.
I have over 100 dives as advanced scuba diver, rock climber for 10 years, paragliding, skiing for 8 years, snowboarding for 7, 40 hours of piloting logged, camping, running, hiking, working out. I do graphical design on computers, build websites, architect networks, setup workstations and servers..I brew beer, make hemp necklaces, throw pottery, carpentry, street and off road racing, swim, bike, dirtbike, go-kart. Used to do gymnastics, aiki-jujitsu, boxed for 7 years. getting a 3.8 with 25 credit (5 classes a quarter) loads and starting my Pre-law segment at University of Washington this spring. I played football, ran track (got to the finals in hurdling), and have done submission wrestling (joint locks and suffocation until tap out hehe) for several years. I smoke the tobacco pipe once every couple of months (usually catching a sunrise on top of a mountain). Ive played pool on tournament tables for a couple of years, and throw darts well.
(that might look familiar Sara :p)
Ive done triathalon training, play the guitar, a little banjo and mandolin, and like target shooting/skeet shooting (clay disks you perverts). Ive been fencing for several years (i bought all the equipment and fence with anyone I can..my bro and I used to have the most ridiculous 2 hour sessions..awesome work out)
etc...
you get the point. The reason? I SHOULD have been depressed. I was a ing loser with no skills, no friends, no possible hope of ever doing anything. Now I feel better about myself, have a goal, a means to achieve that goal, and options along the way.
I got sick of feeling sorry for myself. Even though I havent always been physically strong ive *always* had the attitude I dont like things deciding what I do or how I feel. I made the decision I was going to get rid of depression. Wasnt easy but whenever I told myself "im tired from ___ im not going to ___" i was like that, im going to do it twice as hard now cuz I tried to bitch out.
A lot of people say they CANT, which if you think about it is insane. You WONT. sometimes the line does get a little blurry during a massive dip, but still...You can do something.
Make a list of all the things youre good at, that you like about yourself.
Then make a negative list.
Now take that negative list and force yourself to find at least 1 positive thing about that negative aspect (eg, I drink too much = man do I have some crazy parties! or: Im really light and skinny = I can weave through crowds like none other and I have awesome power:weight ratio going on) you get the idea.
Ive been (except for the occasional I have no girlfriend/chance of getting on :D lapses) Depression free for several years now. Really helped getting rid of some of my friends who were dragging me down too. You know the kind, always sitting around, doing nothing, usually doing bad stuff as they do nothing. Dont need those guys.
If you keep on movin itll be hard to slow down. The best drug combo you can have is adrenaline and endorphins and massive flushes of seratonin in your system :D working out hard and going on crazy long bike rides and doing it all hard as you can. The air spins baby yeahh...
/rather long-winded post. |
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