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depression (pg. 3)
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| miss_e |
| youre not manic depressive are you? |
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| astroboy |
| Something that helped me was physical activity, like running till you get a stitch and can smell that blood-smell on your breath. But the ultimate was taking up kung fu. Find a school in your area, where the training is really hardcore (no slow, dancey ) and where they have regular sparring... just give it a try for a few months... trust me. |
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| Orbax |
you know that feeling when you are so perfectly depressed its almost happy? Watch the anime "Escaflowne" and you will be amazingly perfectly depressed. Its a crazy feeling. Lashing out and hurting people works too.
jeez that last part was a joke |
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| Maaz |
| quote: | Originally posted by miss_e
youre not manic depressive are you? |
:disbelief
j/k, how does someone know he's a maniac depressive? :conf: :p |
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| amit |
yoo jay man,
i mean if u wanna chill have some beer sometimes this week before my ta meet up. i am down for that . we can talk about life + music. or u wanna go out for some lunch or something...it will be on ME :) hit me up alright
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| miss roxy |
| I've had chronic depression for approx. 9 years. It's not so bad now, but I do have my bad days. Mostly just when I get paranoid. I had to check myself into the hospital because things got so bad I didn't wanna deal with it anymore. Medications and psychiatrists/counsellors. The only thing that really changed my depression was me because I didn't wanna be depressed anymore so I changed the way I thought about things. |
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| Maaz |
| quote: | Originally posted by miss roxy
The only thing that really changed my depression was me because I didn't wanna be depressed anymore so I changed the way I thought about things. |
I don't want to be depressed either, but I kinda got used to it :( And I just can't get professional help because I'm too ashamed to open up to my parents (they would have to pay for any psychiatrist) and even to a professional (I find my reasons too dumb :() |
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| miss roxy |
| quote: | | I don't want to be depressed either, but I kinda got used to it And I just can't get professional help because I'm too ashamed to open up to my parents (they would have to pay for any psychiatrist) and even to a professional (I find my reasons too dumb ) |
If you are depressed, then your reasons aren't dumb. And, if you don't want to you don't have to open up to you parents. Go see your family doctor and consult with him/her. By law then cannot say anything to your parents. And also, I don't know about in your area, but in my city there is free counselling if you don't want to pay for a psychiatrist. Anywho, I find counsellors more effective. They actually talk to you about your problems and give you strategies. All's my psychiatrist did was prescribe me pills, and ask how I have been lately, asking if I was staying out of drugs, etc. |
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| Orbax |
manic depressives are known by extreme highs and extreme lows. It is called Bi-polar these days. Mania is when you think you are invincible and you can go anywhere do anything. The lows are worse than mere dark depression. You cant move, you cant think, and all you DO think about is how you are always depressed, you forget the highs. The manic stages are much more infrequent than the depressive. Manics get thrown into jail a lot during their high phases because they go after cops thinking law doesnt apply to themor something. If you have more moderate highs and lows that is more like cyclothymia, and if you are ALWAYS depressed, but nothing terrible, you just always have no energy, are kind of negative and such, that is dysthymia.
any ways. I dont know what country you are in, but insurance usually pays for that kind of treatment and pills (for a few sessions at least). Depression is nothing to be embarrassed about. It could be your brain chemistry spinning wildly out of control, and that means you will NEVER fix it yourself. I hated the idea of meds at first, thinking that they were altering my brain making me someone I wasnt. Then I realized that they were going to make me the person I was designed to be, with a properly functioning seratonin level. Use the meds to get back to normal, and then fix your life and balance it so you wont need the meds again.
Dont become dependent. Dont use them as a fall back. They are there for when you have let your life slip. Get back up, rebuild. Youll make it. |
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| Essential1 |
I know how u feel tranceaddict991, & I sincerely hope u eventually feel better.
I've been depressed for about 4 years now. After talking to a friend about suicide, she forced me into the hosiptal & I took medication while seeing a phychiatrist for a couple of months. Then one day out of the blue I just threw out my pills & stopped going to my phychiatrist. After that I lost about 40 lbs (which is good b/c i was really fat), and I felt really good for a while. But in the past 6 months it's been coming back, & I've also gained some of that weight back. For the most part I feel better when I'm with my friends b/c they like to do fun things and that keeps the bad off my mind. It's when I'm alone that I feel the worst.
Kinda funny though, I always hide it around others b/c I don't really feel TOO bad unless I'm alone. So basically, this is the first time I've shared any of this to any1 other than a couple of doctors & that old friend who I don't even talk to anymore. I know for sure that I should get help again, but I just can't do it b/c I don't like the idea of NEEDING any help. I've always tried to be as independant as possible in all aspects of my life. I even hate it when my brother gives me money to help pay my bills. |
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| Maaz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
If you have more moderate highs and lows that is more like cyclothymia, and if you are ALWAYS depressed, but nothing terrible, you just always have no energy, are kind of negative and such, that is dysthymia. |
I think it's cyclothymia then, because even though I feel miserable most of the time, I can feel very excited at times for no apparent reason. It's weird, because, I can be dancing like a freak at parties, and 5 minutes later, I'm out staring at the sky feeling melancholic.
It really sucks because I was supposed to be studying in a better university, but I couldn't focus on anything but music; I've hurt the people I loved the most during the time I wanted to commit suicide; I've got a serious sleeping disorder; but I don't know how I got so sad: depressed people usually say that it happened after the death of someone they loved and stuff, but nobody I knew ever died, I live in an ordinary family (hard working father and dedicated mother) so there's no reason for me to be this sad. I just am :( It's something chemical in my brain, I guess... and I don't even use drugs :p
| quote: | Originally posted by miss roxy
Go see your family doctor and consult with him/her. |
I've told my family doctor about it a long time ago and he's been prescribing me some homeopathic medicine and counselling since then, but it doesn't seem to be helping me much... Medicines other than homeopathy are an issue here at home, because my mother is a psychologist and she believes that they will do more harm than any good in me. She also believes that the only reason I want to see a psychiatrist is because I'm a rebel without cause that would do anything she doesn't want me to. Unfortunately, there are no drugs for free... both legal and illegal :D
I'm a bit affraid of them :rolleyes: but I'll see what I can do, cheers ;) |
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| DuMonde TrAnCeR |
| quote: | Originally posted by tranceaddict991
Am I the only ta who suffers from a serve depression...i mean i've been checked into the hospital before...cuz it got so bad...and it seem no matter how much medication they put me on none of it has helped and ive been on it for months...any idea's on how to help it go away...please don't say listen to trance...cuz belive me i listen to alot and it helps in a small way but it goes away when the music stops |
i used to be reall bad two years ago, got scarsto prove it (ugh) but my live completly changed about a year ago! i cant be arsed to go into details but clubbing has really changed my life! |
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