Me: * mentions I'm depressed *
People: * breaks into my house * THINK POSITIVE THOUGHTS
More people: * busting out the closet * YOU HAVE NOTHING TO BE SAD ABOUT
Make routines, concentrate on doing one task a day. It could be small, like cleaning your room og shopping groceries. Reach out to friends or people who can support you, increase your self-esteem, or people who are going to the same. Sometimes it seems that being alone is the best option because you dont want to bother anyone, but you have to concentrate on doing whats in your best interest. Being creative is also a good outlet for your thoughts
It's actually quite difficult. Of the 100 unread emails, the 10 ignored friends, the 3 simultaneous projects at work, and the electricity company to call, and the dentist appointment, and the pills subscription to renew, which one should I fix first? I need to make a list of all the shit I cannot deal with, and that's one extremely tough task to do. Anyway, I have N things to do, if I do one I'll have N-1 things to do. By the time I've recovered enough energy to do the next task, something will have happened to increase N again. When N is huge, it makes no difference. I never feel happiness, or pride from achieving something, at best I feel relief. It's like being perpetually in debt, except that with money it's actually possible to be above 0.
One of the things that helped me was finding the small beautiful things in life. Like the way the sunlight filtered through the leaves, or just the way the light played off the world during that golden hour at sunset. Sometimes it's just the little things that count. Adopting a pet can help too, because they love you unconditionally and constantly express that every time they see you.
Eat fruit, nuts and veggies. Take a hot shower.Go outside into the fresh air. Use a tanning bed once a week. All this really helped me to get off my meds
Worst depression advice: "Just put a smile on your face"
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· 8 years ago
That's not the worst actually. If you smile more often it tends to be easier to truly feel happy. It's not a long term fix. But it does help a lot of people
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· 8 years ago
i know whatcha mean my councillor: be happy you have nothing to be depressed about
Exercise. Reconnect with your inner core, or life purpose. It may take you awhile to find it but if you search for it dilligently, then the journey to finding it will allow you to create concious time and find relief daily. Also, the pain never ends just find joy in that pain and the happy moments that come will be worth all the pain. Stay safe and search on, my fellow brother.
Oh yeah, this was early college when I was like 18. I had suffered from depression since about 14, big self-harmer, all that jazz. When she told me that, I realized I needed help. Real help. It took a lot of therapy, but it's gotten better. Now, I have a problem with chaos in my home since I had my daughter 6 years back. Having messes and disarray puts me in a real tizzy, like panic attack mode. My husband isn't helping and with the added stress of finishing college, working all the time, and just life...I've debated if I need to go back to therapy and perhaps go on medication. I have this very real desire to jump off the roof of my house, or just not get out of bed at all, and it's terrifying.
Well, this may be a little complicated (since there's various misconceptions about it) and may be illegal in some countries, but there is evidence that psilocybin mushrooms may increase the sense of well being with even long-term effects. Some people had really positive experiences with it. (No need to say you have to be careful with the dosage)
People: * breaks into my house * THINK POSITIVE THOUGHTS
More people: * busting out the closet * YOU HAVE NOTHING TO BE SAD ABOUT
be happy