depression and feeling depressed
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Keep an eye on yourself and if it goes on too long (difficult to define, say a few months without any break in it) speak to someone about it. Get over any stigma and speak to an actual professional about it.
If at any time you think you hear voices, make an appointment straight away. (Genuinely, a psych in all seriousness asked me if I heard/was hearing voices. (I wasn't))
If at any time you think you hear voices, make an appointment straight away. (Genuinely, a psych in all seriousness asked me if I heard/was hearing voices. (I wasn't))
I was really badly depressed last night and this morning, but I'm okay for now.
I have really bad bouts of depression though, it's stupid. One of my friends took a week off school because she was depressed. It's never stopped me from doing work before, but I guess people react differently.
I have really bad bouts of depression though, it's stupid. One of my friends took a week off school because she was depressed. It's never stopped me from doing work before, but I guess people react differently.
People need to get over themselves, stop taking stuff so seriously and move on with there lives in the last week my Dad died and I am now unemployed as a result(possibly) I am not depressed, I'm having a bloody good laugh at the shite hand I have been dealt!
I have been depressed for so long that I don't remember what it feels like to be cheerful. I get occasional spurts of happiness, but they never last very long and there is always depression in behind it.
I guess my depression stems from loneliness among other things. I have no girlfriend, no family, and only one friend whom I barely ever see. Plus I have been treated like crap by almost everyone who has ever met me and I have no confidence or self esteem left.
I guess my depression stems from loneliness among other things. I have no girlfriend, no family, and only one friend whom I barely ever see. Plus I have been treated like crap by almost everyone who has ever met me and I have no confidence or self esteem left.
I sink into a dark mood every now and then, but I'm one of those crazy people that shoves my issues into a pit somewhere and keeps trundling on.
So yeah, I usually act pretty chipper, just watch our for the day I snap and introduce people to a wood chipper.
Wait, no. I'm being informed that the joke above is evidence enough to deem me unfit for exposure to the general public, and the nice men with the tight white coats are being dispatched.
Damn.
So yeah, I usually act pretty chipper, just watch our for the day I snap and introduce people to a wood chipper.
Wait, no. I'm being informed that the joke above is evidence enough to deem me unfit for exposure to the general public, and the nice men with the tight white coats are being dispatched.
Damn.
I think using the word "depressed" is just overdoing it a lot of the time. Simply being unhappy is not depression. It's like how people say they have a migraine when they just have a headache, or teenagers saying they're in love when they've been going out for two days. Of course, there are some people here who have suffered from it, but most of the people who have posted here are probably just overreacting... no offense to these people though.
On and off again for the past two years. Really, I've dealt with this my entire life, and it wasn't until two years ago that it started to resurface.
Now, unlike most depression bouts, this one comes and goes rather erratically. I won't be depressed day-in-and-day-out, it will be more like I get depressed for a few hours, then I feel better. Those few hours are HELL but it then goes away.
Frankly what helps me is a mix of the following:
My closest friends, video games (I got so depressed at one point I just stopped playing. Thankfully I'm playing once again.), movies, music, junk food, and my girlfriend.
Really, I was even able to deal with it without the girlfriend, but since last November, she's really helped me because she has depression too. And she even takes medication with it.
Now, unlike most depression bouts, this one comes and goes rather erratically. I won't be depressed day-in-and-day-out, it will be more like I get depressed for a few hours, then I feel better. Those few hours are HELL but it then goes away.
Frankly what helps me is a mix of the following:
My closest friends, video games (I got so depressed at one point I just stopped playing. Thankfully I'm playing once again.), movies, music, junk food, and my girlfriend.
Really, I was even able to deal with it without the girlfriend, but since last November, she's really helped me because she has depression too. And she even takes medication with it.
I am unbelieveably depressed. The happiest two years of my life just ended. I am not sure I can get over it, but I know that either way life goes on...
oh my god this is me. i do not kid. this is exactly me in every possible fucking way.Kurokami said:
basically i get depressed because i have a failing shit of a social life and i dont have the nerve to actually do something about it, like get a girlfriend or find some new friends
Every now and then based on my rapid thought patterns and constant scenarios running through my head cause a short "depression" period. Haven't quite learned to tell my head to "STFU" yet.
Everything always works out one way or the other, given some time. To me alcohol is only a way to amplify lulz, and neither it nor other intoxicants are a method of escape in my book. Time, friends and family are indeed the answer.D Bones said:
I'll add a disclaimer and mention that I do not at all consider myself clinically depressed, and I doubt that anyone would consider it prudent to brand me as such.
Yep, been depressed to the point of suicidal thoughts, self harm, and being off work for a fair few months. Everything seemed to fall apart for a while. Since last year, I've got the right meds, and I'm slowly on the mend.
Dunno if people want help but they can message me if they want to talk.
The main thing though is talk to someone about it. Whether that's a friend, or a GP, a stranger, or whatever. Bottling it up is just adding a real problem to the perceived problems that are making you depressed.
if you do get thinking about things that make you depressed, distract yourself as much as you can, even if you don't particularly feel like it. I've had days where I've sat staring at the walls, thinking bad things, and it becomes a vicious cycle. It's really hard to break out of that mentality when you get into it. So the key is to distract yourself, with anything. It can be the mundane such as chores, or setting a challenge (I will 100% Mario World on the SNES) It might not make you feel any better, but it does help you stop making yourself feel any worse.
Dunno if people want help but they can message me if they want to talk.
The main thing though is talk to someone about it. Whether that's a friend, or a GP, a stranger, or whatever. Bottling it up is just adding a real problem to the perceived problems that are making you depressed.
if you do get thinking about things that make you depressed, distract yourself as much as you can, even if you don't particularly feel like it. I've had days where I've sat staring at the walls, thinking bad things, and it becomes a vicious cycle. It's really hard to break out of that mentality when you get into it. So the key is to distract yourself, with anything. It can be the mundane such as chores, or setting a challenge (I will 100% Mario World on the SNES) It might not make you feel any better, but it does help you stop making yourself feel any worse.
Lost everything that's important to me, and the voices are getting louder, I'm truly afraid, of life, and even of myself and what I might become.