depression - Page 3

ShaperofDreams

Canada2492 Posts

October 06 2009 01:26 GMT

#41

On October 06 2009 05:23 Kennigit wrote:
I was depressed for about 6 months. I got over it through sheer will power and telling myself "man the fuck up you little bitch". Once i embraced an attitude of raping life and becoming a Ripped Nerd Baller, depression disappeared instantly. Embrace it.

This.

You've got to make your life scheduled: good sleep, good eat, good exercise. Next step is to force yourself to be productive, doing so is much harder than actually being productive. I guarantee that once you get into this routine and be productive you will be much happier, drugs will make you numb, not better.

Minimize entertainment because it is a very temporary relief to your natural instincts of go, see, conquer. Also if you are not getting sex then stop jacking off because it will encourage you to go out and meet girls.

I'm no expert It's just some psychology/self-help stuff I read.

DoctorHelvetica

United States15034 Posts

October 06 2009 01:30 GMT

#42

On October 06 2009 10:20 Shauni wrote:

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Yeah... When reading this thread all I could think of was 'agh retards'.

People don't realize that depression is a serious psychological/medical issue. They tend to think it's just normal sadness and you can just "get over it rofl"

Makes me angry.

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11595 Posts

October 06 2009 01:51 GMT

#43

it's a psychological issue, and most people respond positively to sunlight of ~2 hours a day, as well as at least 30-45 minutes of exercise, such as jogging.

Besides that, anti-depressants work to an extent, where they don't make you depressed, but they also don't make you feel as "happy" as you would have been otherwise, they pretty much eliminated all of my emotions when i used them.

Chef

10810 Posts

October 06 2009 01:53 GMT

#44

For years I thought I had major depressive disorder. But over the last month I've been thinking a lot about it and I think it's not sadness at all that I regularly feel. It's stress.

The reason I misdiagnose myself is because I think about things that should be saddening... Being lonely or thinking my future will be unhappy. But lately I realise that when I'm really sad, the feeling is not the same as these aforementioned things, and it doesn't last days on end, it only lasts a few hours and it isn't everyday. The stress however is something I feel everyday.

For myself, I choose not to engage with professional therapy/drugs to solve this issue I have. Maybe it's a trust issue with professionals, but for drug therapy it's a fear of altering my mind and the side effects that might be as bad as the condition it cures. I like to think that with conditions of psychology and the mind, at least sometimes they can be overcome by positive thinking, and are actually compounded and made worse when one thinks of themselves as a helpless victim of them. Yeah, it's a chemical imbalance in your brain and not everyone has the same trouble, but the brain isn't useless. Every thought you have is just the result of chemical reactions, so maybe it's not impossible to balance those chemicals yourself.

Cloud

Sexico5880 Posts

October 06 2009 02:04 GMT

#45

It took a real depressing experience for me to change "completely". I dont know, maybe i have better introspection than a lot of people but it only lasted for a couple of days. And then after thinking about it really hard. I was able to change what i considered to be my biggest flaws and up until now im pretty happy, self secure and optimistic with myself.

I really think that going to a psychiatrist would have been an enormous mistake.

Myxomatosis

United States2392 Posts

October 06 2009 02:06 GMT

#46

On October 06 2009 10:53 Chef wrote:
For years I thought I had major depressive disorder. But over the last month I've been thinking a lot about it and I think it's not sadness at all that I regularly feel. It's stress.

The reason I misdiagnose myself is because I think about things that should be saddening... Being lonely or thinking my future will be unhappy. But lately I realise that when I'm really sad, the feeling is not the same as these aforementioned things, and it doesn't last days on end, it only lasts a few hours and it isn't everyday. The stress however is something I feel everyday.

For myself, I choose not to engage with professional therapy/drugs to solve this issue I have. Maybe it's a trust issue with professionals, but for drug therapy it's a fear of altering my mind and the side effects that might be as bad as the condition it cures. I like to think that with conditions of psychology and the mind, at least sometimes they can be overcome by positive thinking, and are actually compounded and made worse when one thinks of themselves as a helpless victim of them. Yeah, it's a chemical imbalance in your brain and not everyone has the same trouble, but the brain isn't useless. Every thought you have is just the result of chemical reactions, so maybe it's not impossible to balance those chemicals yourself.

your post is great. it put some things into perspective for me.

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