Hello i am 24 yr med student. I am under depression due to various career and family probs. I dont hav anyone?

Question

i dont hav any one to talk to. I sometimes cut myself. can any one give me any suggestions.

Thanks

Answer 1

Maybe I can help. I need to ask some more specific questions --email me: [e-mail]

Answer 2

Sure you have someone to talk to....ME. I may not have any answers but I'm a good listener. We all have problems just in different ways/circumstances. You should be able to talk to counselors/advisers at your school, a clergyman, other students. Take life one day at a time. It may not seem like it now but there is always a silver lining behind every dark cloud. Just keep your head up and look forward to where you are going and what you've accomplished so far, but don't forget your roots and the drive that has got you this far. You are doing what some have only dreamed of...fulfilling the American dream of becoming a medical professional. Girl, that's your ticket out of your situation. To better your life. The cutting thing, don't do it, it may seem like a temporary fix but all your doing is leaving numerous, ugly scars that someday you will have to explain to your kids or patients. God will never put more on you than you can handle, it may seem like you can't take anymore, but believe me, He'll always pull through for you if you ask for His help. Keep the faith and remember God loves you and so do I. Keep smiling, you will be rewarded in the long run and you can owe your accomplishments all to your self. Now get out there and make a difference in the world...we need you!

Answer 3

Depression is truly horrible, but I don't think you can do yourself any good by cutting yourself. Try and find someone in your area who is willing to let you talk through your problems with them. Sometimes a minister at the church (some of them are good, but not all!) or a counselor. OR you could try looking on the net for a peer counseling group, where you help each other. I know of one at www.rc.org which requires you to learn to counsel with another person and then share time. It works very well, and you become more skilful, the more you do it. It has the advantage that once you know how to do it, it's free. I think there is some smallish charge for learning but after that none!
Plato said "Depression is caused by wrong living" could this be true for you? Anyway if you take up the counseling I"ve mentioned you'll find out! There are some med schools in America who do these courses. Sorry I don't know which.

Answer 4

Consider Depression has a medical illness that needs to be treated aggressively so that you can achieve a better quality of life. The book Feeling Good - the New Mood Therapy by David Burns has some very good suggestions that may help you along with the help of a counselor that you trust and respect. I believe that there are a lot of people that have headed into that deep dark hole but the only person that can really pull you out is you. But you have a whole bunch of people standing around waiting and cheering you on!
yeah yeah sometimes those family members are pushing you in and not pulling you out of the hole -but there are a whole lotta just us plain folks that would be thrilled to see you happy and healthy. It doesn't happen over night. And you may need to try various medications that can assist you - don't hesitate to use whatever is available to you.

Answer 5

join a support forum, there are lots. There are some on yahoo as well as others. Go to selfharm.net and there are links there.
Find someone you can talk to about your feelings, even just an internet chat. If you have mIRC there is a support channel called #safechat where we talk about things and support eachother. There is a password for it, and if you are interested just email me and i will tell you how to get in. Journal, find an outlet, make sure you have some time to just be alone with your thoughts and do some deep breathing excercises. But make sure you get out into the community, join a gym to work off some of your stress, go for walks when you get the urge to self harm, or write, or draw, even just ripping up paper can help with the urges. Or holding ice tight in your hands until it melts. All these things help to fight off the urge. Good luck, I hope things get better for you

Answer 6

Hi find a support group for individuals that have the same problem as you. Hurting yourself won't make it better. Talk to a psychologist at school. Get professional help. You need to love yourself and be happy. Put career and family probs. in the back of your mind. You and your life are far more important. Know you are not alone. Just have enough faith to believe that Jesus is the son of God and that he rose from the dead. You will be ok pray, have faith. I hope this helps.

Answer 7

Over the last five years I had begun to have increasingly withdraw into a downward spiral of depression..

But now with the method I can fully focus my energy and thoughts into a decisive line on how to make my life better constantly. And it works like magic! I'm beginning to attract people to me once again and things have just been looking up since then.

Helping you eliminate depression?

Answer 8

I would tell you that its not the end of the world , so do anything that would end you are the one's that love you with there up most soul and begin , and always remember that problems are there only if one could solve it , so'll start creating some anwser to those head ache mind problems so 'll depressing , and the family , they'll always have a way to mix up some part of your life , there for you would just learn to sit on your hands and smile and walk with grace and respect .

Answer 9

Stop torturing yourself. Depression is tough, no matter what family/career problems you have , hurting yourself is not going to fix them. You need to find a professional you can talk to, go to you doctor he can recommend a therapist. Dont be ashamed to talk to a professional.
And your a medical student, you must have something going for you, dont be so hard on yourself, no matter how bad you think you have it, someone out there has it so much worse.

Answer 10

You must be under a lot of pressure and stress, and I'm guessing that cutting yourself helps relieve that somewhat. You are so young, and you are obviously intelligent. You owe it to yourself to talk to a counselor about what's going on with you. They may even have a free clinic at the university you attend. You have to get better yourself before you can help other people get better. Please take good care of yourself. You are worth it.

Answer 11

get out of it... focus on positive thinking..count your blessings...think of the good things life has given you....there are many people every day striving to be alive...go visit some one in the hospital....or take a trip in darfur where people die everyday from lack of water and starvation...you as a doctor can do a lot to help...think about it ..snap in the right direction