go to your doctor there are different treatments
2007-01-09 14:23:12
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answered by edward m 4
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I feel for you, I've been there. Talking to a therapist confused and upset me more at the time. I ended up taking anti-depressants for a number of years which helped me to think more clearly and rationally, allowing me to sort through my feelings. I eventually was able to wean off of the meds and am able to cope with my depression on my own when it's bad.
One other small thing that helped me through the worst of times was writing in a journal each night - I didn't write all about my day or anything. I wrote 3 things I have to be thankful for, 3 things I did that day I was proud of, and 3 things that make me happy. Some nights doing this could take a really looong time, but it made me realize that things weren't as bad as I thought - that there are things that make life worth living, that I am valuable - these things were like a little light at the end of the tunnel when things were bad.
Anyhow, I wish you the best of luck getting through this time. Just promise me that if you ever get to a point of feeling suicidal - TALK to someone- anyone! You can make it through.
2007-01-09 14:57:08
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answered by RMT1 3
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I think it's not uncommon to feel worse initially. You're talking about everything that's making you depressed, it makes total sense. I do think that to sometimes get better, you've got to get through all the painful stuff first. It's not easy, but until you get to what is causing your depression, it's difficult to come up with a plan of treatment. I would find a great therapist and tell them your concerns in the first meeting. Together you will come up with a way that works best for you. You're already ahead of the game, you WANT to get better. Make 2007 the year for you!
2007-01-09 14:52:10
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answered by Anonymous
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Most people are too unhappy to make you feel better but there are some who would have a great effect on you. See site below for natural self help on depression with info from a psychiatrist.
Also lists foods that the U.S.D.A. has found to have high (it lists how high exactly) amounts of antidepression phytochemicals (chemicals in plants that have an effect on people. Reading this info is not talking to someone but it is like listening to someone who can help you. I have no doubt that you could be happier than the average person.
http://www.phifoundation.org/heal.html
2007-01-09 14:26:51
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answered by Anonymous
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It's hard just to make yourself get better. What is depressing you? Anything in particular? I think maybe you are choosing the wrong people to talk to if it makes you feel worse. I sought out the help of a counselor when I was depressed. I looked forward to talking to her. I'm sure things will get better for you, things are never as bad as you think. Take care!
I would not turn to doing things like cutting. That is just another behavior to deal with down the road!!!
2007-01-09 14:21:22
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answered by sarabear318 3
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You might be talking to the wrong person. I was depressed and now I suffer from PTSD. I find talking to my therapist to be okay for the most part but talking to others usually makes me feel like I am making progress. Although I can't talk to other people who don't know anything about what it's like to be depressed or have anxiety because I feel like they are just trying to give me a quick fix so I snap out of it without realizing that things like mental illness take time to overcome.
If you need or want to talk to somebody who knows where you are coming from, let me know.
2007-01-09 14:32:08
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answered by CAITLIN 5
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See a Dr. to rule out chemical imbalance or other physical causes. Read self-help books. Change your thoughts. Think positive. You can change the way you feel by changing your thinking. You are in control of your thoughts.Try reading Dr. Dyers book '10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace'. Decide to be happy and then each day take positive steps to reach your goal. You can do it if you believe you can. But if you believe you can not..well you are correct again..Life is a mind game, but you set the rules, and you decide the out-come. Help another solve their problem.. it takes your mind off of yourself and in the end will make both of you feel better. Good luck, I have faith in YOU. No body is saying that it is easy, just that it is our goal.
2007-01-09 14:57:24
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answered by territizzyb 3
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If you are feeling depressed every day for over two weeks you are clinically depressed. You need to talk to a professional. See your doctor for a complete physical first to rule out physical reasons. Then ask for a referral to a qualified professional.
You can beat this but you have to take action.
I'm praying for you.
2007-01-09 14:33:28
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answered by amazingly intelligent 7
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I would say that you are talking to the wrong person,
You need to work out why you are so depressed,
Only talking to the right person helped me when i was depressed,
2007-01-09 14:24:27
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answered by hibbyware 3
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Swami Sukhabodhananda
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One youngster comes to me very depressed and asks this question "Why is God creating so many difficulties for us? How to handle stress?" I tell this youngster to reflect on this beautiful story:
A man goes to a shop, picks up a beautiful cup and says "my god this cup is so beautiful" and suddenly the cup starts talking to the man. The cup starts saying "O man, I am beautiful right now, but what was the state of my being before the pot-maker made me a beautiful pot?
Before I was sheer mud and the pot-maker pulled me out of the mud from the mother earth and I felt why that pot-maker is so cruel, he has separated me from mother earth. I felt a tremendous pain. And the pot-maker said, "Just wait." Then he put me and churned me, when I was churned I felt so giddy, so painful, so stressful, I asked the pot-maker "Why are you so cruel?" the pot-maker said, "Just wait." Then he put me into a oven and heated me up, I felt completely burnt. There was tremendous pain and I asked the pot-maker "Why are you so cruel?" and the pot-maker said, "Just wait."
Then he poured hot paint on me and I felt the fume and the pain, I again asked the pot-maker "Why are you so cruel?" and the pot-maker said, "Just wait." Then again he put me into an oven and heated it to make me more strong, I felt life is so painful hence pleaded the pot-maker and the pot-maker said, "Just wait." And after that the pot-maker took me to the mirror and said, "Now look at yourself". And surprisingly I found myself so beautiful.
When god gives us lot of trouble, it appears god is very cruel but we need patience and we have to wait. When bad things happen to good people, they become better and not bitter.
So all difficulties are part of a cosmic design to make us really beautiful. We need patience, we need understanding, we need the commitment to go through in a very calm and wise way. So all difficulties are not to tumble us but to humble us.
With this understanding, let us not be against difficulty. Understand difficulty is a part of a purifying process. A purifying process at present which we cannot understand and hence we need faith and we need trust.
Let us understand how to handle stress with this background. You can be affected by stress from two angles. There is an internal stress and there is an external stress. Nobody can avoid stress; one has to only manage stress. Managing stress can be internal and also external.
The internal stress is; your thoughts can create stress, your values can create stress, and your beliefs can create stress, meaning thereby your stress is coming from your mind more from the outer world. Many people suffer not from heart attack - they suffer from thought-attack.
For example, when somebody says you are an idiot, we get so hurt, we get so victimised. My boss has called me an idiot and I am feeling tremendous pain. Now where does this stress come from? If my boss has called me an idiot, I have to ask myself "am I an idiot"?
If I am an idiot nothing to be upset about; and if I am not an idiot, then also nothing to be upset about! It is the perception of the boss. But why do we suffer from that stress? I suffer not because my boss has called me an idiot but because of the thought-attack.
I may say the boss has called me an idiot; therefore I am suffering? It is true that the words are unpleasant. But what hurts is the interpretation of the unpleasant word. The thought in me interprets. That is pain and therefore it becomes pain. Much of our stress is our mind interpreting it as pain. So we suffer from thought-attack more than heart attack.
2007-01-09 14:52:15
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answered by Anonymous
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Depression can only be treated by a medical doctor. My advise would be to visit your regular doctor. He/she may direct you to seek the advice of a psychologist, or may well begin a treatment regimen which include drug therapy with something like Zoloft, Paxil or Prozac !
2007-01-09 14:25:35
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answered by Anonymous
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