I feel so depressed that I feel sick. I don't want to commit suicide. Can you help me?

Question

I'm about to cry. I don't feel normal. I'm seeing a psychiatrist & taking meds. I don't like my Dr. Meds don't help. I just gotta get out of my situation. I'm under a lot of pressure & stress. I got a college degree, & I've got loans to pay back, but how can I pay them back if I'm living off of SSI & Social Security? $730/month? I want to work, but no one wants to let me work. I feel very miserable & I'm homeless, & I'm suffering mentally, & it's not a good feeling.

Answer 1

I'm really sorry to that your suffering, I know how you feel I'm on meds. and I've been lucky not to have any hospitalizations for the past 2 yrs. though, I know the road can be quite rocky and the stresses can drive you insane, but at some point, hun it will get better if you just reach out for some help.

I've started a group just for teens as I've been in and out of the psch. system for most of my life since I was in my 20's and I want to help the younger genration as they seem to be walking on egg shells and I'm all ears if you need someone to talk too.

Answer 2

Change your doctor if possible. What meds are you taking? How long have you been taking them? Some anti-depressants worked for me and others didn't, and sometimes the ones that did work only worked if I was depressed for no reason, (hormones, Post Partum depression). In other words they didn't help when I was depressed because the guy I was dating died (i was depressed for a specific reason.) The depression lifted after I was able to deal with the situation causing it. Try every option, you never know what'll work for you.
Good Luck, you'll get through this, and you'll be stronger because of it.
Where do you live (city)? What do you have a degree in?
Look into low-income housing for the time being (that's what I'm doing while trying to get through school)

Answer 3

You know, when a woman gives birth there is tremendously hard work until the baby is born. I have always figured that when things have been the worse for me that I needed to endure until things could get better. After you get thru that tough time you will feel joy again. Where is your family? Can they help? It took me a good amount of time before the dr could get my meds right. Sometimes it just takes time. I know how bad things can be and it seems like you are in an impossible situation. But God is guarding over you and He will help you get thru this.Take care-I will pray for you.

Answer 4

Have you thought about tearing tickets at the movie theater?

It is a lot less stressful than most jobs and people there look after one another there more than in most cut-throat types of businesses.

I believe that when the weather begins to change in a couple of months you will begin to pull out of your doldrums and begin to feel a lot better.

Just remember God didn't make any Junk!

You probably need to slowly wean yourself off your Meds if they are having an adverse affect on you.

Ask your doctor!

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God Bless.

Answer 5

life is full of ups and downs and no one really knows how you feel or your situation.

when i was first put on to antidepressants my doctor told me that there are many different ones out there and that its a case of finding what works for you.

as long as you're honest with your psychiatrist and tell them everything that you are feeling then you are taking the right steps to helping yourself heal.

can i ask what you consider to be normal?? there is nothing normal in this life!!!! if its that you look at other people and think that they are normal then you must be mistaken. there is no normal way of dealing with something.

try getting some inspirational books, my boyfriends mum got me some for Christmas and when i feel down i read them (these have sayings in them with funny little pictures of animals) believe it or not but the simplest things in life can make you content and at ease. i walk when the sun sets, a kiss from the one you love and a hug from a stranger (even though in our days its a little strange to be hugged by someone you don't know)

you have to start at the bottom and work your way to the top. nothing is ever going to be easy, just remember that it can only be you that will make you happy.

write down everything that needs to be done and start with something small and work on that.

Answer 6

I agree with HINDU, so there is not much left to say, crying doesn't do any good, killing yourself for what? and live the rest of eternity in hell??? You are not the only one in this world going into depression etc.. but the difference is how others handle the situation. There is always someone willing to give you a job, keep looking and remember if one door closes look forward because there will be another one open ok.. Try to have faith inside and a lot of strengh.. good luck!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Answer 7

OK if you are homeless how do u have a computer and internet??? Just a question... U need to switch docs,,, i went to a chick before and said I would never do counseling again, and now i see someone a lot better.. He isn't deep and crazy acting and its actually kinda "fun" going. As for drugs there are many many kinds so try something different u might be surprise :-)...
Good Luck!

Answer 8

Talk to your doctor about changing meds.

Apply for a disability discharge for your student loans:
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/DCS/forms/disable.pdf

Find a vocational rehab counselor who can help you get back on track with going back to school or finding work that you are able to do.

Ask for a transfer to a shelter where the staff are supportive of your efforts toward self-sufficiency. This is the way shelters are supposed to be run.

Answer 9

Hi girl,
if you are still depressed i suggest you change meds. the meds arent working obviously. you need to step back and see clearly what is going on around you.
my suggestion is if no one is going to hire you than start looking on line into starting your own business. step up to the plate and have purpose in your life. it seems like you feel like a bouncing ball with no roots and no security. girl, you need some purpose in your life. there is a world inside the computer of ours and is full of info start looking up info on ways to change your life for the better. good luck .

Answer 10

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.


Can there be harmony in conflict? By approaching conflict in harmony, you can resolve it. And harmony comes with an attitude of wonderment and open-mindedness. Buddha took a flower and looked at his students silently.

He asked them to respond. Each student interpreted it according to his own philosophy. Mahakashap got up and smiled. Buddha gave the flower to him and said, "You have interpreted it correctly".

In his smile every cell of his being was in a state of wonder. In every moment of our life why can't we see with totality and not in a partial way? Just by looking at things with appreciation, we can avoid conflict altogether.

What is the essence of the Bhagavad Gita? The Gita teaches us the art of being total. Use your actions in an attitude of karma yoga, use your feelings in devotion in bhakti yoga, use your intellect for right understanding in jnana yoga and use your being in silence in dhyana yoga.

When there is conflict we tend to counter it with conflict. War is conflict and Gita presents a harmony that could lead to inner tuning. The Gita's message is: "Create harmony in conflict".

In the art of archery, "losing the arrow" is the most important aspect... Archery is only a preparation for the final "let go" of the arrow. Similarly, in life it is the "let go" of the ego which is most important.

Like in archery the anxiety to hit the shot dilutes and pollutes one's effort to hit the target. In life the anxiety to reach one's goals ravages one's life.

In the context of war the value of spiritual lessons is more, as one experiences tension... In martial art if someone twists your wrist and if you resist it, you may break your wrist.

But if you go with the flow rather than go against the flow, you are in a state of harmony. As you go with the flow then you counter-attack your opponent in the flow. This is creating harmony in conflict.

Most difficulties in dealing with conflict arises out of stress and tension. When you are in great tension, don't fight with it, just flow with it and then see the cause of the tension and handle it.

You see, there is a sharp distinction between worrying and worrying effectively. I feel like a sheep and I want to be strong. Has the Gita got something to say about this? Arjuna wanted to leave the battlefield.

Krishna tells Arjuna to face life and not run away from the conflict. Our conflicts exist because of our unconscious. Our prison habits created by the unconscious is making us live like sheep.

A lion lives alone and has the courage to face the dangers of life. A sheep lives in a crowd and has an illusion that the crowd will protect it. The sheep represents a part of our society and the lion represents our pure inner state.

The Bhagavad Gita helps us to tune to our inner pure state and denounce the illusion of security. Life is insecure, so face it courageously, says the Gita.

Clarity, courage and wisdom are true security. Learn to draw energy from that state and not from illusion. Then you will see the difference.

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