wat can i do to stop feeling so low?

Question

I really really depressed. i really feel suicdial

Answer 1

It sucks feeling that way. I can relate. When you feel everybody is going along in their lives, feeling happy. And you feel like a complete outsider. LIke nothing can ever get better.
I got to a stage where i had to ask for help. If you have people or a person you can talk to about the way you feel, it helps. It makes everything that you're going through seem not as bad. It's still sucks. It's still something that you have to deal with, but it's a lot easier with people around you to support you. I don't know many people that haven't suffered from some form of depression. it's best to be open about it and ask for help.
People like to help. and you'll feel better as well after talking to others.

Answer 2

These are the things that help me live with my depression.

1) Talk - bottling things up doesn't help. Externalise your emotions. Work through your thoughts, and try and understand why you are having them, and if they are helpful or not.

2) Keep a diary - work out what 'triggers' you have, make lists of things that make you feel good and things that make you feel bad. Look at your lists often.

3) Eat healthily - don't drink, avoid caffeine and sugar. Lots of fresh food, fruit and vegetables.

4) Stick to a sleep pattern. Go to bed at the same time each night and get up at the same time - even if you don't sleep at all in the night. Stick to 8 hours and don't sleep in.

5) Get outside for an hour a day - walk in the fresh air and clear your head.

6) Socialise - keep in touch with friends and family. Get out and meet people.

7) Set goals. Set realistic, achievable and positive goals. This are personal - I set goals such a doing a course, joining an exercise class, sticking to my diet etc.

8) Give yourself a break - you aren't going to get better overnight, you are allowed slip ups. Remember that no one judges you as harshly as you judge yourself.

9) Talk to your doctor - ask what help is available and take it! Talking therapies help a lot of people, and CBT or counselling or something similar may help you. Medication is an option, but remember that it is your body - you can decide what goes in.

10) Talk to people who understand - it can be isolating feeling like you are the only person in the world with this awful illness. Talk to people who understand that some days it is too hard to get dress and who understand the reason why you stand in the supermarket crying over which tuna. It is liberating to know that other people are in the same boat - share tips on how to keep positive.

There are lots of resources available to people who are feeling suicidal. If you think that it might help to talk, you can contact the Samaritans on 0845 790 9090. http://www.samaritans.org.uk/

There is lots of advice and information about suicide at: http://www.supportline.org.uk/problems/suicide.php

There is also lots of information about depression at http://www.supportline.org.uk/problems/depression.php#

If you feel at risk of harming yourself , you can go to Accident & Emergency - they have staff on duty who will be able to help you.

You do not have to cope alone, if you want to talk to some pick up the phone. Best wishes x

Answer 3

Please don't commit suicide!! My best friend did, and I'm sure she did not realize how much pain she would be causing to all of the people who loved her. When you are depressed, it is because there is something in your life that you need to change, and either you are resisting making that change, or you are trying to pretend that the problem doesn't exist. Our bodies feel pain, to tell us to change something (if it hurts when you stick your hand in the fire, you know right away that you have to take your hand out of the fire. It is the same with emotional pain) If you face up to the problem, and begin to take steps to change it, I promise that you will begin to feel better immediately. We humans tend to avoid change, because of fear or other reasons, but life is all about change, and the sooner you accept this, the better. Please consider what I have said, and do not kill yourself!

Answer 4

keep yourself busy talk with family more work more hours at your job smile even though you dont feel like it join something bowling anything get yourself out of the house a while and make new freinds best wishes to you

Answer 5

make a big change in your life. break up with your partner, quit your job, move to another country, that kind of thing. what follows is often the 'domino effect'; other aspects of your life will change and so will your perception of it (and depression is exactly that, a perception that can be changed).

Answer 6

just acccept that you are gpoing to feel that way sometimes. everyone does, but nobody admits it that often.just allow the waves of whatever gloomy thing it is thats bugging you wash over and around you, let it swirl about until it begins to fade. it will begin to fade, trust me i know.......
just hang on in there and stick at it, it does get better....always

Answer 7

see a doc n get some anti depressants if u dont wanna do tht try calms a natural remedy i swear by them available over the counter at any chemist

Answer 8

Talk to someone straight away. If you can't talk to a friend or family member contact your GP or the samaritans on 08457 909090.

Answer 9

man, i used to feel lyk dat to, used to feel lyk nobody cared bt it was all in my immagination. why du feel depressed? why du feel suicidal?wat is making u feel so unhappy dat u want to take ur own life?

u need to take control, start doing things that u lyk doing, think about ur future....

Answer 10

Think positive thoughts and get out and do things you enjoy.