i think i am suffering from depression
By galoforce
@galoforce (263)
January 11, 2009 12:14pm CST
for the past few week/month all i have wanted to do is stay inside, and it seems when i am by myself then everything is fine, though when i am confronted by siblings or my parents i just get stressed out, i am also getting ulcers more and more (the dentist said ulcers are stress related and not to do with hygine). can someone please give me some advice to help shake this. thanks.
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@livin4me (5)
• United States
13 Jan 09
I have been suffering with depression for years now, and I am only 30 years old. Some people think it's a mind thing, but depression is real. Just coping with day to day life is stressful. I have been on every medication you can name, there is no special pill that makes it go away. Along with the medication, you have to make choices. I have a method that works for me: 1. I stop take a deep breath and tell myself I can do it. 2. Anything or anyone that bring negative energy to me, I avoid as much as possible. 3. I thank God for waking me up each day, cause He doesn't have to. Then I face each new day with the ideal that it will be better than the one before. The medication can only do so much, if you are not willing to help yourself, then the medicine is no good. I have been to the lowest point of depression where I actually considered harming myself or other people. I would cry for no reason at all, only wanted to stay home in bed. I isolated myself from everyone even the people who cared for me. I would snap at the smallest comment. I really thought I was losing it, until I learned that there are other people just like me. My advice to you: Visit your doctor, explain to him what's going on, then talk to the people closest to you and find out whats triggering your depression. Its something, then make up your mind to beat it.
@galoforce (263)
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22 Jan 09
nothing better than advise from someone who has experianced it first hand. thank you for sharing
@GAUCI123 (1042)
• Malta
11 Jan 09
I think you are being stressed by something or by someone, try getting out or find something that really intersts you, like a hobby. Life is getting too stressful and I think everyone sometime in his life is stressed or depressed so just try to enjoy life and make new friends.
@galoforce (263)
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11 Jan 09
thanks for that, that was what i was thinking. i don't like going out alot, as even just hanging out with friends ends up costing me like £10 a day, you know when everyone goes to the shops and what have you. i am wanting to start pit biking though my mum didnt want me to get another bike so i spent all my christmas money, now, quite fustrating, she says that i can have one. so... i need to find some way to get the cash up fast, thats another reason as to why i have started using mylot again.
@Aurone (4755)
• United States
13 Jan 09
I have a lot of experience with depression--I have chronic depression. But to me it sounds like you are suffering from aniexty instead of depression. I would second the make sure you are sleeping enough and eating correctly. Exercise can also help depression. And if these changes don't help then it might be time to make an appointment with a mental health care professional. Therapy can help a lot and there is now a lot of medications that can help with all kinds of mental disorders. I take wellbutrin for my depression and I have had friends who have taken anti-aniety medication.
