I hate my life

I have a friend who has clinical depression because of a hormonal imbalance, and he goes onto meds from time to time to stabilize himself.

As someone whose been really down for weeks (the kind where I don't want to get up and get out of bed), I still force myself to anyway. Eventually I either snap out of it or I learn something that helps me deal with the cause.

@OP: Go see a doctor, and if your **** is chemical, get drugs. If your **** is mental, you need to fight against your old mental patterns and start rewriting them. It's tough but really worth it.
 
werfie said:
I perfectly agree with you on this one Celine, it may just have been wiser to ascertain which one of the two the poster is actually going through before simply accepting that he is wining about a little this little that and accusing him of being a useless person which should feel bad just because from where you're sitting, his problems doesn't compare favorably to other people's.

From a lot of other posts, it is very clear that a general consensus is that when you are at a stage in your life where you have thoughts of suicide you are selfish, childish, irresponsible, whining, attention seeking or whatever else. It is CLEAR that anyone with that view point have NEVER been in that place, and they probably think that when they had a couple of kak weeks and made it through they are champs and that is about all there is too it. I would rather take the same energy people invest in insulting someone which is at a very dark, undesirable place in their life, and use it to thank your lucky stars (or whatever else you believe in) that you have not had that experience in your life to enable you to comprehend what someone goes through in that position, I can assure you no one wakes up and think "too many good things happening today in my life, time for a change, let's try suicide".

I do not dispute the fact that posting on a forum "anonymously" is NOT the best method to handle this situation or if the OP is trolling, then good luck to him, but consider that there may be someone that needs help and don't necessarily know or is able to think clearly enough on where to turn.
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Excellent !!! How long is it going to take before people realise that depression is a medical condition and not an emotional one. What may have been a cry for help has been seen as attention seeking...that's sad. :(
 
Im sorry you are feeling so sh&tty about life. Try to find joy in the smallest of things for starters and the rest could follow.
Make some of the changes that others have suggested and hopefully the sun will shine for you again!
Hugs xx
 
As someone who has suffered from depression for around twenty years I'm not convinced it can be written off as an illness as if it's just something you catch. What I mean is I don't believe chemical embalances are always the cause of depression. I suspect that more often than not it's the other way around. This would explain why people who suffer from depression have messed up histories and why medication often doesn't help.

The way out of depression is to take responsibility for ones life. This belief that depression is a disease contributes to the victomhood that is at the root of it.

I do have sympathy for depressives but not an unlimited supply.

We're not born depressed. Somewhere along the line something happens to change our perception of ourselves and the world. To recover we need to change our faulty perceptions. Only we can do that.

We all have the right to be warts and all. Embrace that right. Stop putting others above yourself. Stop comparing yourself to others - they're just as insecure and unhappy as you. Stop being a victim. Get help if you need it.
 
Nick333 said:
As someone who has suffered from depression for around twenty years I'm not convinced it can be written off as an illness as if it's just something you catch. What I mean is I don't believe chemical embalances are always the cause of depression. I suspect that more often than not it's the other way around. This would explain why people who suffer from depression have messed up histories and why medication often doesn't help.

The way out of depression is to take responsibility for ones life. This belief that depression is a disease contributes to the victomhood that is at the root of it.

I do have sympathy for depressives but not an unlimited supply.

We're not born depressed. Somewhere along the line something happens to change our perception of ourselves and the world. To recover we need to change our faulty perceptions. Only we can do that.

We all have the right to be warts and all. Embrace that right. Stop putting others above yourself. Stop comparing yourself to others - they're just as insecure and unhappy as you. Stop being a victim. Get help if you need it.
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Something nice to think about.
 
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