What do you do when you are really depressed?!


Question: I suffer from depression and would advise you to seek help from a doctor. If you already are then here's some tips: Eat right, stay busy, don't linger in bed, and get outside and excercise. I know it's not easy to do but when I force myself to take a hike in the woods I feel much better. Lack of excercise reall builds up the anxiety/depression in my body, to the point where I feel like I'm going to crawl out of my skin in a way.


Answers: I suffer from depression and would advise you to seek help from a doctor. If you already are then here's some tips: Eat right, stay busy, don't linger in bed, and get outside and excercise. I know it's not easy to do but when I force myself to take a hike in the woods I feel much better. Lack of excercise reall builds up the anxiety/depression in my body, to the point where I feel like I'm going to crawl out of my skin in a way.

write, draw. use yahoo answers to ask questions. fantasize (safely), read, tv movies, video games.

Get some help to remain safe. If you are at the point to which you may hurt yourself, call 911 immediately.

read the Bible.

hear good music.

eat chocolates.

think of good memories.

everyone undergoes depression, you are not alone.

cry, not eat, not sleep, procrastonate, the usual mopey behavior.

i have a bad case of feeling guilty for something as simple as not saying something and when im real sad ill go out of my way to fix something which ended up making things worse

Turn to God and don't do drugs.

dont listen to the guy above me. hes an idiot dont take drugs. try to keep busy and not think about sadnesss so much. do things oyu like. and try to be surrounded by family and frends than usual.

Chocolate and anything that will make me laugh. Jokes, funny movies etc.

meditate God^s word...
go to yahoo! answers..
eat very well..
sleep..

I like to make a plan. My last plan took 6 hours to make. Some of my plan kept me awake in bed. But it was a good plan and it worked. A plan is all you need. They can take a very long time in some cases though.

I like to listen to music and see my favourite videos

Run like H e l l l l

get high when youre feelin low.
actually, i dont suggest it too much

try to stay busy any way you can.
cleaning, watcing a movie, go for a drive, play a game on the computer, read a book, go shopping, working out helps me alot.

but the first step is pushing yourself to get out of bed, and get ready for the day, take a shower, have breakfast. and then go live life!

I usually just eat or sleep or lay on my bed and just think.

Examine the definition of depression. The word does not do the malady justice.

Are you depressed clinically? Are you getting help? I'm assuming you "are" really depressed.

Medications?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Support Groups
Journaling (After above or in concert with above)
Exercise (including walking)
Computer---no no no (isolative lonely activity)
Talk to friends (if you have some), face to face--yes
Phone (yes)
Chat room (no no no)

nothing i mope around the house like a slug....i have deppression constantly...now cant u see how happy i am

Hello Sean!

- I go for a long scale shower
- Take a very long swim
- Eat!! The best *winks*

See depression treatments, at ezy-build *(below) in section 2, and consult a doctor, to eliminate thyroid problems, etc. as possible contributing factors: also seek a referral to a therapist using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy. It is your decision, and yours alone, as to whether to take any antidepressants offered, but, before you do, read section 1, and check medications out at www.drugs.com so you will be on the lookout for side effects, like sexual dysfunction. My strong recommendation, however, is to follow the advice of my doctor, his associate, and also Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP, and Dr. Mercola, as well, at http://www.mercola.com and avoid antidepressants (pages 2V, and 2Z refer, & antidepressant websites: page 2). The reasons why we all share the same view on this are explained in full, as you will find, if you read the whole section. All of their advice, (except prayer, because many people are not religious) I have incorporated into the "core treatments", including others as options, such as herbal remedies, Inositol, or SAMe. If you are diagnosed with clinical (major) depression, antidepressants may be necessary for a while, which will give the treatments time to become effective. The antidepressants themselves need at least several days, or even many weeks to become effective. It's a good idea to taper off them slowly, with medical advice, after several months, say, to a couple of years, at most, because they are only effective in the long term for about 30% of people. Because of this, you would be well advised to begin the treatments immediately, and maintain them. I'd just thank your mental health care provider, and pocket the prescription, trying the treatments for a few months, to see if they are sufficient for you, before considering filling it (unless clinically depressed, and having great difficulty functioning, or suicidal, in which case I'd take them). If the amount of daylight you have been exposed to recently has reduced, perhaps due to the change of seasons, see Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) in section 2, at * http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris and, instead of taking 4 Omega 3 fish oil supplements, daily; replace 2 of them with cod liver oil supplements for the winter months only! (or, as probably a better alternative to the 2 cod liver oil supplements: 1 teaspoonful of cod liver oil, with a little butter, to ensure its use; I take mine on sourdough rye bread, or toast, covered with fishpaste, and pepper, to mask the strong taste). Consider having your doctor test your vitamin D levels.

I eat chocolate, listen to music, and sleep.

When I am really depressed I just hang around the house, that hasn't happened is soo long tho, I don't have time in my life to be depressed anymore. If I am mildly depressed, I find a friend and do something fun.

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