I think Im suffering from depression?!


Question: Its been like this ever since August. when me and my fiance broke up because he cheated on me. I thought I would get better but I didn't. I've been thinking of how I would commit suicide. I've started writing down my will and putting it under my TV.
In september I got a girlfriend. She was the greatest thing that ever happened too me. On christmas eve her and I broke up because she had gotton a boyfriend and was becoming neglectful of our relatonship together.
Thats when I realized I was getting more and more
sad. I would lock myself up in my room for hours. Just crying and sometimes, I would cutt myself. You all are probally thinking Im a little emo but you're wrong.
There are family problems too. My mother and me are always fighting. She's always yelling and I think shes an alcoholic. But Im not sure. When I was a kid I was sexually harrassed by my brothers too.
Am I suffering from deppression? Should I consult a school counseler?

--Kitten

Answers: Its been like this ever since August. when me and my fiance broke up because he cheated on me. I thought I would get better but I didn't. I've been thinking of how I would commit suicide. I've started writing down my will and putting it under my TV.
In september I got a girlfriend. She was the greatest thing that ever happened too me. On christmas eve her and I broke up because she had gotton a boyfriend and was becoming neglectful of our relatonship together.
Thats when I realized I was getting more and more
sad. I would lock myself up in my room for hours. Just crying and sometimes, I would cutt myself. You all are probally thinking Im a little emo but you're wrong.
There are family problems too. My mother and me are always fighting. She's always yelling and I think shes an alcoholic. But Im not sure. When I was a kid I was sexually harrassed by my brothers too.
Am I suffering from deppression? Should I consult a school counseler?

--Kitten
You are TOTALLY not just being "Emo" Or "Goth" Or "Scene" Or whatever the hell people feel like calling it...

Even if you dress the style it doesn't mean that what you are feeling is any less then some preppy b!tch with blond hair, fake t!ts and pom-poms!!

You sound like you fit the definition of Clinical Depression... It might not be a "Life long" thing like what I have but it is more then possible to have it for a short time in your life.

Start -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_De... and read up on the signs of depression... You seem to fit a lot of them.

Depression freaking sucks! It makes you feel like you will never be happy again... It makes you feel like you are about to explode and that cutting the flesh is the only way that lets you know that you are still alive...

The suicidal thoughts and the will-writing alone pretty much mean that you need to seek professional help!!

YOU NEED TO SEEK TREATMENT FOR THIS!

If you have insurance then go to your General Doctor and tell him/her what you told us... S/he will recommend a course of action and give you the numbers of doctors your insurance accepts in your area. (But whatever you do don't let him put you on Prozac or Paxil... ANYTHING but Prozac or Paxil. They suck!)

If you do not have insurance then you need to call up your local University or Free/Sliding Scale Clinics in your area...

The Universities and Colleges are your #1 choice if you don't have insurance... They are usually able to fit you in and work with your income level.

I use http://www.howardbrown.org in Chicago. If you email them they might be able to recommend a clinic in your area.

You can also call C4 at 1.773.769.0205 and they might be able to recommend somewhere you can go in your area. <- they specialize in Therapy and Counseling.

Do NOT listen to the prick's on Yahoo! Answers... They will tell you to kill yourself or that you are, as you said, 'just emo'...

Go here -> http://www.allaboutcounseling.com
Sign up -> FREE
And go to the 'Discussion Board'

These people have SAVED MY LIFE more times then I can count and it doesn't matter if you are on at 2:00pm or 2:00am there is SOMEONE there to answer your posts...

Write out every single detail about how you are feeling... Fill up 10 pages worth if that is what it takes to let everything out!!

SOMEONE there is going through what you are going through... NO ONE there will tell you to just suck it up and walk it off...

If you feel you are going to 'do something' to yourself then please call a number like 1.800.SUICIDE (1.800.784.2433) and talk to someone... They won't call the cops on you unless you tell them that you have a gun to your head or that you have actually DONE something...

These people too have saved my life more times then I can count...

Whatever you tell them... They have heard stranger things... So please be as honest as humanly possible... Tell them a fake name, tell them a fake address, whatever, but PLEASE be honest in your story and your feelings...

Sugar Coating your emotions accomplishes NOTHING.

*HUG*

You are so very much not alone in this! There are MILLIONS of people out there feeling exactly like you do right now!

PLEASE do not think that you are the only one and that no one will understand...

We are out here and we do understand!

PLEASE seek help!
Please go see a counsellor. Stop hurting yourself. Love yourself. You'll make it through the darkness. What ever you do don't kill yourself because you'll set yourself right back where you started and have to go through the same life lessons until you learn them. Remember to get help now. Report It

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    • Definitely depression. If you don't suggest going to a pharmacologists maybe you should just try to do something that will make you happy. It's not your fault so don't cut yourself. Do something that makes you happy! Like dye your hair, best choice is some girls who get bangs and dye it like pink or something and the rest another color or get layers? Anything that will make you feel happy and forget about that. Getting cheated on was a bad thing, so you do have a reason why to feel sad for that but the girl part if you're going to be a lesbian/bisexual get a lesbian girl. Yes, school concealers are an excellent choice.
    Talk with someone.
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    Yes.
    Go to a doctor and someone who you can talk to and who will listen to you. Like a counsillor or a good friend. A really good friend.
    yes - now
    Yes get some help.
    You sound as thought you are not getting the emotional support you need. Try to stay positive.
    yes you should goto your school counseler imediently, she can really give you some good advice. Good Luck, and get well soon!
    I would recommend talking to the school counseler if you've got one as either it's some form of depression or you're simply having a bit of a bad time of things currently. Even talking to someone might well help.

    Don't know what this emo thing is, but I'd go see someone as you don't need to feel that bad and it ain't much fun.
    I think you have temporary depression and it's natural under your circumstances. I wouldn't resort to taking drugs, though. If you feel suicidal, then I would go to get help. But don't let them give you any pills, those are designed to get you addicted and you'll have a hard time stopping using them and pay throught the nose for them. You just need to talk to someone and get it out of your system.
    YES....suffering for sure....and with what you described......it is understandable......
    how old are you??????????
    these are semi-typical things we MUST face growing up....and how we deal with them is paramount to our mental stability.....
    talking to a trusted counselor, or friens might be helpful....
    TALK (write) to someone......... pick someone that will be honest, and dirst with you...do not pick someone that is going to merely coddle you and agree with every thing...... you need to learn to work thru difficulties.......

    Good luck........ if I can be of any help, let me know,
    yes ! talk to your counselor,if you have insurance contact a rehab facility - tell them you are a survivor and need help dealing with multiple depression problems causing thoughts of death. the county or town also should have mental health services to provide . good luck and God bless ! Don't hold it inside.
    YES!!! and the sooner the better.Remember that things seem so bad and you feel like life will not get better.These feelings are worse when you are a teen.This too will pass in time.But you need to talk to your school counselor and tell him/her everything you are feeling and doing.You won't get in trouble.But you will get the help you need.Suicide is not the answer.Nor is cutting yourself.I know all this because I did the very same things you are doing.I cut myself so deep one time that I nearly bled to death and was rushed to surgery because I cut an artery.I have horrible scars all over my left arm and leg.But I got help and it worked.Love yourself enough to talk to your counselor and soon.This is serious.Your life will get better.I promise.
    Try this quiz:

    http://psychcentral.com/depquiz.htm

    You might also look into the term co-dependent.

    If you live in a large city, you might find an outfit called Emotions Anonymous (EA) listed in your phone book. It's just like AA except it's a self-help group [and, I know how stupid self-help group sounds] for people who don't have chemical dependency problems, but their members have the same kind of problems that you do.
    "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)

    www.jesusisreal.org

    To be born again, as Jesus said we must in order to go to heaven, repent of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Lord and Savior. God bless!


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