How to cure my 'depression'?!
Question: How to cure my 'depression'?
continuous low mood or sadness
feelings of hopelessness and helplessness
low self-esteem
tearfulness
feelings of guilt
feeling irritable and intolerant of others
lack of motivation and little interest in things
difficulty making decisions
lack of enjoyment
suicidal thoughts or thoughts of harming yourself
feeling anxious or worried
I am all of these things..
People are always commenting to be about me not smiling.. even teachers at school are commenting on it. My sister is maniacally depressed and has tried suicide attempts all the time.. and been in and out of hospital.. now she is in care. I live with my parents still.. I am not sure if i feel down all the time because of that.. or something else. I find it really hard to go to sleep and night... I usually get to sleep at about.. 2 - 3am then have to wake up at 7am. I might have a bad and low mood from sleep deprivation.. I am not sure. All i ask is for someone to tell me now to stop being in a low mood and feeling down. I am fun and happy.. My friends think i'm funny.. But for about a year.. i've just completely changed. I've noticed it. Please reply :)
Answers:
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I'm 14. This is my story:
3 weeks ago I was diagnosed with depression by my pediatrician. Since then I've been on medication and I see a therapist once a week. I've been depressed since I was 11. I've cut. I've starved myself. I could never sleep at night, and the little sleep I did get wasn't restful. I didn't want to hang out with my friends, even during school. Every morning in class I'd cry, and most of the time there was no particular reason. When I wake up it's like I'm ready to fight someone. I never smiled. I'd get upset over the littlest things. My parents continually got on me for my bad behavior. It's hard to focus. I lost interest in dancing, my favorite thing to do since I was three years old. Three weeks ago I came home from a dance class and went straight to my mom. I was crying because my dance teacher told me I was being disrespectful since I was in such a bad mood all the time. That's when I knew something had to be done since it wasn't normal to be so sad all the time. It's like I was always at my boiling point. So my parents took me to the doctor. Now, my medicine is making me feel happier. I wake up nice. I talk to friends. I dance and love it. I know it's only going to get better from here. My therapist is finding out why I'm depressed, because I don't know. What I do know is depression is cause by an imbalance of neurons in the brain. You can't just get over it. You need help from professionals, no matter how much you don't want to get it.
woah....those symptoms pretty much sum me up....i think I'm depressed....that actually explains alot now that i think about it...
Maybe you should talk to a therapist or something....that's what everyone tells me to do.
other people on this site that answered my questions
sadly there is no easy cure to depression but you need to seek help to see if that is the problem first and just talking to a gp or someone you trust is a really good start there is help out there but be brave souds as if you firstly just need some support for yourself.
go to the doctors is all can say, get some advice on it, maybe they can help you? x
try yoga, and try medidtation and other deep breathing during the day, count down 10-1 slowly
and deep breaths makes u feel better, and well massages makes u feel better from massage person,
silly as it sounds but it works,
try guided imagery on you tube and then reiki and charka healing videos,,
they say if charkas off ect it can cause mental illness and make u feel bad,.,.
so use the you tube videos.. reiki and charka.. they have healing noises.
guided imagery floating on cloud is so cool..
and a walk in the country type in guided imagery it will heal you,.,
put computer on slow stand by so you can relax for whole video.. enjoy!