Any ideas on what I can do to get over my depression.. Please..?!

Any ideas on what I can do to get over my depression.. Please..?

I am currently 15 yrs old and I have been told by my counciler that I have been depressed for about 5 months now.. My general symptoms are: No sleep what so ever, Not eating, Crying randomly, thoughts of death and basicly the regular depression symptoms.. So basicly I was wondering if there was anything I could do to try and break this.. Im tired of feeling like crap on a regular basis and tired of my family complaining to me that i look misrable and yelling at me for something I cant break.. So ya.. if theres any ideas please let me know before I do somthing I will regret in the long run that I havent already done..

Well there are a lot of things you can do actually.

Things you can do for yourself:

Surround yourself with people who love you.

Find something you love--art, music, sports, whatever--and just do it.

Find an outlet. Go jogging, rant in a journal, find a friend you can talk to (email me if you want, even!), anything that will get the emotions you're having out.

Then there are things that you can do to get help, such as seeing a therapist or possibly anti-depressants if you feel they are needed. I wouldn't recommend anti-depressants as a first choice because there have been studies that have shown anti-depressants may make problems with depression worse for kids and teenagers.

I really hope that I have helped some, and like I said, if you want you can always feel free to email me.