Is it true that depression is a need to go within yourself?!
Question:
Is it true that depression is a need to go within yourself?
i have been feeling depressed, lost and hopeless for almost a year and i heard that depression is a need to go within yourself? if i took some time to think my life over and let the sadness consume me would it help, because then the emotion might go and i would feel better?
Answers:
Depression is not a need to let sadness consume you.
A year is way too long to feel lost and hopeless, and you do not deserve to feel that way any more, not one more day.
Go to your GP. If he can't help with meds, he can refer you to someone who can. He can also refer you to someone for talk therapy.
Do this as soon as possible. Unfortunately, studies have shown (and I can't cite them at this very moment) that the longer a depressive episode goes untreated, the more likely it is that depression will recur.
If you like to read, pick up a copy of The Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon. It's the only book about depression I've ever read, and I've read plenty, that isn't depressing.
Good luck to you, and, again, get to a doctor.