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i moved to the UK after finishing high school to make a huge change, start university here, have my own life so on…the thing is it’s exciting for a few months, but eventually the problems come after you, no matter what you do or where you go there are just certain things you can’t leave behind..sometimes you have to make a change in yourself and not in the environment..you need to figure out how you can turn things around because no matter how far you go the things you are dealing with are going to follow you…i never believed when others told me, i always thought that going away and having a break from what it was and getting a fresh new start would make everything better…

i don’t know about just simple travelling, i guess if you have the money then yeah it’s good to just forget about everything and relax…but in the end you can’t run forever can you?:(

NB: This one isnt mine just a coincidence.

i have done a working holiday in Australia, it was great but i wasnt realy in the right frame of mind to enjoy it all as i was suffering from depression. my therapist always reminds me that where you are isnt important its your ideas about life that need changing, not the scenery (not so bluntly) i recomend you get to a place where you are more content with your life. that dosnt mean improving it in any vast and unacheivable way. just know who you are and what realy matters to you before you make any big desicions about ditching your job and life for something that may not turn out to be what you expected.

Splendid idea! I mean it.
By the way, there is no such thing as “chemical” depression. Brain scans of depressed and happy people look the same. See http://antipsychiatry.org/depressi.htm for more info.
This is what I want to do. Just get up, get out, and have fun!

friendlyheart wrote:
i moved to the UK after finishing high school to make a huge change, start university here, have my own life so on…the thing is it’s exciting for a few months, but eventually the problems come after you, no matter what you do or where you go there are just certain things you can’t leave behind..sometimes you have to make a change in yourself and not in the environment..you need to figure out how you can turn things around because no matter how far you go the things you are dealing with are going to follow you…i never believed when others told me, i always thought that going away and having a break from what it was and getting a fresh new start would make everything better…

i don’t know about just simple travelling, i guess if you have the money then yeah it’s good to just forget about everything and relax…but in the end you can’t run forever can you?:(

I’m sure a lot of my problems have arisen from being around too many negative people in my life, as well as living in a country (the UK) badly affected by the recession so that I can’t get a job, which in itself is also making me very depressed. I know going to Australia might not be a quick fix to all my problems, but I’m hoping it’d at least give me time to think things over about what I want in life, as well as have a chance to meet some people who are positive and who I feel better around. I also have this problem of getting a boyfriend, and so maybe I’d have some better luck in a different country, since the guys here seem to be no good.

LostJuly wrote:
NB: This one isnt mine just a coincidence.

i have done a working holiday in Australia, it was great but i wasnt realy in the right frame of mind to enjoy it all as i was suffering from depression. my therapist always reminds me that where you are isnt important its your ideas about life that need changing, not the scenery (not so bluntly) i recomend you get to a place where you are more content with your life. that dosnt mean improving it in any vast and unacheivable way. just know who you are and what realy matters to you before you make any big desicions about ditching your job and life for something that may not turn out to be what you expected.

Like I said, I feel my depression is more circumstantial than chemical. So much bad luck and so many people treating me badly in my life has had a bad effect on me, and if I can get away from that for a while, I feel like that can help me to feel better about myself.

Oh yeah, and I have no job currently anyway due to the crappy recession, so really I don’t have much to lose do I?