depression help: How do I stop this from happening? - Help.com

If you are contemplating suicide, hurting yourself, or you are seriously depressed: please, seek professional help!

Call this hotline (1-800-273-8255) operated by our friends at the
Suicide Prevention Lifeline, anytime, for free, professional, and
confidential assistance. While other Help.com users are likely to reply
to your post, please make sure you understand that your use of Help.com
falls under our TOS.

Note: I’m a robot that the Help.com staff created. If this response is in error, I apologize, please ignore it.

I’m living, but I’m not alive*

I’ve been where you are. You should go to your doctor and ask to see a therapist or counsellor.

pills maybe help, but they will make you tired and sleepy, there are many side effects. i dont recommend them. you should talk about it with your closest even if you dont want to, it helped me. and maybe theres a childhood problem that causes this or something else, but you have to get over it and “start a new life”

I was seeing a psychologist for about two months, but I stopped because the sessions weren’t helping me. She lent me two of her self-help books in combating depression, but reading them made me feel even worse.

Taking anti-depressants was another option, but I changed my mind because of the side-effects. So I went with something natural, ****. John’s Wort. This is my second day using it, and I feel a little better… however, I still feel unmotivated to socialize or to do anything too physically exerting. I’m completely lazy, but I don’t want to be… I’m running out of hope and beginning to accept this new me.

i think you shouldnt accept that. being lonely is not normal, you have to get out of that sadness/depression.. i read about it that if you feel sad for a long time, you will feel sadness even if theres nothing to worry about. so you HAVE TO do something. you cant just sit and wait for soething to happen. there must be a sport you like. maybe walking or running, skating… no matter what, next time you feel sad just go out and do it. you musnt hold that bad feeling back. when someone in angry they usually yell, but they could just to the gym and exercise so they calm down. since you dont want to yell, you can go the gym too… i must ask if theres any childhood memories thats making you feel like that? or anything you think can be the cause of all this? if you there’s nothing, think about again.

Toss out the SJW, and go see your doctor. Those herbal preparations are WORSE than nothing.

Go to a GP first, to make sure it’s not a physical problem. Then, get a referral to a psychotherapist who can help you find the right antidepressants, if they’re needed.

It takes a while to get everything synced up right, so stick with it. Then start talk therapy, and do not quit!

There is life after depression, but you have to go the whole distance.

Dragon_Lady wrote:
Toss out the SJW, and go see your doctor. Those herbal preparations are WORSE than nothing.

Go to a GP first, to make sure it’s not a physical problem. Then, get a referral to a psychotherapist who can help you find the right antidepressants, if they’re needed.

It takes a while to get everything synced up right, so stick with it. Then start talk therapy, and do not quit!

There is life after depression, but you have to go the whole distance.

Why are they worse? I’ve heard Saint John’s Wort is good for depression.

Anon, you could maybe try something one of my counsellors got me to do, to try to change my behaviour. Set yourself up with a few small goals each day (maybe 3 to 5). They can be really tiny, and something you enjoy doing, like reading a chapter of a book, or a magazine article, or washing the dishes. Make sure they’re small and something you want to do, so you can definitely accomplish them. When you complete a goal, be sure to praise yourself for doing it. Set a few goals for each day. Eventually, after a few weeks, you can move up to bigger things, such as having a full conversation with your mother, or meeting up with a friend.

It’s all part of reconditioning your mind, resetting your behaviour, which in turn helps to change your thoughts and emotions.

Never mind Dragon_Lady, I just did some quick research and saw it’s only effective for cases of mild depression.

maybe you need something for depression, more than over the counter.
There is an over the counter called “SAMe” that’s how it’s spelled.
Vitamin supplement. I found better than **** John’s. It worked for a while,
I take Pristiq now, which is not given if you’re under 18yrs

Talk to your mum bout seeing a doctor, medical doc can help