Optimism is key.
21 months ago
I need to be more optimistic when looking at the world. I am a sting pessimist and would like to change.
How to stop feeling depressed
It made me 
"Life is beyond my control, so I'm going to trust God and keep on moving forward""
How I did it: I went back home and spent time with my mom as much as I could. Prayed a lot! Talked things out with my family and decided to pick myself back up no matter what comes my way.
Lessons & tips: Getting over depression isn't something you can just put a check mark next to and move it. It's always going to be a battle. Surround yourself with people that will love and support you. People who will just sit with you if you need to feel close to someone and listen when you need to talk. Don't forget to return the favor and listen to them. Sometimes you need to care for others and quit focusing on what is wrong with your life. Also take time to reflect and work things out. Avoiding thinking about things doesn't help.
Resources:
- Prayer
- Family
- School therapist
- Friends
- Cathartic music
- Books
- Making and viewing art
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why is it?
2 years ago
why is it that i have everything i need ,yet i’m still depressed? i cry for no reason, get angry over nothing; nothing helps. nothing but him. and when he’s away at college next year, and working an eight hour a day shift… i … i don’t know what i’m going to do.
Untitled
2 years ago
It seems like becoming pregnant has balanced me out…I’m afraid that once I have my baby I will fall back into my old state of depression. No medication helped, doctors didn’t help…I was tired all the time, cried for no reason, acted irrationally (getting angry and upset over nothing). I don’t want it to happen anymore. I don’t want to be sad anymore.
Untitled
2 years ago
ok so this is a new thing for me. It is hard enough for me to actually talk to people so hopefully it is easier to just write it down. So I was supposed to go back to America last weekend to pursue my career, we got to Sydney and I just couldnt do it. I couldnt leave my boyfriend, I was a mess so I cancelled my ticket and came home. I may as well of lit 2000 dollars on fire…now a week later I am sitting here confused out of my brain trying to think if I made the right decision. So much is going on in my head, I just want to be happy. I just want to have everything i need in life in one place, thanx for reading…XO
depression takes over
3 years ago
I really need to stop feeling so down. I have been in hospital twice and been diagnosed with clinical depresion. Something I did not like hearing. I have been on at least 8 types of medication for this . but nothing seems to help
Off the meds from September!
3 years ago
And feeling great.
I believe I’m back to my old self! I can still get stressed or worked up but I can also cope with it.
I wouldn’t wish post natal depression on anyone and I thank all my friends & family for getting me through it x
Still on the meds
3 years ago
but feeling much more like myself. Last time I was at the doctors we talked about me maybe coming off the meds slowly before Christmas. I’d like that. I think I’m ready.
I can handle almost anything at any time now. I still get stressed but who doesn’t?
Why not?
3 years ago
What a day. Forgot to turn off my alarm so woke up early.
Brought the boy home for the weekend; he was in a generally
foul mood, became angry and verbally abusive when he didn’t
get his own way. So much for attachment therapy. At least he has not been violent. I had offered to help my step-daughter move a few things from her house, where the mortgage had been foreclosed. This turned into a major move from the house where she and consort had moved to a few days before to an apartment. This was after the plans had changed a few times. Then, since she couldn’t keep her dog & cat at the apartment I was volunteered into taking care of the animals (we have 4 dogs & 3 cats allready) for an unspecified period of time. When we came home from the moving the dogs were all barking and trying to fight and a neighbor was screaming at us. After some more verbal abuse from the boy we went out to IHOP where step-d complained about the service and the kids joined in for the whole meal. Mt blood pressure must have been soaring because my ears hurt.
