What do you guys do to stop being depressed

[Incendiarism]

I tried working out, but one fateful day at the downtown park put a swift end to that. I tried to hang out with my friends, but at the end of the day I just wanted to go home and sleep forever. I even tried to find the right girl but then she dumped me.

I don't have a job anymore either, so the majority of my free time is now spent thinking about what I could have been and reading Goethe.

[fa2991]

Music, music, and more music.

Maybe some shitty TV.

Constant media intake works wonders for depression. :lol:

[Incendiarism]

The last time I watched tv I saw The Seventh Seal and it just made me feel even worse.

[Kuppo Shakur]

Constructive Distractions: Remove attention from your perceived inadequacies by creating something, helping someone, or doing mindless work that keeps you busy and needs done.
Watching TV/Playing video games/etc. is a symptom of depression, not a treatment.

[Fawkes]

I tried working out, but one fateful day at the downtown park put a swift end to that. I tried to hang out with my friends, but at the end of the day I just wanted to go home and sleep forever. I even tried to find the right girl but then she dumped me.

I don't have a job anymore either, so the majority of my free time is now spent thinking about what I could have been and reading Goethe.

Create, even if it's negative things fueled by depression. There's a reason why playing/listening to the blues feels so good, get it off your chest. Whenever you're home, keep as many lights on as possible, and try to take advantage of days where it's sunny, light can have enormous effect on moods.

[the last donut of the night]

i'm sorta going through depression right now, what keeps me going sometimes is music and funny movies. also, going out can be good, even if you don't feel like it. just some sun helps

[Rusty Shackleford]

i like to lol.
(http://youmakemetouchyourhandsforstupidreasons.ytmnd.com/)

[leftace53]

i wallow in misery. I don't suggest it, but that is what I do.

[Blackscare]

I tried to hang out with my friends, but at the end of the day I just wanted to go home and sleep forever.

This may seem like quack advice, but hear me out. Start taking speed. By that I mean, go to a doctor and ask for an adderal prescription. It's most often prescribed for ADD/ADHD, but it is also used for some forms of depression. I take it and I can attest that it works. It's a stimulant, and it gives a bit of a mood boost. It's real value, however, is that while it gives you a boost in mood it also makes you more active and able to accomplish things. And as anyone with depression will tell you, it's a cycle of feeling terrible, not having motivation to do things because you feel terrible, then feeling worse because you are not accomplishing things. Adderal, for me and some other people, can break that cycle.





I even tried to find the right girl but then she dumped me.


True love is basically a myth, you're not going to have any luck finding "the" right girl and I bet you she wasn't it. You gotta keep moving on, find another girl. Don't get so hung up on your past.


I don't have a job anymore either, so the majority of my free time is now spent thinking about what I could have been and reading Goethe.


How old are you anyway?

[Veg_Athei_Socialist]

I'm on an anti-depressant. Maybe you should try one.

[Nolan]

Find an internet forum to post on. Then ask them.

[Incendiarism]

I turn 22 on the 10th. I don't do drugs anymore and I don't have insurance either, so...


True love is basically a myth, you're not going to have any luck finding "the" right girl and I bet you she wasn't it. You gotta keep moving on, find another girl. Don't get so hung up on your past.

Yes, yes, but you're talking to the sappiest loser here. Losing something you tried for always hurts.

[bcbm]

stop?

[Os Cangaceiros]

BYLMTvxOaeE

[NoOneIsIllegal]

i like to lol.
(http://youmakemetouchyourhandsforstupidreasons.ytmnd.com/)
:lol:

[Luisrah]

I don't think there's much you can do besides what someone has already said (go out when the day is sunny, and keep a lot of lights on, it helps for me)
If the past broken relationship is bothering you, try to remember bad things about the girl. Was she selfish? Was she stupid? Didn't she know a thing about communist theory? Heh, it's a good way to get past them.

If you are feeling like ''there's nothing worth doing'' or ''there's nothing to do'' then getting another job will most probably help it, but this is a stupid advice since you are probably already looking for another one. Another good thing to do is trying to find something you like to do, something slightly addictive maybe, like a mini game or something, but this isn't very good unless it's safe, since you can get dangerously addicted to it because you're depressed. (works as if you started drinking to forget)

Other than this, one of the best things to do is to go out with you closest friend/friends. Usually one is best since you can open up, and some jokes from him can probably make your day or help a bit.

Usually this is what works for me (out of the things I can do voluntarily), but some good news about something that was bothering me also does the trick.

Also if you start looking for another girl out there and get a number or a date, that can most probably boost your confidence too.

[S.Artesian]

Chase women.

[AK]

fap furiously

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Depression? What's that?

[The Feral Underclass]

Take anti-depressants.

[MarxSchmarx]

Personally I mostly lose myself in my job. Doing shit for my union off hours helps, gets me around like-minded people. Even the grunt work like cold calling members and getting copies of flyers I find gets my mind off crap. But I realize not everyone has that option. Those, and getting hammered I'd say.

But since you've already ruled those out -


I turn 22 on the 10th. I don't do drugs anymore and I don't have insurance either, so...


Go talk to a therapist. Most communities (at least in the global north) have clinics that will see you on a sliding scale fee.

[Honggweilo]

depression is revolutionary

if its clinical, get some help, if not it will blow over once you try to regain some sort of daily rythym. I mean there are affordable therapists right?

[Il Medico]

I tend to smoke a cigarette, drink some coffee, and stop caring.

In that order.

[Quail]

I could probably give an extensive list of what NOT to do haha, but I think the best thing really is to force yourself to go out and be around people, even if all you want to do is curl up under the duvet and sleep all day.

[NonServiam]

Get outdoors! Go for a hike, hang out at a park, play a sport with others.
Hang out with family, play and laugh with the children. Play with your pets or your friends pets.

See the abundance of life all around you and realize that you could be far worse off!

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

I cut myself.

[Quail]

I cut myself.

Comes pretty high on my list of what not to do.:thumbdown:
I can't show my arms in public without being stared at.

[bailey_187]

I tried working out, but one fateful day at the downtown park put a swift end to that. I tried to hang out with my friends, but at the end of the day I just wanted to go home and sleep forever. I even tried to find the right girl but then she dumped me.

I don't have a job anymore either, so the majority of my free time is now spent thinking about what I could have been and reading Goethe.

go back to gym, find friends who company u enjoy e.g. bussing jokes, talking funny stories etfc, find new ting, look for new job


one will pro baly lead to another e..g finding new job may find frend sor girl.


stop feeling sortry for urslef, it aint hard ffs

[bailey_187]

depression is revolutionary


lol, truthism if tyhat right term

bare u man on Revleft got mad issues from waht i see

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

Comes pretty high on my list of what not to do.:thumbdown:
I can't show my arms in public without being stared at.
I didn't say it's a good way to deal with depression, I was stating what I've done most of my life when I get depressed.

[Jazzhands]

The last time I watched tv I saw The Seventh Seal and it just made me feel even worse.

that's the worst possible movie you could possibly watch if you're depressed. seriously. Same goes for Goethe.

Bergman is the shit though.

[synthesis]

Work out.

[777]

I tried working out, but one fateful day at the downtown park put a swift end to that. I tried to hang out with my friends, but at the end of the day I just wanted to go home and sleep forever. I even tried to find the right girl but then she dumped me.

I don't have a job anymore either, so the majority of my free time is now spent thinking about what I could have been and reading Goethe.

I read Goethe when I feel down, it really relaxes me.

I used to be really depressed, angry with society and such....

Now I just realize that life is essentially meaningless, humanity is suffering from psychosis where we all feel everything is far more serious than it actually is, that life has no purpose and there is no reason for anything.

Rather than that being a depressing thought, I find it to be quite fulfilling. I treat life as a game, or a stage that is there for my amusement. The sense of detachment and isolation I used to feel makes me the perfect spectator for the comic tragedy of the world today.

Learn to enjoy your depression. Think of it as a bizzare anomaly of human existence that humans can feel so deeply about such a trivial thing as life.

If you like reading, then I suggest:

The Dice Man - Luke Reinheart,
Fight Club - Chuck Pahlunick
Songs of the Doomed - Hunter S.Thompson

Just explore some of the themes in the books and stuff, you'll see what i mean ;)

[Quail]

I didn't say it's a good way to deal with depression, I was stating what I've done most of my life when I get depressed.

I didn't mean to be insulting. I just thought I'd point out that cutting to deal with depression is pretty bad advice. It might seem like the right thing to do at the time, but it pretty much always makes stuff worse in the long run (although I'm sure you know that).

[synthesis]

I've come across two academic explanations of depression that I find to be especially useful.

The first is that we evolved the ability to be depressed so that our subconscious mind can alert us to the need to make serious changes in our life. At some point or another, it gave us an evolutionary advantage because we make those changes in order to ward off the depression and to have more psychologically fulfilling and satisfying lives. The OP might want to consider this in his or her attempts to conquer it.

The other isn't specifically addressing depression, but it is related, and something about the original poster suggests that this might be useful. Basically, I've read material that links low self-esteem with the fear of death. You might see other people who you think are happier or more satisfied than you and at some level you're afraid of dying without experiencing that yourself. The solution is to recognize that everyone dies at some point, and that you only have a limited amount of time to do what you want with your own life, which renders other people's experiences irrelevant except when you are able to help them yourself.

And, of course, exercise helps with both facets. It's not a panacea, especially if you really do need to make some major life changes, but it will definitely help to boost your self-confidence and clear your mind of burdensome baggage.

Meditation is also good. Sit cross-legged in a peaceful environment, take a few deep breaths through your nose, filling your lungs with air, and let your thoughts float away until none remain. Try to stay there for, say, twenty minutes a day, and see what happens. :)

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

I didn't mean to be insulting. I just thought I'd point out that cutting to deal with depression is pretty bad advice. It might seem like the right thing to do at the time, but it pretty much always makes stuff worse in the long run (although I'm sure you know that).
Oh, advice. I thought I was being asked what I do. My advice: ask someone who is not me.

[Quail]

Oh, advice. I thought I was being asked what I do. My advice: ask someone who is not me.

I'd probably say the same about myself. I'm like a living example of how not to deal with depression:(

[Axle]

Whenever I've been really depressed, not just bummed out, I usually get a bunch of my friends together for drinking and shenanigans.

My point is, if you're depressed DO NOT sit around by yourself. You'll wind up getting stuck in your own head and deepening the funk you're already in. Surround yourself with people you're close with who make you laugh, feel better about yourself and can put things into perspective for you.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

I'd probably say the same about myself. I'm like a living example of how not to deal with depression:(
I have been in the psych hospital a few times. I am like a DSM manual poster girl.

[Il Medico]

Work out.
That's a horrible idea. The best way to get rid of depression is to partake in pleasurable bad habits that significantly shorten your life span, thus shorting the amount of time that you can be depressed. Working out will only make your body more resilient and increase the duration of your suffering fool!

[Quail]

I have been in the psych hospital a few times. I am like a DSM manual poster girl.

Thankfully I've never needed to go to a psych hospital, but I've been to A&E for self-inflicted things more times than I care to think about. Generally due to drinking too much. If you're depressed, "drinking it away" doesn't work!

[synthesis]

That's a horrible idea. The best way to get rid of depression is to partake in pleasurable bad habits that significantly shorten your life span, thus shorting the amount of time that you can be depressed. Working out will only make your body more resilient and increase the duration of your suffering fool!

Ha, that was a serious strategy of mine (and of many people I know) for a pretty astonishing length of time.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

Thankfully I've never needed to go to a psych hospital, but I've been to A&E for self-inflicted things more times than I care to think about. Generally due to drinking too much. If you're depressed, "drinking it away" doesn't work!
I liked pills.

[Quail]

Alcohol or codeine always did it for me.. but alcohol makes me quite a big danger to myself ha.

[Ele'ill]

A long trip to somewhere else.

[leftace53]

Is that fucking ms frizzle? She was the shit.

[communard71]

Stop reading Goethe and concentrate on your twenty-second year. Lose the others

[Raúl Duke]

I tried working out, but one fateful day at the downtown park put a swift end to that. I tried to hang out with my friends, but at the end of the day I just wanted to go home and sleep forever. I even tried to find the right girl but then she dumped me.

I don't have a job anymore either, so the majority of my free time is now spent thinking about what I could have been and reading Goethe.

Depending on circumstance, do pot/drugs and watch something funny and surreal like maybe Tim and Eric's Awesome Show.

[Fawkes]

Put a knife in your mouth like I did on my birthday, then try to see how much pressure you need to stab through your cheek.

[John "Eh" MacDonald]

A long trip to somewhere else.

This.

I did it last year and it worked out great, if it wasn't for the extensive stay in my home town for month and a half of this summer, or the fact im moving back, or the fact that i spent the whole time drowning my braincells id be depression free.

[Widerstand]

I've been wondering what to write ever since I saw this thread.

But now I know: listening to A Las Barricadas and looking at pictures/videos of riots really does the trick for me. Reading reports of riots/squads/etc works too.

[Quail]

Put a knife in your mouth like I did on my birthday, then try to see how much pressure you need to stab through your cheek.

Did you actually stab through your cheek?

[Fawkes]

Did you actually stab through your cheek?

No, my friend stopped me... asshole.

[Quail]

I don't know.. Sounds like a good think s/he stopped you. I'm sure you'd have regretted the hole in your cheek in the morning.

[Fawkes]

It would have allowed me to chew with my mouth closed during allergy season.

[MooseCracker]

It'll sound lame but try and meditate (not necessarily in some hokey religious way) but really push yourself as long as possible. Create and work to help people. If possible get an anti-depressant, only as a temporary way to take a step back though. Watch encouraging revolutionary movies or documentaries. Crank up some Gogol Bordello, dance funny and then go to the store or bus stop and speak to people, using an accent that you don't naturally have, about how you're going through a strange existential crisis and ask their advise. Challenge yourself with more then just Goethe, mix it up with some Heidegger and Hegel (dodge Schopenhauer until you're feeling better).
I disagree with the temptation to drown yourself in mindless media or consumer goods though. Those things are probably a good chunk of what led to depression to begin with (especially if it's a sense of hopelessness over the current state of society).
Peace

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

I like to go thrifting, maybe go to the movies, or the beach, or drink, read my guilty pleasures, or, and this I highly recommend, find new hobbies to fill my off time with something constructive.

Or debate leftists and act like I'm important.

edit: oh yeah, i like volunteering as well from time to time, even when not ordered to do so by a judge lol

[FreeFocus]

Find a reason to live and dedicate yourself to it.

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

Take anti-depressants.

The mark of a developed capitalist society is the mammoth amount of anti-depressants it's populace needs to feel they have a meaningful life.

[Quail]

Anti-depressants aren't all bad, you know. I take them for anxiety and they really help with that. Anti-depressants should be taken alongside a talking therapy to really help though. They should relieve the symptoms while you deal with the cause.

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

I'm sure they're not, but it seems as though we, ie the US, take huge amounts of them. Makes me wonder.

[Quail]

I think they're often prescribed instead of talking therapies in the UK because our menta health services are seriously underfunded, which is why I resisted them for quite a while. It seemed a little like the doctors just wanted to fob me off with pills instead of something that could really help. I'm not sure of the situation in America, although I suspect it might be something to do with the profit drug comnpanies can make on anti-depressants.

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

No doubt it plays a huge role, along with the illicit nature of many natural substances that may relieve anxiety for many.

I was more remarking on the fact that it seems that depression is a larger issue in more developed areas than in less, though granted I could be completely wrong. It seems so many people in western society have that feeling of emptiness that is hard to put a finger on but is ever present. A lot of people seem to talk about the meaning of life but less and less people feel they're missing out on living.

[Quail]

I do agree that society (in the UK anyway) breeds depression because the messages we're fed throughout our early lives is that people who work hard do well, and anyone can do well if they work hard enough. That just isn't true and it's so easy to feel like a failure. Capitalism and some of the laws we have also cause a lot of social problems that lower quality of life and can cause depression.

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

I agree, well said. I would add that many peoples lives aren't fulfilled by what society tells them they should be content with, or what should make them happy, and sometimes seem at a loss to find what it is that's missing.

[progressive_lefty]

I think for me, I've worked out what I want in my life and what I don't. There's certainly a lot of negative things in the world, and to some degree your much better concentrating on those who have achieved the impossible, or those who are trying to create a better world. Personally, I can barely watch the news or read a paper, because they are far too right-wing.

But I know that traveling makes me happy, and the process it takes for me to earn money to travel, is as good as traveling, because I know what awaits for me at the end. Plus I'm addicted to playing Pro Evolution Soccer 6, its a great way for me to relax.

In terms of girls, I've worked out how I'm going to go about that. I guess I just stick to the countries where I know I find the women the most attractive, even regardless of their looks lol.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

I took my last prozac this morning, now I am out with no refills...

[ContrarianLemming]

When I am depressed I play my piano

get an intrument, it is extremely satisfying and furfilling.

[Jazzratt]

I took my last prozac this morning, now I am out with no refills... I'm getting mine free at the minute because I'm unemployed. I think that's fairly just given that my unemployment is one of the main reasons I need the damn things in the first place.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

I'm getting mine free at the minute because I'm unemployed and in England. I think that's fairly just given that my unemployment is one of the main reasons I need the damn things in the first place.
Fixed

[ContrarianLemming]

Oh you poor american sod

[Quail]

Fixed

Actually we have to pay a flat rate for prescriptions, although the Welsh don't. I only get mine free because I have a small baby and maybe also because I'm receiving benefits.

[anarcho-communist4]

Pretty much just smoke a lot of pot.

[REVOLUTIONARY32]

Can someone please put a stop to these embarrassing "depression threads", if you have a problem go to a doctor no one on revleft is qualified to give out medical advice on mental disorders and it really adds weight to the claims that leftys are all head bangers and drug addicts.

[Jazzratt]

Can someone please put a stop to these embarrassing "depression threads", if you have a problem go to a doctor no one on revleft is qualified to give out medical advice on mental disorders and it really adds weight to the claims that leftys are all head bangers and drug addicts. Who the fuck are you?

[Quail]

Can someone please put a stop to these embarrassing "depression threads", if you have a problem go to a doctor no one on revleft is qualified to give out medical advice on mental disorders and it really adds weight to the claims that leftys are all head bangers and drug addicts.

Why does depression make you a head banger or a drug addict? Anyway, most "leftys" should be willing to advise their comrades if they need help.

[Die Rote Fahne]

Exercise, pick up a hobby - sport, collection, learn an instrument. And smoke some weed here and there in your spare time.

As well, eating right, 3 meals a day (always eat breakfast). Cut back on junk food.

This is merely my strategy. You may or may not want/enjoy this. Seeing a professional is also important.

[Lenina Rosenweg]

I'd be careful about taking anti-depressants. They don't deal with the root problem and often mask the symptom. A lot of this stuff is still experimental, we don't quite know what it even does exactly. If you need pills use St. John's Wort. Its a "natural" anti-depressant and is available in the US w/out a prescription. In the middle ages it seems to have been used as a mild hallucinogen.

As far as what to do in general about a depression, that would vary from person to person and what one is depressed about. I sometimes read or take long walks. For me it helps a lot to write about my problem as a way of getting a feeling of control over the issue. I've written a whole series of essays only for myself on my computer over the past few years. I find that's the most helpful. Writing helps me recognize a problem is there, understand what the problem is, and can provide both a feeling of control and a distance-sing of myself from it.

I also agree with HailtotheTheif. Vitamins and a good diet have a huge effect on one's mood and emotional well being.

[Martin Blank]

Personally, I take a Trazodone, smoke some weed and take a nap. But I suggest you try to talk to someone professionally if it's something you can't shake off, rather than rely on us knuckleheads for free advice. ;)

[Il Medico]

Also, read a good book.

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

As well, eating right, 3 meals a day (always eat breakfast). Cut back on junk food.

All good advice, but this is a great point I think many people (myself included) tend to overlook when life gets busy. In my experiences, eating a healthy diet makes a huge difference in how I feel. I was a vegetarian for a couple of years, and the difference I noticed in how I felt when waking up in the morning, for example, was remarkable from the junk food laden diet I had just a short time before.

[Quail]

Also, read a good book.

Quota disagree, omnomnom, taste omnomnomnom..

[Incendiarism]

Well, I talked to my ex-girlfriend and I think I might have a chance. This was the primary source of all this self-pitying and worrying and angst but maybe if I play my cards right...

My leg also healed up, so I started resuming my exercising. This little gut is almost gone and I can see the definition on my body. The friends aren't so bad either, they closed the weekend off rather well.

Thanks for the encouragement fellas.

[REVOLUTIONARY32]

Who the fuck are you?

Someone who is obviously not as disturbed as most of you.

[Quail]

Someone who is obviously not as disturbed as most of you.

Well fuck you.

[REVOLUTIONARY32]

Why does depression make you a head banger or a drug addict? Anyway, most "leftys" should be willing to advise their comrades if they need help.

Depression doesn't make you a head banger I never said that, some of the "medical advice" this fella is getting is shocking.
If this person has a medical problem he should seek medical advice.
Some mod really needs to pull his/her finger out and bin the "pour your heart out "thread" etc if people need some where to go to get problems of their chest I suggest seeking out a psychiatrist.
JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A SOCIALIST IT DOSE NOT MEAN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOU MENTALLY.
Get a life ffs.

[Incendiarism]

he trol

[REVOLUTIONARY32]

Well fuck you.

Thanks, I will be taking you of my Christmas card list.

[REVOLUTIONARY32]

he trol

Just because I have an opinion that differers from you I am a troll? Yeah really mature.

[Quail]

Depression doesn't make you a head banger I never said that, some of the "medical advice" this fella is getting is shocking.
If this person has a medical problem he should seek medical advice.
Some mod really needs to pull his/her finger out and bin the "pour your heart out "thread" etc if people need some where to go to get problems of their chest I suggest seeking out a psychiatrist.
JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A SOCIALIST IT DOSE NOT MEAN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOU MENTALLY.
Get a life ffs.

FFS just because I am mentally ill, it doesn't make me a total bellend.

[REVOLUTIONARY32]

FFS just because I am mentally ill, it doesn't make me a total bellend.

Im not having this covo anymore as I dont want to get Banned but you are a bellend for thinking you can solve your problems over the internet jesus by the content of this thread and a few others the caliber of people on revleft is taking a nose dive.

[BeerShaman]

DO NOT TAKE ANTI-DEPRESSANTS! DO NOT WATCH TV!
Antidepressants don't work, they will get you junkie and tv is a bullshit a trap. Don't walk on traps.
Get out very often. Every day. FInd some good fellows and do anything. I'd say that doing bullshit helps a lot. Like joking and setting farces and silly bullshits. It will make you feel social and cool. Believe me it's ok and nice. It may not be your style but it's cool. Do it!:)
Even if you don't have enough money to go out, just don't go to cafes and shit. Go out for walks. Do you have a bike? Find one. It feels great to go long rides.
And don't think too much of what you might become without doing stuff. It's pathetic. Come on, you ain't a loser! You know it. Remember of when things didn't work this way. The good times. Be strong. Say: I am! It's enough. You don't have to say what you are! It's enough that you are.
Listen to a lot of music. What music do you like? LIsten the most encouraging of it.
You know what? I had depression for 3 years and one and half of 'em were in manic depression. Which means that whenever something gets on a routine or boring etc, life feels shit. Like I could wish I didn't exist back then (leave the efforts of indeed trying not to live out). So the band that helped me the most were korpiklaani.
You don't need to search for a girl, believe me, it will a bad way of working things. Girls are hard to face. Relations need people who feeel ready to get tired.
And remember, clever or strong friends can help you like noone ever could.:cool: THere's no matter if you know the other well or not. e.g. I was mostly encouraged during a summer by a friend of mine who is female, but she's on firefighters and she's very direct and strong. Go to people who know how to feel pain and you'll find a way to salvate. I knew her for years, but we never had talked more than a "hi"! Until that summer!

[meow]

well problem is over i guess?
i would say why depressed?
i get depressed for many reasons sometime just lonely sometimes hate capitalism and not have freedom.

not of the suggestion in this thread would really help if problem is me lonely. nor if problem is me not have enough freedom. lonely is solved by having other people force you out of shell. capitalism is solved by revolution. trouble is where i am not enough people to help me with either.

antidepresent are often just capitalist way of making you not focus on real problem.

[Quail]

Im not having this covo anymore as I dont want to get Banned but you are a bellend for thinking you can solve your problems over the internet jesus by the content of this thread and a few others the caliber of people on revleft is taking a nose dive.

Ummm... FUCK YOU

[The Feral Underclass]

Antidepressants don't work, they will get you junkie

That's complete bullshit and incredibly irresponsible thing to say. Are you a doctor? Are you a mental health professional?

If you have a chemical imbalance then taking chemicals to resorte that is a perfectly legitimate and proper cause of action. Modern anti-depressants work just fine and this mentality, that anti-depressants will turn you into a junkie or that they are some how bad for other reasons, is precisely why people feel stigmatised.

This attitude puts people off seeking real, proper medical help because cowboys with stupid opinions make them feel that they're doing something wrong. Getting help and taking anti-depressants is a completely normal thing to do and will help in the long run.

[The Feral Underclass]

Im not having this covo anymore as I dont want to get Banned but you are a bellend for thinking you can solve your problems over the internet jesus by the content of this thread and a few others the caliber of people on revleft is taking a nose dive.

If people are taking comfort by expressing themselves on this forum then you have no right to pass any kind of judgement.

Adjust your attitude on this forum. Consider this a verbal warning.

[The Feral Underclass]

antidepresent are often just capitalist way of making you not focus on real problem.

Or they're a way to restore chemical balances that depress the brain in the first place.

Most cases of depression are caused by internal factors, not external one. In my experience local doctors have been incredibly helpful and committed, rather than insidious or indifferent

[AK]

the caliber of people on revleft is taking a nose dive.
You're one to talk.

[meow]

Or they're a way to restore chemical balances that depress the brain in the first place.

Most cases of depression are caused by internal factors, not external one. In my experience local doctors have been incredibly helpful and committed, rather than insidious or indifferent
i know there are good examples of drugs helping. i dont say that all cases are the same. thats wrong. in some cases drugs dont help.

i doubt drugs would help me. but i accept drugs help some people.

all i can say is that people need to talk to doctor before accept drugs or ask drugs.

[Quail]

Drugs don't help all the time. It was a while before I accepted treatment with drugs, but I'm glad that I did because it has helped my anxiety an awful lot. I'd rather alleviate the symptoms while I learn how to deal with it.

[The Feral Underclass]

You can't learn to live with depression if it's a chemical issue, which most cases of depression are. You can't alleviate that kind of depression without drugs, it's as simple as that. You can't just wish for a chemical balance in the brain.

Of course not all cases of depression are chemical based and of course then you have to find ways to manage those symptoms. But as I said, most cases of depression aren't external based.

[Widerstand]

on mental disorders.

Because if you are depressed you must have a disorder, right? Because drugs are the only way depression can be cured, right? Gtfo.


You can't learn to live with depression if it's a chemical issue, which most cases of depression are. You can't alleviate that kind of depression without drugs, it's as simple as that. You can't just wish for a chemical balance in the brain.

Of course not all cases of depression are chemical based and of course then you have to find ways to manage those symptoms. But as I said, most cases of depression aren't external based.

I'd say this is only partially true. If we are talking about the medical diagnosis of depression, you're most likely right. But most of what is commonly called "depression", are in fact symptoms of stress, heavy emotions, various forms of angst, etc. And I'd definitely say these are affected by how you handle them, and support from others can help you doing that better.

[The Feral Underclass]

Because drugs are the only way depression can be cured, right? Gtfo.

In most cases, yeah.

[Widerstand]

In most cases, yeah.

Read my edit :s

[Tomhet]

Change my situation!
(and smoke weed) :D

[The Feral Underclass]

I'd say this is only partially true. If we are talking about the medical diagnosis of depression, you're most likely right. But most of what is commonly called "depression", are in fact symptoms of stress, heavy emotions, various forms of angst, etc. And I'd definitely say these are affected by how you handle them, and support from others can help you doing that better.

Angst, emotions, stress are all chemical reactions in the brain.

[synthesis]

Angst, emotions, stress are all chemical reactions in the brain.

They're also reactions to external stimuli. It is misleading to say that "depression is solely a chemical imbalance" or that "depression can't be solved with drugs." It can be both, it can be neither, and most importantly, it should be dealt with on a case-by-case-basis.

[Aurora]

You can't learn to live with depression if it's a chemical issue, which most cases of depression are. You can't alleviate that kind of depression without drugs, it's as simple as that. You can't just wish for a chemical balance in the brain.
I dont think thats true, CBT has been shown to be just as affective as anti-depressives with the highest rate of success being with people do take both.
Also the idea that the brain isnt affected by external stimuli is incorrect, while depression is certainly a chemical imbalance it definitely can be caused by things like isolation, abuse and alienation.

And ya theres loads of really bad advice in this thread lol.. i dont think the OP really has a medical problem but still the people who are suggesting drugs like cannabis have clearly never been depressed and stoned as its really fucking horrible.

Also REVOLUTIONARY32 yes there is bad advice in this thread but do you really think its helpful to call someone who has admitted having mental health issues 'disturbed' or 'a bellend'?

[LeftistLord]

Arthur Schopenhauer said that the 2 main traits for high self esteem, happiness and self-realization are really a good body and health and knowledge. But i think that if you are un-motivated like you sound it might be from low brain chemicals, from low levels of serotonin, dopamine and norardrenaline and low thyroid levels. You should have a blood test to see your brain chemicals and your thyroid and other hormones. Low brain chemicals and hormone imbalace themselves might be cause by lots of factors; like high expectations, lack of money to fullfill your instant gratifications, motivation and stimulations.

Depression might also be caused by sensory deprivation, by an excess of ugliness around you, an excess of sameness, like watching the same people driving the same cars, and houses are built the same way and by the same builder. Lack of variety, lack of spicy life, lack of sunlight, staying indoors all day, etc.

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I tried working out, but one fateful day at the downtown park put a swift end to that. I tried to hang out with my friends, but at the end of the day I just wanted to go home and sleep forever. I even tried to find the right girl but then she dumped me.

I don't have a job anymore either, so the majority of my free time is now spent thinking about what I could have been and reading Goethe.

[Rusty Shackleford]

laugh you depressive fuckers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dvSlvZLG8

[BeerShaman]

laugh you depressive fuckers!
e1dvSlvZLG8
LOL!:lol:

[lyng]

do somethinh for someone else, anyone, almost, and then again, and again

oh and music, defnitely