Date: 1/6/2004 5:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 28890
I feel the same way! My school psychologist told me..get over it..well it's not that EASY to just be happy. But she said it should be because there are millions of others who have it worse than you. Anyone ever tell you that? It sure makes me MAD!  |
Date: 1/6/2004 5:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 61893
You sound ALOT like me honey, and I am very depressed person, I am pretty much biopolar. It isn't normal, find someone to talk to, and I hope you get to feeling better!  |
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Date: 1/6/2004 5:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 28890
She also told me that I enjoy being sad because if I wasn't so sad, then I would stop it. Isn't that dumb? So she told me help would be a waste for me. |
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Date: 1/6/2004 5:24:00 PM
From Authorid: 28890
Try to find some help somewhere..someplace where they won't give you problems like they do to me. And my parents are no help because there part of the cause and think its all in my head. |
Date: 1/6/2004 5:24:00 PM
From Authorid: 19682
I know the pain. I have been entangled in depression since I was a teenager. I am now 48 and it never ended just evolved into a new dimension of depression. Don't really know why or how it started. I just know it did. It is terrible and I feel for you. Just being active as much as you can with something you enjoy and friends are a big help.  |
Date: 1/6/2004 5:26:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 40899
well, i doubt i'm gonna seek help from a psychologist because i can't trust them.  |
Date: 1/6/2004 5:30:00 PM
From Authorid: 61893
I don't really trust them either.. however I want to be happy and feel some normal, so I will try just about anything. My doctor had me on some many different meds that I didn't know if I was coming or going. I have Zoloft, Buspar, Paxil, and trazodone to help me sleep. I started being depressed at a very early age of 6 years old  |
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Date: 1/6/2004 5:33:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 40899
i would take try taking medicines but deep down i haven't lost all hope and just pray that things will somehow get better. |
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Date: 1/6/2004 5:37:00 PM
From Authorid: 61893
Buspar just pretty much makes me numb. Makes me care about NOTHING. My house could be on fire, and I would probably sit on the couch, laugh and watch it burn. So, I try to only take it when a panic attack comes on. |
Date: 1/6/2004 6:17:00 PM
From Authorid: 55967
Groovy Alien, your psychologist should have never said that it would be a waste of time to try get over it, but she spoke some truth when she said that you want that condition. Now, I didn't say "enjoy;" lord knows you don't enjoy it, but somewhere deep down in you, there is a part of you (and we all have many different parts of ourselves) that wants you to stay that way. Your job is to find that part and bring it up to the light of day, where it will disintegrate. That part is made up of false, unnecessary, and harmful thoughts you may still know you have (like resentment) or which you have buried deeper and have consciously forgotten about. It wants to live on in you, but it is only hurting you. If you go to guyfinley.com, you can learn more about this. This guy is good, and he speaks the truth.  |
Date: 1/6/2004 6:53:00 PM
From Authorid: 35720
That quote is closer to the truth than anything. I hate when people tell me it could be worse.. no, at this point it couldn't be worse because I just DO NOT GIVE A CRAP about life anymore and the only reason I don't kill myself is for fear of what happens after death.  |
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Date: 1/6/2004 7:12:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 40899
dear god, that's the ONLY reason i haven't blasted myself yet! for fear of what comes after death and because of my family |
Date: 1/6/2004 8:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 55408
I have the same thing, depression and bipolar. I didn't get help until I went to the school councelor about a lack of concentration (a symptom of depression). I didn't even know I was depressed. The scarriest thing about depression is when I don't feel like doing anything, like I have nothing to look forward to, so I just sleep. I know you might not trust psychiatrists but it might help. I only have a therapist but she points out progress that I don't notice and sees patterns that I didn't expect. Also for medications, they're most likely to work if you believe they will but it doesn't mean it will it just means it will more likely will. I was on Lexapro for 5 months and everything was fine until I doubled my dosage and discovered I had Type 2 Bipolar (medicine induced Bipolar). Since then I've been on Welbutrin and currently on Effexor which seems to work and I'm still struggling with my depression. My sister had depression so bad she had to be hospitalized when she was a teenager. She's 34 and she's way better. She still has her insecurities but don't we all? She's her own person and very successful. Don't give up hope because you can get better. I also used to have suicidal and even homicidal thoughts and the only reason I didn't kill myself was I was afraid I'd be punished in the afterlife for doing so. Things can and do get better, remember that, but you can't do it by yourself.  |
Date: 1/6/2004 8:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 62146
Their are many shades of depression.  |
