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For those of you younger people who are reading this (I'm not that ancient really) ‘get up off your ***, turn off your computer and go out and talk to someone’, anyone! Even if it’s just to say hello.
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I hope that everyone who reads this might be inspired enough to jump off their seats and have a eureka moment, but I’m realistic enough to know that this just ‘aint gonna happen’. If my being on this site will convince one person to try, then I’ll ‘go to bed happy’!
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You might hate me for this. But why is this not true for yourself? Must you be young to recover? I'm 23 myself, and I can tell you that if I could have gotten off my bum years ago and figured things out on my own I wouldn't have come here in the first place. Now I can, and I do. But it's a gradual process. Last night, I am proud to say I went out with a friend, this whole week has been very successful socially. So I am making great strides, years after coming to PC and starting to work on "getting better"
What I'm suggesting is that you can do this too. You might not be to get up RIGHT THIS MINUTE and be better. Often with depression, the reason for depression was a long time in coming. Sometimes we need time to heal.
So I urge you - take your own advice. what's stopping YOU! And if you really can't, learn from people here at PC, learn from reading articles on the internet or wherever about depression and how to improve your mood. Reach out in those appointments. Don't give up on yourself, and keep trying
nice to meet you, and I hope you can gain something from PC - I definitely have in my time here
ps if you want a name change, PM an administrator =)