(((Soup))) ...

As a person who's had Dysthymia (Chronic Depression) most of her life, along with a couple of Major Depressive episodes, as well as Complex PTSD, I can honestly say medications didn't do all that much for me ... After several years on them, we finally had to take me off because the side effects were becoming too serious.

Talk therapy is what has worked best for me, and continues to do so ... Some of the behavioral therapies are also more helpful than medications for Trauma Survivors who wrestle with depression ... Oh!, and if we can, getting ourselves out of unhealthy relationships that may be causing the trauma and depression in the first place is tremendously beneficial.

Some people swear the meds work for them, and they very well may, however, it has been my personal experience that there is no magic pill to fix my diagnoses, so I've just learned (as much as I hate it) to accept it the best I can and to sit down and talk it out with a qualified professional when it all starts getting overwhelming again.

,
Pfrog!

ps. Suicide has always been an option for me ... Simmering in a pot on a burner on the stove that's located somewhere in the back of my mind ... However, after surviving my first attempt, I decided then and there that I wasn't giving the bastards that (that being my life) ... If I kill myself my abusers will win the whole dayum war ... !!! ... And, I'll be dayum'd if I'm giving them that satisfaction ... ... !!!