depression

Ok, here is my thread.

Anyone who has had depression at any time in there life and/or is experiencing it. Please share your story with me and others who check out my thread. If, like me, you are in need of advice or comfort, please ask away here. I know that I will be! And if you just need to rant, as long as it is about your or someone that you know's depression, feel free. We all have to rant at some point!

Wish me luck, this is my first thread!

Hi there,

Thanks for making this thread. I have been feeling quite depressed lately...recently OD'd, went to hospital, and came out, and yet I'm still feeling down. For this semester I'm not attending school, so I really don't have much to do. I feel pretty useless and like a loser right now. I really would appreciate any ideas for things to do to keep busy.

Thanks again!

-Melissa

P.S Good luck with the success of your thread!

thx for being the first person to respond to my thread! here is my story-

I moved from 5 years in Kansas to Texas, where the rest of my family is. A few weeks ago, i started to be sad all of the time. So I looked up stuff ( i do that- i know, im weird) about being sad all of the time, and I got some depression quizzes. I took them, and they said that I was moderatly to severly depressed. I didnt know who to talk to, so i looked for some websites to help, and got this one. It has not solved everything, but it has helped a lot. I am still trying to figure everything out though, so widh me luck with that!

thank you for making this thread and for being nice , kind and supportive we need more people like you

Well, thank you all for helping me start this thread!

I need all the encouragement that I can get this weekend. I am trying to get up the courage to talk to my school counselor on Monday and I am scared to death. When I get that way, it feels like there is thrill and a tightness in my chest, and I just want to cry or go curl up in a corner.

So I will come back here as often as I can, to see your posts and reply and to get up some courage.

You are brave and strong. Having been through a great stressor and being resourceful enough to look for answers/and find them......u r amazing!!!! Take a deep breath...you are so on the right track......adjusting to a new school especially for a teen can be very difficult. Keep in touch........and follow your intuition-as u have been doing so remarkably. again keep in touch especially if your sadness continues.

It's difficult to gather the courage needed to face a school counselor, however you are smart enough to know there is a problem to be addressed. You spent the time and energy to learn what your problem might be.
I have complete confidence in you.

If you start feeling nervous and jittery, just think of me, a frog of little brain dressed in a bathrobe and thongs with curlers in my hair and a cup of coffee in my hand.

Know that I'm on your side and rooting for you all the way.

Hahahahahahahaha! You guys make me feel so much better! Especially you, froggy! Thanks so much for your support, even though I am a random stranger that you don't know. And as a side note, I guess everyone knows the secret behind my username now!

All my love goes out to you guys, and anyone else that needs support or has given it.

Depressions stories. Jeeze. My dad says mine starts before i can remember it. Therer are pictures of a tiny little girl with red eyes and thumb in her mouth and her blankey with an angry tear-stained face, and my dad said that I could be that way for days when i was that age... two or three! Even weeks, says a teacher i knew. They thought I just had a bad temprament. So it goes. fourteen, I startedd talking siucide, tried it, my depression started taking a nocutrnal pattern, restless, rages, hairpulling, I had had rages and been a know it all in periods earlier, this got worse, but it was only later that instead of whispering "BPD" one of my teachers in the psychology program walked up to me and said out loud, more or less - Honey, you're Hypomanic now, get evaluated, because what I've been seing for 35 weeks is NOT personality."
There. Several suicidal attempts, interrupted, and countless months and years of hell for me and my loved ones later. for ten years or so I have been doing relatively well. Not saying much, but there you go.
I think you are making some very, very good decisions there. It's scary, but youare taking the bull by the horns and getting help on your own and that is very, very important. HUUUUUGGGGGSSSS and deep respect!

I had a good month this year, August, in which I kept busy doing things I loved every day. Art is what helped me the most. I painted with watercolors and on canvases, and I sketched, and I practiced my musical instruments. It kept me in a neutral mood--neither happy nor sad. But keeping busy is the best way to not be depressed, because if you keep yourself busy enough, you can't think about it. Do something you love. Whatever it is. Researching science experiments keeps me busy, too. Get yourself dressed up every day. Do your makeup and dress in something cute. Sports are also a great way to keep busy. Don't watch TV because that just makes you feel even worse. Keep talking to people and stay close to your friends, but don't complain to them. That'll scare them away. Get out of the house. Staying in bed all day makes everything worse. Get a job or take a class. Basically, distract yourself. Or make yourself happy by doing what you love. Hope you feel better!!

lonegael-
Wow. I have never been that down. I am really glad that you made it through. That gives me a lot of hope that I can too. Your depression makes mine look like some little kid that just cries occasionally. Thank you for the hugs! ((((((((lonegael))))))))))
And thank you for the respect. I need that sometimes, instead of just being "the depressed kid that found this site".