Really depressed or some thing else?

I was told that if I dont see a dr I dont have or cant use depression as an excuse for the way I feel is this true? I have alot of the symptoms and always thinking about killing my self or others or both and I self harm but I am not seeking help for this for various reasons most of them I dont think it will help it will only make things worse if people find out which most dont know. So do I really have it or am I just crazy? I'm hoping some one can help me figure this out

Tater305 's

Pretty sure I did not need to go see a doc to know what I felt was not happy.

It does sound like you want more insight to you, even though I did read that you are not going to see any one-- i do suggest to get some sort of treatment (weather that going to a therapist or finding your own things that you like to do or self help books) and that is to help you to feel better and live a better life-

Self harm coupled with suicide thoughts are important to just not to shrug off .... as well as Depression as well.

I hope that you find an answer you are looking for some day

Many well thoughts your way

Well, whoever told you that you can't claim depression unless you see a doctor is off
his rocker, in my view. Of course you can have depression and not see a doctor.

The point is you probably can't relieve it yourself until you get on medication to restore the chemical imbalance in the brain that constitutes part of depression. The
rest of it is in your diet and your attitude toward all things around you.

You can change the attitude with therapy or with self-help books, or with cognitive behavioral therapy. You can change your diet most easily of all the self-help routes, and you might wish to investigate some of that. Try reading Wheat Belly by Dr. David Williams. It will astonish you.

Please go to a website called http://www.Doctoryourself.com Look down the index
on the left-hand side until you see an article called "Caffeine Allergy" by Ruth Whalen.

If those two sources don't scare the daylights out of you about our diets and what
they're doing to us physically and psychologically, nothing will. We all need to pay attention to that aspect of depression.

Please do go in to talk to a psychiatrist and find out if you do have the imbalance that is fueling your depression.

I wish you lots of success in solving your difficulty.

I think you would do well to seek professional help. There is no reason for you to suffer so when there is help out there. You have to determine what kind of help you respond to. Some respond well to talk therapy and some do well with self-help books and educating themselves. At the very least, you probably should be on some medication. I do find that my medication provides a sort of baseline for my depression. If I go lower than that baseline, either something really terrible has happened in my life, or the meds aren't working any more. Please do something to help yourself. And stay with us, we provide some pretty good support here, even if you just need a virtual hug.

Thanks every one, I dont get much support from people around me most of the time if I tell some one I want to die they shrug it off as a joke, then in turn I think what im feeling is not real or a joke then I feel worse im kinda stuck in a circle. I feel like if I get help im a failure like I couldn't deal with it on my own which I do with every thing else. I dont have a family member I could go to or friends i can talk to, I tried both and failed

Just be strong, Tater, I somehow feel the situation you have right now, though good thing for me I have my family and they gave me support and unconditional love, that is the reason I somehow cope up with the situation, if there is no one who supports me, I don't know what could have had happened to me. Seeking help from professionals is a good move also.

I think you should consider getting some professional help, it has helped me immensely.

Good luck,

RJ

I just dont see any thing helping and even if I get better I have nothing to go back to, I have no family or friends, job or hobbies any more. I have problems getting out of bed in the morning, eating and just doing every day things. I'm alone almost all day, I just really see the point in any thing and no body really cares. Every day it gets worse and harder to keep going idk why I keep going

Tater many hugs.

"even if I get better I have nothing to go back to, "

Ya know, this may not touch on depression but with PTSD (that is what one of my dx's are)--- I am learning slowly but surely- that what ever was that 'past me'; i will never get to go back to-- I have to go forward to a 'growing me' that has some 'new' things added.

Some things do take baby steps

" idk why I keep going"

You may not know why, but there is something that keeps you going- you are here on PC trying to reach out, and the very fact that you are still here on earth-- there is something.
some times seeing other people, they can help unmask things inside us that we did not know off hand ourselves. some times others can help guide another with what that is inside, and to "home in on it" and to create other things of "why we are still here"...
Some cases that is a mental health professional that helps guide and home in on that.

It can be amazing what some coping skills that can be learned can do to change the view of life. Not to say there aren't bumps in the road in life but having a better grip with how to "Deal" with the situation can make all the difference.

many good thoughts your way

I'm not sure how or why I have PTSD, maybe I am just missing some thing that happened in the past and just contributing it to depression only I dont know its a shot in the dark with out real help I guess