[CANDC]

I have been practicing yoga and fending off my own depression. I came across this article that suggested how yoga is similar to therapy. Plus it suggests other types of activities that could help people cope with depression.
How Yoga is Similar to Existing Mental Health Therapies | Psych Central

So even if you are not interested in yoga, you can still benefit how other activities can help pull us out of depression. All are welcome to the Depression Support Chat on Thursday at 9PM EDT. There will also be time for people to share their challenges they face. The room usually is open by 8:50 so feel free to drop in early and share the kind of things life is sending your way.

[gayleggg]

Thanks, CANDC. It's good to hear about coping skills.

[DespHisp]

hello CANDC..unfortunately i do not like yoga but i go to my gym several time a week as distraction..;i´ve have been depressed many years and i can honestly say that the moment ,the moment i hope i have the courage to..........you know,,,is coming... i feel more and more overwhelmed by my dark desires and thoughts and i cannot say for how much longer i can cope with my problems,,,and even though I know what you and most of you will say to this,when the moment arrives it will be the best moment of my miserable life..i am very very tired of everything and i am myself surprised that i still am here on earth..I do not intent to write a long message because i do not with to bore you with my "issues",so i can probably say that this can be a cry for help...i am literally drowning into my own personal hell.. just one request,please,,,,do not tell me to take meds and go to a psychiatrist,,,i have no gf ,no friends and just a few of my family on my mother´s siden who of course are aware of my situation...until recently they were the main reason to keep on fighting but not anymore.....i guess i am just waiting for some signs that says NOW,,,my life is unbearable....i do not even dare to say it to my doc because i know she will hospitalize me...
thank you very much in advance...

[Fizzyo]

((((((((DespHist))))))))

Your agony is palpable.

You may be surprised what some of us who read this would say to your thoughts you have just described, we share or have shared many of them and feel for you now. We're here for you and each other.

i should really look in to something like yoga... just not sure if i'd enjoy something like that

Originally Posted by DespHisp

hello CANDC..unfortunately i do not like yoga but i go to my gym several time a week as distraction..;i´ve have been depressed many years and i can honestly say that the moment ,the moment i hope i have the courage to..........you know,,,is coming... i feel more and more overwhelmed by my dark desires and thoughts and i cannot say for how much longer i can cope with my problems,,,and even though I know what you and most of you will say to this,when the moment arrives it will be the best moment of my miserable life..i am very very tired of everything and i am myself surprised that i still am here on earth..I do not intent to write a long message because i do not with to bore you with my "issues",so i can probably say that this can be a cry for help...i am literally drowning into my own personal hell.. just one request,please,,,,do not tell me to take meds and go to a psychiatrist,,,i have no gf ,no friends and just a few of my family on my mother´s siden who of course are aware of my situation...until recently they were the main reason to keep on fighting but not anymore.....i guess i am just waiting for some signs that says NOW,,,my life is unbearable....i do not even dare to say it to my doc because i know she will hospitalize me...
thank you very much in advance...

I can commiserate. I'm 59 with nothing and living off the state. Each day that passes more of me dissipates. Loss of appetite, interest in things that used to have meaning and no hope for the future. I have a sister but she limits her talks with me to 15 minutes and only talks about God and her work. I dare not mention my depression lest I get; "did you pray about it". I have no friends either. Those who live around me are deceitful. The only hope that I hang onto is I'll discover through reasoning and reading that there is no heaven or hell so finally I can go back to the earth.

[Fizzyo]

Originally Posted by Herculepoirot

I dare not mention my depression lest I get; "did you pray about it".

I really get that Hercule, I used to get that from a church I went to. (Note the past tense).
I still do believe and I pray, but I don't believe God is a slot machine you put your prayers into and your wish is His command.

That's insensitive and a crass thing to say to anyone, whether they believe in God or not.

Sending hugs your way. I hope coming to PC is a helpful experience.

[Fuzzybear]

I pretty much get this too

I do believe that He would forgive someone who has finally had "too much".....

Originally Posted by Fizzyo

I really get that Hercule, I used to get that from a church I went to. (Note the past tense).
I still do believe and I pray, but I don't believe God is a slot machine you put your prayers into and your wish is His command.

That's insensitive and a crass thing to say to anyone, whether they believe in God or not.

Sending hugs your way. I hope coming to PC is a helpful experience.

Good to see you again Fuzzy. Hope all is well.

[CANDC]

Fuzzy, I think there is nothing re can get away from. It is difficult when we are in pain. Very difficult. I think the way out of pain is to aim at something greater than ourselves.

We can never right the wrongs of the past, only go on with life the best we can.

This song sums up my outlook Andy Williams - The Impossible Dream (The Quest)

Candc: I remember that song from years ago. It's from the musical "The Man of Le Mancha" which was based on a novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra fully titled: "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote

The word quixotic comes from this title and is defined in the dictionary as: Adjective; not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic.

Quixoti believed in the ideas of decency, chivalry and justice. To this end he went out to right the wrongs he saw and ended up going insane.

It is hard to live on the ideal plane when so much around us is being tilted in favor of one philosophy over another, or worse one ideology over another. I used to dream and hope for the best but find my ideal plane never existed and whatever hope I once strived for has vanished. Now I only wait upon my return to the earth. I hope you are young and can keep up that search for the "Impossible Dream". Perhaps when you find it you can tell the world the path you took. Regards, M Poirot

[CANDC]

M Poirot. I am actually an old man whose idealism was crushed but as many dreams as the world crushes I create new ones.

It is not so much a song that speaks to me of ideals as much as just keep on keeping on.

Reinventing yourself cures the loss of ideals. New ideals and new realities present a way.