How do I overcome depression?

5 Responses to “How do I overcome depression?”

1. Atul77 Says:
   August 31st, 2009 at 11:00 pm

   Dear friend,
   Everyone has felt depressed from time to time. A death of close relative, divorce, a lost job, a serious illness or other life crisis will cause most people to feel sad, lonely or down for a time. It is even normal to feel low sometimes for no specific reason. However, it also is normal to recover after a short time and feel like yourself again. When the blues don’t go away when sad, lonely, irritable or weary feeling prevent getting on with life you may have the mood disorder called depression. Learning about depression including its signs, symptoms, causes, and treatment is the first step to overcoming the problem.
   Depression is a “whole body” illness. One that affects a person’s physical health as well as, how he or she behaves towards others. Depression is a very common health problem and it is frequently misunderstood. People who have this illness often are embarrassed to admit they are depressed and to seek help. This may be the reason 82% of all people who are depressed never seek professional help. Depression is a disabling disease that affects billions of people regardless of race income or family background. Left untreated, depression can destroy families, careers, lives and all too often can lead to suicide. Consult your doctor if you have any two of these symptoms for more than 15 days.
   -Feeling sad or anxious every day.
   - Losing interest in activities you once enjoyed including sex.
   - Losing or gaining weight.
   - Sleeping too much or too little or waking too early or not getting restful sleep.
   - Feeling drained of energy or physically slowed down.
   - Feeling tired or weak.
   - Feeling worthless, guilty or hopeless.
   - Having trouble concentrating, making decisions or remembering things.
   - Increased or decreased appetite.
   - Having headaches, constipation, acidity or pain anywhere in body.
   - Difficulty in starting activity.
   - Slowed thinking, crying or feel like crying.
   - Having repeated thoughts of suicide or death or actually attempting suicide.
   - Social isolation, lack of confidence.
   A psychiatrist is best equipped to treat depression. As a medical doctor and counselor, a psychiatrist can perform a through physical and psychological evaluation, prescribe and carefully monitor the effects of medication and provide psychotherapy.
   There are some supplementary non medicinal methods to cope with depression.
   - Yoga and pranayama are relaxing form of exercise that can help alleviate depression.
   - Socialize: Push yourself to go out more often. See friends, see a movie and eat out.
   - Smile, hold hands, hug a lot. Affection can go right to the heart and give real comfort.
   - Avoid narcotics, drugs, smoking and alcohol.
   - Any type of physical activity is helpful but it should be daily and minimum 45 minutes a day. The best will be the one you can enjoy, like outdoor sports. If not possible you can opt for brisk walking, swimming, cycling, dancing, aerobics or skipping.
   - Listen to music daily.
   -Go for psychotherapy it helps.
   - Eat smartly: Make sure you have 3-5 small meals a day with plenty of fruits, vegetables and yogurt. Avoid sugar, white bread, deep fried food and non vegetarian food.
   Death is not a solution; life is so worth living if you just give it a chance. Hope and love are real. You deserve to know what hope feels like what it’s like to love someone and have them love you in return. Out of 7 persons who attempts suicide only one succeed and rest end up with painful injuries and police case.
   I am suffering from depression from last 18 years.
   You can mail me at dost3344@yahoo.in
   BEST OF LUCK
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2. Demarques Says:
   August 31st, 2009 at 11:41 pm

   Take life by the horns. This is the only life you get, we are just so insiginificant and small dont be depressed. Life is like a big pat pussy waiting to be fuked. Don’t fel down. You can do that when you’re dead. Live!
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3. ajal Says:
   September 1st, 2009 at 12:28 am

   It seemed to me you were just waiting and expecting to become depressed as most of ur relatives so you talked ur mind into this so talk urself out of it U are not ur family U are much more U open ur heart and mind for love look in strangers eyes for recognitionas they are the eyes of the ones U loved before……..

   Exercise on a regular basis no alchohol nor drugs cut down on cigarettes,sweets and coffee.
   Take a pet love and let urself be loved by him/her.

   Life NOW stop worrying about the past or future stop making life hard on urself replace anything negative by anything positive imagine there is no hurt,sickness,worrying everything is Ok you are in he right place at the right time bein the right person who do you feel I bet you strat to smile and feel tht u can rise above it all SHINE
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4. Mav Says:
   September 1st, 2009 at 12:47 am

   Do you have only one arm?
   1 leg?
   Do you live in place where they shoot you for fun?
   Do you live in a box with 8 brothers to feed?

   If not, grow a pair. Depression its like a child, you let him do this, do the other and eventually it will do whatever it wants whenever it wants.

   So every time you feel that you are gonna get emo go with a friend, do some exercise or eat some pie.
   Nothing will get you out but yourself.
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5. Richard R Says:
   September 1st, 2009 at 1:37 am

   I have had to deal with depression since I was 15, I’m 47 now and still in one piece. Some days I don’t know if it will get the best of me. But I do know that it will destroy you if you don’t find a way to control it.
   I finally took myself off the meds last year, and started to look better ways to deal with it. Life seems a little better now, a little clearer.
   What worked for me was finding little things and trying to make them better. I look for someone’s who is worst off than me, and try to better thier life. By doing this, I find I become happy.
   It doesn’t have to be something big, just small things. I also found that the one’s that make me feel the best is when no one else knows I did them.
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