For those of you who struggle with depression

[Geoff-Allen]

Depression is a major problem for many people.

There's a fair few sites on the web that offer help/advice.

Found this quote somewhere in cyberspace recently:

If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather. Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.

Here's a little sample -

First off, you can find loads of videos at youtube - I cannot vouch for all their advice but you never know your luck - you may discover something helpful.

depression - YouTube

Coping with Depression: Tips for Overcoming Depression One Step at a Time

Best of 2012: GoodTherapy.org’s Top 10 Websites for Depression

Best of 2015: GoodTherapy.org’s Top 10 Websites for Help with Depression

Are You Feeling Suicidal? How to Deal with Suicidal Thoughts and Feelings and Overcome the Pain

All that I am, all that I ever was...

http://thereseborchard.com/2017/09/13/what-i-wish-people-knew-about-depression-3/

Depression quotes -

https://www.healthyplace.com/insight/quotes/depression-quotes-and-sayings-about-depression/

I Want to Tell You About Coming Apart and Struggling Through Depression

Dealing with Depression: 10 Ways to Feel Positive and Peaceful

I sincerely wish you all the best and hope I may have helped in some small way!

 

[Mock Turtle]

Before the internet came along Dorothy Rowe wrote some very good books on this subject - can recommend these :

Dorothy Rowe - Wikipedia

 

[illykitty]

Thanks for the resources, can I also add, don't be ashamed of talking about your feelings and to seek therapy.

Meds also help, with some people depression is more chemical. It also helps re-wire the brain for those in therapy. Depression isn't your fault, but you need to put some work into it.

You need to hold on and try everything you can try. There's lots of different medications, self-help, therapy methods, etc.

I'm currently re-seeking help, and I'm waiting for a call back at the moment.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Thanks for the resources, can I also add, don't be ashamed of talking about your feelings and to seek therapy.

Meds also help, with some people depression is more chemical. It also helps re-wire the brain for those in therapy. Depression isn't your fault, but you need to put some work into it.

You need to hold on and try everything you can try. There's lots of different medications, self-help, therapy methods, etc.

I'm currently re-seeking help, and I'm waiting for a call back at the moment.

Thanks for sharing!

Hope my little post helped ...

Bet of luck in seeking help.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Here's a few quotes about adversity -

quotes and quotations on adversity

Best wishes!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Some people trivialize depression (often unintentionally) by dropping a platitude on a depressed person as if that is the one thing they needed to hear.

While some of these thoughts have been helpful to some people (for example, some find that praying is very helpful), the context in which they are often said mitigates any intended benefit to the hearer.

Platitudes don’t cure depression.

For the full list -

Worst Things to Say to Someone Who's Depressed | Psych Central

Wishing you all the very best!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

From that same site -

How Can I Help Someone in My Life Who's Depressed? | Psych Central

 

[Geoff-Allen]

More resources on this page.

Includes suicide prevention lifeline -

Get Help

Also a couple more sites I have yet to check-out ...

All the best!

 

[Twilight Hue]

I think one of the best approaches to depression is facing it head-on whenever it occurs. I think the more you understand it through experience the better you'll be able to deal with it amid subsequent attacks.

I have a medical history of depression that involved counseling and such, but was never institutionalized or hospitalized.

The worst had been in my teenage and young adult years

Since then I've been able to deal with it and understand though education and subsequent experiences what depression is and what the body goes through, so I would recommend reading up on depression and its physical as well as psychological causes and effects to get more well acquainted.

My depression never left me, but it's well-controlled and I can handle it because I can understand it much better now, so I'm able to weather through each attack with an understanding that it is not me necessarily me, but rather is an effect generated by a cause.

So now I consider depression as just a natural and normal aspect of being, or even a force of nature, like those forces we deal with whenever adverse weather conditions creep up from time to time.

There is rising, it's duration, and dissipation.

Currently I'm on psychotropic medications because of my panic attacks since my diabetes and heart attack and had not affected me mentally fortunately. It was more of a physical thing.

I am fortunate enough to still be qualified to drive commercially and I'm now back to work under the "pressure cooker" but I have to be medically cleared every year now by my cardiologist, primary, and psychiatric care doctors before I am issued certification to drive commercially for the rest of my career, or until doctors clear me permanently.

People react differently to depression, and I know what it feels like to be on the bottom of the barrel, but there is something to be said about perseverance and facing your fears. The hardest thing anybody would be ever tasked to do but well worth the pain if recovery is something you sincerely want to happen.

One of the best things ever said was through my Zen training, "Run towards what scares you the most".

 

[Geoff-Allen]

People react differently to depression, and I know what it feels like to be on the bottom of the barrel, but there is something to be said about perseverance and facing your fears. The hardest thing anybody would be ever tasked to do but well worth the pain if recovery is something you sincerely want to happen.

One of the best things ever said was through my Zen training, "Run towards what scares you the most".

Thanks for sharing!

I hope your story encourages others ...

All the best!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Research says that Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy is an effective treatment for depression. A new study finds out why.

Three Ways Mindfulness Reduces Depression

 

[Geoff-Allen]

This may also help -

Uplifting Depression: 15 Unexpected Lessons from Adversity

All the best!