Can anyone please give me courage words because my depression is making me miserable now. Thanks?

I know how you feel because I have been there. Always sad, crying, nothing makes you happy and you feel like you are in room with no doors or windows. Someone could give you a million dollars and it would not mean a thing or tell you that they love you and it would not mean a thing to you.

One thing.......the Depression is NOT you. I know you will find this hard to believe because of how you feel now, but it is true.

You really should go to a good therapist who will explain how this happen and what you can do to help yourself.

I won't go into them here because only a therapist can really explain it where it makes sense.

I do know it is a part of the brain , or signals within the brain, that has malfunctioned, for some reason or another.

I also had to take medication, but I only took that as long as it took to level me out. I kept the therapy for some time because it really helped me.

You are not crazy, so don't think that.

I still get bouts of depression here and there, but I know what to do with it.

There is hope.

Good luck to you.

This, too, shall pass...?


Sorry, that's really what's get me through my depression episodes. Some situations you just can't control and all you can do is wait for them to pass by. You feel so deep into the depression like there's no way out. But if you have suffered from it before, you know that you will wake up on any random day and feel better again. The question is just "when?" and it's all about how you think and what you think.

It's easy to say that, but i have to keep telling myself that.

follow whatever direction you are getting from your doctor, if you are seeing one

but one great thing, that can really turn your spirits around, is regular exercise - it can be boring, but it's powerfull

really busy people do it very regularly, not because they have spare time, but because it works

for most of human history, people got plenty of exercise - they had no choice. having no cars, planes, motorcycles etc really helped them get it. even riding a horse was exercise. our bodies are tuned to get exercise. i wont tell you it's your only problem, but i will tell you it makes you stronger to deal with other stuff. you can do the same thing with just walking and/or jogging, for free. just a couple of weights can get you most of the toning exercises

i talked with a lady last weekend, at my brother's house. she said she is a runner, like my brother. she said running gives her a high. for a long time (I've kind of fallen out of it), i went to the gym pretty regularly. a few miles on the treadmill at least, then lifting weights. i cant say i loved doing it, i did it for how i felt afterword. kind of a positive 'glow'

go for a real long walk, a couple of miles.

if you do this, i guarantee you'll feel a little better

good luck!

Summer,

I am so sorry that you're feeling down. Just know that there are people out there who are thinking of you and praying for you, and I am one of them.

Read Psalm 23. And pray with all your heart. God will answer your prayers, as he did mine, and he will comfort you.

Also read "How to stop worrying and start living" by Dale Carnegie. It helped me very, very much when I had post partum depression, and it taught me things that I still use in my every day life to help prevent falling back into depression.

God Bless! = )

What are you depressed about? If you have general depression, with no real reason, you may want to see a doctor. What exactly is making you unhappy? I think if you can identify the problem, then you can begin to think of solutions.

Have faith that things will get better, for me having faith has gottten me through the most trying time of my life. Life changes and it wont be this way forever, look forward not back, you'll get through this, keep your head up, if u ever need to chat with someone u can im me, i hope this helps.

girl, sometimes i feel like posting a question like this because i feel so upset, but i've noticed i dont stay like that for long because there is always something that makes it better and if you look back on it later you'll see your tears were worthless. best of luck!

You will get through this and one day look back and appreciate everything you have and the happiness you have and think "wow i was in such a bad place". It comes with time and effort in getting better :)

You're beautiful and it'll pass. Remember the last time it passed? It's temporary and then things will be normal again :)

read this book
Extracts from The Power of Now

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I have little use for the past and rarely think about it; however, I would briefly like to tell you how I came to be a spiritual teacher and how 鈥楾he Power of Now鈥?came into existence.

Until my thirtieth year, I lived in a state of almost continuous anxiety interspersed with periods of suicidal depression. It feels now as if I am talking about some past lifetime or somebody else's life.


Awakening


One night not long after my twenty-ninth birthday, I woke up in the early hours with a feeling of absolute dread. I had woken up with such a feeling many times before, but this time it was more intense than it had ever been. The silence of the night, the vague outlines of the furniture in the dark room, the distant noise of a passing train 鈥?everything felt so alien, so hostile, and so utterly meaningless that it created in me a deep loathing of the world. The most loathsome thing of all, however, was my own existence. What was the point in continuing to live with this burden of misery? Why carry on with this continuous struggle? I could feel that a deep longing for annihilation, for nonexistence, was now becoming much stronger than the instinctive desire to continue to live.

鈥業 cannot live with myself any longer.鈥?This was the thought that kept repeating itself in my mind. Then suddenly I became aware of what a peculiar thought it was. 鈥楢m I one or two? If I cannot live with myself, there must be two of me: the 鈥業鈥?and the 鈥榮elf鈥?that 鈥業鈥?cannot live with.鈥?鈥楳aybe,鈥?I thought, 鈥榦nly one of them is real.鈥?br>
I was so stunned by this strange realization that my mind stopped. I was fully conscious, but there were no more thoughts. Then I felt drawn into what seemed like a vortex of energy. It was a slow movement at first and then accelerated. I was gripped by an intense fear, and my body started to shake. I heard the words 鈥榬esist nothing,鈥?as if spoken inside my chest. I could feel myself being sucked into a void. It felt as if the void was inside myself rather than outside. Suddenly, there was no more fear, and I let myself fall into that void. I have no recollection of what happened after that.

I was awakened by the chirping of a bird outside the window. I had never heard such a sound before. My eyes were still closed, and I saw the image of a precious diamond. Yes, if a diamond could make a sound, this is what it would be like. I opened my eyes. The first light of dawn was filtering through the curtains. Without any thought, I felt, I knew, that there is infinitely more to light than we realize. That soft luminosity filtering through the curtains was love itself. Tears came into my eyes. I got up and walked around the room. I recognized the room, and yet I knew that I had never truly seen it before. Everything was fresh and pristine, as if it had just come into existence. I picked up things, a pencil, an empty bottle, marvelling at the beauty and aliveness of it all. That day I walked around the city in utter amazement at the miracle of life on earth, as if I had just been born into this world.



Bliss


For the next five months, I lived in a state of uninterrupted deep peace and bliss. After that, it diminished somewhat in intensity, or perhaps it just seemed to because it became my natural state. I could still function in the world, although I realized that nothing I ever did could possibly add anything to what I already had.



Understanding


I knew, of course, that something profoundly significant had happened to me, but I didn't understand it at all. It wasn't until several years later, after I had read spiritual texts and spent time with spiritual teachers, that I realized that what everybody was looking for had already happened to me. I understood that the intense pressure of suffering that night must have forced my consciousness to withdraw from its identification with the unhappy and deeply fearful self, which is ultimately a fiction of the mind. This withdrawal must have been so complete that this false, suffering self immediately collapsed, just as if a plug had been pulled out of an inflatable toy. What was left then was my true nature as the ever-present I am: consciousness in its pure state prior to identification with form. Later I also learned to go into that inner timeless and deathless realm that I had originally perceived as a void and remain fully conscious. I dwelt in states of such indescribable bliss and sacredness that even the original experience I just described pales in comparison. A time came when, for a while, I was left with nothing on the physical plane. I had no relationships, no job, no home, no socially defined identity. I spent almost two years sitting on park benches in a state of the most intense joy.

But even the most beautiful experiences come and go. More fundamental, perhaps, than any experience is the undercurrent of peace that has never left me since then. Sometimes it is very strong, almost palpable, and others can feel it too. At other times, it is somewhere in the background, like a distant melody.

http://eckharttolle.com/the_power_of_now

Depression: I KNOW, from experience, how difficult it is, but once you drag yourself out of bed, throw on a dressing gown, and have a little time in the morning light, preferably doing easy stretching exercises, have a shower, a cuppa, and scrambled eggs and possibly bacon (these provide a lasting energy boost: no carbohydrates for 2 hrs, or extremely little; a teaspoon of sugar is OK). Splash cold water on your face, to revive you, as needed. No daytime sleeping; only 8 - 9 hrs at night. ====================== ===================== ====================== ===================== Antidepressants work quicker than the following; 2 - 6 weeks, but you may have to adjust dosage, or types, whereas St. John's wort is effective for most people, and doesn't develop tolerance and the few side effects are rare, and fairly well tolerated. It doesn't cause sexual dysfunction, sleeping problems, or weight change, but takes 4 - 6 weeks to become effective. A recent, independent German double blind study showed it to be as effective as Sertraline (marketed in the USA as Zoloft: a commonly prescribed antidepressant) in cases of major depression, with far fewer side effects, and those were generally better tolerated, with a lower rate of discontinuation. A multidimensional approach to treating depression without medication follows. All except for no. (7.) are safe to use with medication, but not St. John's wort, because of interactions, and it's sensible to check out anything else first with your doctor.

(1.) Take 4 Omega 3 fish oil supplements, daily: (certified free of mercury) it is best if consumed with an antioxidant, such as an orange, or grapefruit, or their FRESHLY SQUEEZED juice. If vitamin E is added, it should be certified as being 100% from natural sources, or it may be synthetic: avoid it.

(2.) Work up slowly to at least 20 minutes minutes of exercise, daily, or 30 - 60 mns, 5 times weekly. Too much exercise can cause stress, which isn't wanted when dealing with depression.

(3.) Occupational therapy (keeping busy allows little time for unproductive introspection, and keeps mental activity out of less desirable areas of the brain).

(4.) Use daily, one of the relaxation methods in sections 2, 2.c, 2.i, or 11, and/or yoga, Tai Chi, and/or the EFT, in sections 2.q, 2.o, and section 53, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris whichever works best for you.

(5.) Initially, at least, some form of counselling, preferably either Cognitive Behavio(u)ral Therapy, or Rational Emotive Behavio(u)ral Therapy.

(6.) Maintain a mood chart, and daily activities schedule, as per page Z.13, in section 2, at ezy build.

(7.) As options, if desired, either a known, effective herbal remedy, such as St. John's wort, 900 mg (standardised hypericin content) 3 times daily, totalling around 2,700 mg, or supplements, such as SAMe, taken with a vitamin B complex which is certified as being 100% of natural origin, or Inositol (from vitamin and health food stores, some supermarkets, or mail order: view section 55).

Also, 80% of people in the Western world have low magnesium levels, and these are known to cause depression & anxiety. Try the magnesium supplement types shown in http://www.real-depression-help.com/ Some of these will be available in pharmacies, or supermarkets.

An improvement can be noticed in as little as a week, if a deficiency is the cause. Also, iodised salt is preferable to regular salt. This is a shortened version of the much more comprehensive post, which may be seen on page Z.13, in section 2 of ezy build, above, but to gain full appreciation, it's really best to view the whole of section 2. ~~~ If you are already taking antidepressants, and want to use the wort, I suggest that you taper off the antidepressant, over at least 2 weeks, with medical advice as to how long to take, before beginning the wort.