If You're Depressed, and You Know It.

I have been thinking alot here. I am almost certain that every time I feel down that it's usually because I am pitying myself. So, I've been trying here recently not to be sorry for myself, and I really haven't felt sorry for myself, but I still am depressed. I do not understand, I want so badly to not be depressed, to get out of it, but my mind and body are longing for it.

Anyone know how I feel?

Yep :[

Clap your hands

Stamping ya feet is more enjoyable lol

Yeh. I made the mistake of thinking it was a sing song. theres also. "Do them all" Clap clap, Click Click, Stomp Stomp, turn turn.

the good old childhood game... =D

Katie - I had the same response :P

First change your diet. Eat more fruit and vegetables and less things that contain sugar and hydrogenated oil. Then, decide to be happy. The first steps is that where say on the web in your profile picture don't put an imagine of an angel with broken wings, put one of a laughing teddybear or a glowing sun... something happy. Make a note to be completely unselfish. Treat other people's hunger and needs as though it was your own. In feeding them you are feeding yourself. If you can make the choice between a smile and a frown, always choose the smile.

//T.L.//

Claps hand - my thoughts exactly LMAO :O)

i kno how u feel im that way right now.....

well. i'm a vegetarian. so i naturally am going to eat things that are more healthy than fatty foods. and i liked what you said about the profile page. it makes me want to totally revamp everything now.

I know how you feel.
But are you "feeling" depressed or has a therapis actualy told you you were depressed.
There really is a BIG difference there.
If you are just feeling down, and sad all the time it might be because of stress, break-up's, losses, a fight, but if you let yourself it's easy to work through it.

My therapis gives me ways to deal with my depression...

--Instead of saying "What if...?" say "So what...?"
For example, say you see someone you really really like flirting with someone else. What you would most likely say is, "What if they start dating and I never get a chance?" Instead of this, say "So what if they start dating? I can find someone BETTER." Of course that was just an example. You situation may be much more seriouse. But I do it, and it helps. = ]
--You need to set your mind to a good place. Tell yourself that today will be a good day not, today's gonna suck just like everyother day. That doesn't make anything better. Don't let a bad day scare you.
--One last one is, stay in the present. Don't ever tell yourself somthing bad will happen in the future. You can't tell what's going to happen next. Don't let that frighten you. Your guess will most likely be wrong, who knows? Maybe somthing GOOD will actualy happen!

I've been depressed for awhile now. I know how you are feeling. But again, if you are just "feeling" depressed YOU CAN work through it. As for actualy being depressed YOU CAN work through that as well but it takes time. Don't think you're going to feel better in the morning. It takes hard work and determination. Don't give up.

[-[-Morgan-]-]

clap your hands to the beat and call for defeat:[

my therapist says I'm depressed. it's kind of gay because when she told me I didn't feel like I was, but now I can see that I am. :/

what i find is, its really weird when my friends and sister say things like "i feel really depressed today"
and i just think to myself, no you dont you dont no what that means.
i was depressed amd i did no it and sometimes i wanted to be because thats all i though i was worth

but im happy at the moment !!! which is very good
im just scared it will all happen again and i dont like feeling unhappy and parranoid

be happy no one deserves to feel like that
me x x x

ugh...my friends always say if there having a bad day that there depressed too but i'm like depression doesn't last a day

oh i can understand this very well........i was suffering from depression for one year and i was not able to get out of it alone.........so i had gone to a hospital for 6 1/2 weeks and after that i had my problems to get back to my normal life first ..........but now after i `ve been back from hospital for 10 weeks i feel so so good now.......iam still on medicine and that is ok ............i just hope that dark bad time is over for ever.........but hey?.........when i learned one thing then its all is in your own hand.........means you are the one who can change it .........sometimes one need help for it as i did because of not knowing how to get over it ........but i learned it on my own, my therapist was only giving me some things to think about and all came up on my mind ..........funny...........sometimes was just a word needed to make me think about solutions or to make me think about myself so i hope you will learn it as well.............pray for you !!!!

* Looks around *

Why the hell is everybody clapping?

* Reads sign *

God damnit, wrong forum again. That's the third time this week.

I think that there are a lot of people out there that are like that. One, being myself. I think, also, that it depends on your overal outlook in life, and how you percieve things. For some people, trying to change the way you think about things tends to work, but it doesn't exactly work for me, either.

I guess, that there are a lot of ways that you can try to work it out. (cliche) Generally, every person will find something that will work for them better than someone else's thoughts or ideas.

Just keep trying to find something out, go through several solutions and try to find out what works best for you. If you go over two years without any kind of resolve, then you may need to resort to telling someone like a doctor or even possibly a psychaitrist. (I am not one, lol)

Regardless of what has been said, good luck with that and I hope you get what you want.

ive been like this for years, and even though i have a wonderful bf im still a little unhappy, there is just one small part of me which im guessing will forever be unhappy...i did the cheery thing for a while then i got boared and tired and sick..so i gave up.but i do not pitty myself.what happened to me to make me feel like this was not my fault-at all.

but i have heard that if you stay away from other dpressed people and cutterz or whatever and only be around happy people thay will eventually convert you.

october xx

sad happy sad happy.....go up and down......[not using a pole!] lmfao

Clap, clap. mmmYes. Jolly good.

Anyway, depression often is related to self-pity..but as you have so recently discovered, it is not always related. Sometimes you just feel down. It's natural.

And yes, that was a crappy response.

yeah

If you want to be happy, BE.

I'm sorry and I don't mean to be a downer but that up there ^ "If you want to be happy, BE."...I don't mean this offensively so with aldo respect but what does that mean? be what? just BE. not everybody can feel happy just being. I've struggled with chronic depression for about three years now and while I do have very, very bad moments, if it weren't for the things I love: my mother, friends, music, and writing I would not be here today, seriously. That and therapy. I guarantee there's a solution for how you feel, you just got to look for it hard and find it. Take care and if you need to vent to someone feel free to message me!

Go get therapy, meds, whatever you think will help, but do something to better yourself instead of sitting around talking about how you wish you could get some. It's out there.

Katie knows what I was thinking