Am I depressed?

[Creepn]

Get a roommate, preferrably a male. That will solve most of your problems no doubt.

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

Take up a new hobby.

[PuttPutt]

I've had all kinds of problems with depression. Pills don't solve it at all. they just mask it & eventually you forget. Doctors have given me all kinds of pills ( I was diagnosed bipolar type 1). Many others here have all had good advice. Smoking weed is good for a while, but just get involved in something. That will help the most. I battle my manic depression daily. I have days when I don't even want to leave my house. You just got to do what you got to do. Best advice is to get involved in some activity though. Whether it be church, athletics, music, or whatever. Just do something.

[The Reckoning]

depression is a scam. get over it.

[tonylongoriafan]

i feel what u'r saying completely...i'm in the same boat, albeit by different cir stances. my difference is that i DO go out and do things, have fun, meet people, etc. i just often find all of that empty. i mean, u work a good job, make good money, go out, travel, do things and all along u'r just trying to fill a void (when i say u, i mean me).

i get totally wrapped up sports, parties, hanging out, etc. and at the end of the day none of it matters cause i'll come home to a big empty house and wake up alone (most days). the key, i would say, is being comfortable in u'r own skin...then nothing matters. doing stuff, meeting new people, and having wonderful adventures is not all it's cracked up to be...U R NOT depressed, u just need to get comfortable with urself.

[tonylongoriafan]

i feel what u'r saying completely...i'm in the same boat, albeit by different cir stances. my difference is that i DO go out and do things, have fun, meet people, etc. i just often find all of that empty. i mean, u work a good job, make good money, go out, travel, do things and all along u'r just trying to fill a void (when i say u, i mean me).

i get totally wrapped up sports, parties, hanging out, etc. and at the end of the day none of it matters cause i'll come home to a big empty house and wake up alone (most days). the key, i would say, is being comfortable in u'r own skin...then nothing matters. doing stuff, meeting new people, and having wonderful adventures is not all it's cracked up to be...U R NOT depressed, u just need to get comfortable with urself.

that being said, it's always good to diversify. i love my family and a small group of friends, but i just recently started hanging around a group of really nice, very interesting, and generally good people...the bonus is they're girls!

[El Jefe Americano]

You want the quick fix?

Go take a shower in ice cold water. Cold as you can get it. For 10 minutes.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

depression is a scam. get over it.

STFU moron, it's a chemical imbalance in the brain. Yes, it is over-diagnosed and meds for it are over-prescribed, but that doesn't mean it's not real, and until you've actually suffered from it (which I have), you don't know what the you're talking about.

OP, my recommendations are:
1) work on a long-term plan - sounds like you're going nowhere right now;
2) exercise, eat well, sleep well;
3) force yourself to get out and be around people - start doing something you haven't done before, or take up an old hobby again.
4) if it doesn't go away, go to a therapist and TALK - try some CBT, worked for me.

Good luck.

[Blake]

Anyways, as life would have it, about a year and a half ago, the 4 of them ended up moving away. All 4 to different parts of the country. We keep in touch from time to time but things were definately not the same.

Around that time I became very close to this girl. At first I had second thoughts about getting involved with her because I knew she too would be moving away in a year. However my feelings for her started to grow and against my better judgement I pursued a relationship with her. We started spending more and more time together and it seemed that things were going well. However the time came for her to leave and the relationship we had, ended.

I think you mean about 3 years ago

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17233

[baseline bum]

STFU moron, it's a chemical imbalance in the brain. Yes, it is over-diagnosed and meds for it are over-prescribed, but that doesn't mean it's not real, and until you've actually suffered from it (which I have), you don't know what the you're talking about.

OP, my recommendations are:
1) work on a long-term plan - sounds like you're going nowhere right now;
2) exercise, eat well, sleep well;
3) force yourself to get out and be around people - start doing something you haven't done before, or take up an old hobby again.
4) if it doesn't go away, go to a therapist and TALK - try some CBT, worked for me.

Good luck.

I agree with everything but #3. Sometimes my favorite thing to do to clear my mind is go out hiking in the middle of nowhere, away from everybody and all the bull of the city.

[balli]

You could just stay depressed for awhile? How long has this been going on- not all the drama, but your reaction to it? Six months? , when the wolves are closing in, there's nothing wrong IMO with buttoning down the hatches a little bit.

I don't buy the whole chemical balance thing- your brain chemistry just is what it is, from one moment to the next. And if your dopamine/serotonin levels are in a state of "imbalance" or fluctuation there is probably a reason for it. I'd equate it to pain. It's a warning sign- and not something you necessarily should want to turn off without examining the reason for it's existence. I mean, if you had an axe through your foot, would you pull it out and s ch it up, or just pop a pill to kill the pain?

That's why you should smoke weed. It won't deaden you, but it'll make you far more courageously introspective, while also buffering you from the most extreme mental anguish such an introspective period might normally bestow upon you.

The Joys of Degradation

We all know the joys of degradation. Perhaps I should rephrase that: We must all have lived through times when we discovered it was pleasurable, even relaxing, to run ourselves down. Even as we tell ourselves we are worthless- over and over, as if repe ion will make it true- we are suddenly freed from all those moral injunctions to conform and the suffocating worry of having to obey rules and laws, of having to grit our teeth as we strive to be like others. Then we find ourselves in a place where we can wallow blissfully in our existence, our smell, our filth, our habits, the place where we can abandon all hope of self-improvement and stop trying to nurture optimistic thoughts about human beings. This resting place is so comfortable that we cannot help feeling grateful for the anger and selfishness that has brought us to this moment of freedom and solitude.

[DarkReign]

Something like one 1 out of 3 people "suffer" from depression in America (no fact check there).

Yeah, I totally believe that. Especially when no other country is even remotely close. Its called "get over yourself" syndrom. Youre not important, youre not special, you never will be.....and thats ok.

/depression

[phxspurfan]

The drinking did it...it never solves those common problems. Reading some self help books to improve ur self esteem and going out to meet new people will...be open to going out man. Youre so money and you dont even know it