being depressed over a specific problem that you can't do anything about

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nota bene: i am clinically "depressed" and take medication for it, so this isn't just me being situationally sad. but i actually haven't been this low for a long time, and i'm not sure how to make myself snap out of it. serious answers please.

― saddo, Monday, 27 June 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

try to take some pleasure in small things every day and don't worry too much or feel guilty about being depressed.

― rainy (rainy), Monday, 27 June 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

Right. No need to get more upset about being depressed -- happens to most people at some point in their lives. Get some exercise, eat a good meal, do small things that make you feel a little better -- these won't cure your depression, but they'll help you "keep your head above water" so to speak, which will in turn make you more capable of doing whatever larger things you need to do to fight the depression.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 27 June 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)

i've been doing the exercise + good meal regiment and it's not helping. or it only helps for a very short amount of time. or it makes me feel worse.

― saddo, Monday, 27 June 2005 23:26 (twenty years ago)

"regimen" obv

― saddo, Monday, 27 June 2005 23:26 (twenty years ago)

i could use a good meal regiment. marching around, grinding chipotle.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 00:37 (twenty years ago)

i don't have any advice, but i know how you feel. i am so sick of crying so much, every day, and just wanting it to be bedtime so the day could end. i know that if circumstances could change i could be happier, but reality is what it is. i talk to a therapist and it helps. but i still feel like i'm falling apart.

― fj, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)

Maybe the meds need adjusting. Seriously. A little brain chemistry goes a long way in your ability to cope.

― Orbit (Orbit), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 01:29 (twenty years ago)

Are you seeing a therapist along with taking the meds? Meds are not really meant to be a cure or a complete fix on their own.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 01:34 (twenty years ago)

Seriously get out and do stuff. Not necessarily social stuff, but walking, video games, go wander around crowded places. Just stuff. Don't wallow by doing nothing.

― shanecavanaugh (shanecavanaugh), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 02:24 (twenty years ago)

What is the "specific problem" which is worrying you so much right now?

― C J (C J), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:40 (twenty years ago)

hurting, i only see my p-doc once every few months for medication maintenance. but it's okay, i don't really feel like i can open up to him anyway.

shane, it's when i go out wandering that i get most depressed. the worst thing for me in this state is being out in the real world, with all of its day-to-day obstacles and annoyances. i go out to avoid wallowing and then all i want to do is go back home.

cj, suffice it to say that the economic climate is very bad in the u.s. right now.

― saddo, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 04:59 (twenty years ago)

Are money worries compounding your problems? Are you not working at the moment?

― C J (C J), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 05:03 (twenty years ago)

xpost: ...since when is playing video games "getting out and doing stuff?"

Get a shrink you actually CAN open to and look into adjusting the meds. Cheer up: "It won't seem so bad ten years from now." (anyone remember where that was posted? Cheezy card with a secretly legit "message.")

― giboyeux (skowly), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

Get a shrink you actually CAN open to

my insurance won't cover that.

― saddo, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 05:07 (twenty years ago)

there are a few places that offer a sliding scale. you should check them out. where are you? i know of one in NY. therapists are are hard to connect with. but they are better than friends for these things, friends never know what to say, or just try to ''cheer you up" (which sometimes makes it worse, right?) I would be careful with the meds. They can really screw you up, my mother and a few friends have been driven nearly suicidal by them so I don't trust them at all. Books are nice. Hobbies are the best. Pets are the Greatest!

― django (django), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

i'm kidding, my insurance covers it. but i'm not comfortable spilling out my problems to therapists. i've tried with a lot of different ones, young, old, male, female, and nothing helps as much as talking with people who know me and understand me.

― saddo, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 21:11 (twenty years ago)

reggae

― Another Allnighter (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

whatever works!

― django (django), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

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