Let's talk about depression soc. How do you deal with yours?

>>24412391
I'm not dealing with it. Having diminished social life is making it worse. I'm going to go to a psychologist in fact.

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>>24412391
I'll put in mine
I hate my apperance and think about killing myself three times a day. I can't even cope after years of therapy and meds.
I can't even smile like this anymore.

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pretty depressed.
girl just dumped me,
Thinking about going back to using opiates.

>>24412420
Does it help if I tell you your smile is cute?

>>24412429
You're kind

>>24412431
I'm just saying the truth.

Are you positive this isn't a chemical imbalance? I don't want to sound rude, but have you tried a psychiatrist?

>>24412440
I have and they haven't helped.

>>24412444
There has to be something else that can help you. I seriously think so. Maybe you haven't searched in the right places and there has to be a reason why psychologists and psychiatrists don't work. I wonder what else could be there...

I'm sorry if I can't come up with some way to help you.

>>24412391
I work overnights and never had a reall good life or social life before that. Despite social anxieties and an overwhelming feeling of general inadequacy at all times of my life, I've somehow managed to keep myself together and relatively happy I think. Or at least content with my life. I just work my ass off at my dumb gas station job, remind myself daily that my job positively affects hundreds of lives if I do it right, and smoking while playing Hearthstone and Dark Souls when I'm home. I'm not sure how much of all of that is helping, but something must be cuz it's been a while since my last major breakdown.

>>24412458
There's nothing

>>24412526
Have you told your therapist this isn't working?

>>24412537
I have and the main problem stems from my apperance. You see I'm trans and I fucking hate. I feel cursed

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I'm not really dealing with it, I'm just living with it.
I've been clinically depressed for years (thanks genetics) and while I was medicated for most of my adolescent-to-young adult life, eventually I realized that rather than actually helping mitigate depression, meds were just causing my to breeze through life in a fog of apathy.
I stopped medication a couple years ago which was a trial in and of itself, but I haven't once considered starting back up since.
The depression is always there, and some days are incredibly rough, but at least the shit days I have are my shit days, and not the result of my emotions being chemically manipulated.

>>24412550
First. I look at your picture again and I cannot notice you're trans. So if anything your external appearance looks very feminine to me. I gotta congratulate you for that.

And second. I've dealt with trans people before and I gotta say you're all wonderful people. I seriously feel sad for the struggle all of you have to go through. But you gotta know something - at least under my eyes you're pretty much a girl, despite what your appearance is.

Drugs....

>>24412575
But you can't judge by just one pic
I don't feel feminine and it pains me so

>>24412550
You may be trans (I find that hard to believe), but you have beautiful eye(s), that's a fact.

If your problem is appearance, change it. Changing outside, that's an easy one. The hard part is changing inside...

>>24412698
How don't you feel feminine? Is it the appearance, or is it something inner?

If it's the appearance, don't fret. You've done a damn good work although I understand very well why you don't feel feminine. Maybe if a guy could reassure you, it would work out?

If it's your personality, I bet you are far more feminine than you believe to be. Seriously.

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I experienced father abandonment, confusion of who my mother actually was, neglect/abuse, foster care, manipulation from friends, chronic homelessness, substance abuse, rehab, every girl I cared about leaving me cause I'm PTSD, until finally meeting the bitch that told me she loved me while lying about being hiv positive. Then I got to experience all the ones that really did, while I pushed them away for their own good.

I imagine UZIs going full auto through my face several times daily. But I'm not a pussy ass quiter. I have shit to do and people that doubt me.

I'm aware life will continuously get worse, I can either give up or adapt. I've adapted to more than most will ever endure, so I keep going. Death will come quickly enough on its own.

>>24412846
think I forgot to add rape/molestation and teenage felonies to the list as well.

I don't. Tried kill myself the other week, but just ended up putting a hole in the ceiling.
The only thing stopping me from using the more messy ways is being a coward.

>>24412420
That's a shame. Admittedly your teeth are kind of meh, but you're otherwise pretty cute. I like your hair and your cheek bones.

>>24412846
>>24412870
...Sorry, I'm so sorry you've had to go through that. I don't even know what to do or say.

>>24412884
Have you tried calling a suicide prevention hotline?

Just recognize that there really isn't much more to life than simple pleasures, so yeah just take joy in the small things. Been depressed since I was 15, am 29 now.

>>24413022
shit happens. part of being an adult is keeping it together when its falling apart.

everyones problems are significant to them and thats important to avoid the same mistakes, but while moving forward. i dislike talking about this sorta thing because girls usually ended up feeling like I'm casting a shadow over their issues, when I was really just opening up.

>>24413205
No matter how adult you are, the emotions are too real and I can't help concerning nonetheless. I know I may be a bit obnoxious about it but do know that here's an anon who cares.

>>24412391
Music, sleep, and food

>>24412391
Alcohol

just trying to keep my head above water.
trying to keep my appearance ok, because i know that helps a bit. brushing my hair daily and shit. trying to get dressed everyday, which is hard considering how often i do laundry. running out of dresses fast. playing violin. just...trying to stay ok.

Pills and booze. I'm a coward. But then again I also cope by burying myself in responsibilities I can't meet so the other two metre things out.

bump. could use some anons to talk to about depression. i got here kinda late and the thread seems kinda dead.

anyone?

>>24413516
What do you need to talk about? If you need to vent go ahead, it's healthy.

im just very lonely and that gives me extreme sadness because it means no on is willing to put up with my shit so in a way i hate people not me. but i hate myself for being the way i am. and me hating people just makes it worse and worse. i can't study or do too much anymore i have no motivation. i only get a little bit of structure in my life when i have someone to talk to. and here i am only writing in the hope that someone will talk to be but of course i would only talk to a girl not males.
tomorrow i have a big test and i haven't even studied since last class. i really hope it's enough to get a decent grade but it probably isn't. i wish i could drop out but but that would make everything even worse. and college is pretty expensive but my parents are paying so it's not like part of my stress but in away i do hate that they are using so much of their money in a waste like me. at then end i think of their money as my money. they don't really make much money
i hate that i want attention so much

>>24413550
>of course i would only talk to a girl not males
Dude this isn't healthy. You should talk to everyone and befriend people, not genders. This is going to accentuate your issues further.

>>24413563
idk man i just can't get engaged or care about males at all
and at the back of my mind i remember males are usually more evil and they care less about people

>>24413563
It's even more difficult to talk about sensitive things with other guys.

>>24413567
>and at the back of my mind i remember males are usually more evil and they care less about people
This is false. You seriously should see a psychologist, being a misoginystic, misandrist, or misanthrope leads to a very sad life as well.

>>24413571
I'm currently talking with a guy friend about sensitive things and he's providing sound advice. So no.

>>24412420
>three times a day

normie pls go

>>24413580
i think ur opinion is shit and ur dumb idiot dad doesn't know how things really work so there's dad

>>24413593
>ur dumb idiot dad
Why am I laughing?

Dude. If you treat anybody badly you'll be treated badly. I want to be super nice to you but if you won't cooperate I could pretty much be a dick.

>>24413580
Perhaps not for you, but for many people it is.

>>24412391
Reading suicide notes and killing myself vicariously through them.

>>24413605
I don't know I've met several males who give good advice and are pretty much okay with talking emotional stuff.

>>24413599
i didn't ask for advice or shit. feeling understood is the best feeling like that orange id guy. he's great i like him he understands

I don't really cope, I'm pretty fucking ugly and never had anyone legitimately think I'm physically attractive, and most of my problems come from that. I try to keep up hope that I'll find someone but I'm losing it every day. Really want to just kill myself especially when I see how easy life is for attractive people.

>>24413612
Why on Earth would a girl want to talk to you? Ask yourself, is your depression making you a piece of shit? Or is it the fact that you're a piece of shit getting you depressed?

>>24413614
Dude, I'm pretty unattractive, like 3/10 at best, I've had several relationships, I mean most of them were horrible and were totally unfulfilling, but you just have to have the attitude of not caring what people think and keep putting yourself out there.

>>24412391
Alcohol and porn. Also I'm seeing a shrink.

>>24413658
im very genuine and i think girls like that but anyway girls never really care that much to go trhough all my insults and all that
i think im just depressed because im lonely
i think i've always been a piece of shit but if no one really sees the real you then that's horrible

>>24413606
i do this a lot actually.

>>24413524
idk, just general mopiness.
don't really wanna vent; don't have the energy anymore, but yeah. thanks anyway.

>>24412391
I accept it and force myself to work/shower/take out trash/do dishes/get groceries, basically just the necessities. Fortunately playing vidya with friends is still pleasurable for me so I'm OK.

We either learn to cope with it or kill ourselves eventually... knowing there are only two ways my life goes helps keep me motivated.

>>24412420
>years of therapy and meds
Have you tried just getting used to not being normal? Fighting it so hard is what makes most of us lose. You don't feel like doing anything? Do it anyway, you know?

Saying you look completely normal if not cute won't help but whatever. What might help more is at first I didn't realize you were mtf

I don't see doctors or anything anymore

>>24412423
Opiates will just make it worse and you probably know it since you stopped using them in the first place

>>24412486
You're completely fine, dude. What you're doing wrong is comparing yourself to the average American. You have depression. You aren't average and it's OK. Our daily schedules are the same you get used to it. Quit smoking weed. It helped me a ton.

>>24412553
We are the same gg

>>24412585
So stop, if you can't, rehab. If you don't want to yet you will eventually.

>>24412846
I love you and you are why I work in the mental health field. Stay strong.

>>24412884
Step 1 just stop
Step 2 get a job
Step 3 stay off the internet
Step 4 go outside more
If you do these things everyday you won't actually try to an hero again 100%guaranteed. If you get mad, Fuck you.

>>24413142
I like you, you know what's up

>>24413250
Watch your lie in April and experience all of the feels. Violin is cool, I piano.

casual sex.

>>24413274
Drugs are just a slow noose man. Time to stop.

>>24413340
Thread is just starting you butt nigga

>>24413550
One day you will realize you were the one who hated everyone else, that you chose this because you either feel better or worse than them. Once you hit that point you'll know what's up.

>>24413614
I see more ugly couples than cute ones where I live. But I find the ugly ones cutest.

I think that's everyone! Have a good day and I love you all!

>>24412391
>Let's talk about depression soc.
No.
>How do you deal with yours?
Let's talk about sex, baby. Let's talk about you and me. Let's talk about all the goods and the bad things that may be. Let's talk about sex. Let's talk about sex.

>>24413809
inappropriate

I just...deal with depression? Idk. I have had alot of life problems, but i just learn to not care so much and just continue my living.

>>24412420
girls can ALWAYS have sex if they want to. just by having that HUGE ADVANTAGE in this fucking twisted horrible life I'd be more tha happy to be alive.

>>24413567
Rejecting males because their lack of empathy and evilness isn't much of a deal when compared to to females being usually more manipulative and backstabbing.

>>24412391
I tend to battle through it. Mine seems to manifest itself as a lack of motivation and general being numb most of the time, so I just acknowledge it for what it is and try to ignore it.
Numb? Pierce it with things I know I enjoy, even if I don't feel like I'm going to enjoy it. Lack of motivation? Replace it with discipline and get what needs doing done.

Having things to work for helps. I work to save money to buy a house. I study to get my degree and go into a job I want to do. Right now my mum needs me to pay her mortgage, so I'm doing that too.

I suppose you'd just call it "coping mechanisms". Plus a fair amount of cynicism from my upbringing: to me, you're not guaranteed happiness or an easy life, so I just work to achieve those things as best I can.

>>24413828
You know what's up

>>24413813
Is it really, though? Is it? Really? Though? Sex is a natural cure for depression. As is sunshine and fresh air and walking in nature. Usually if you do the latter 3 the former follows as you'll have made some friends along the way and probz a QT3.4 to sex you up.

You know what's really inappropriate? A culture of self loathing, the pushing of drugs as a remedy despite the fact that they generally do more harm than good, and the media and even education promoting depression as a lifestyle going so far as to glamorize it.

Sex is always appropriate, senpai.

>>24413825
Yes, girls can have sex any time they want, but do you honestly think that a girl feels good just because any guy wants to get their dick wet? Get some perspective.

>>24413803
i did just watch your lie in april and i cried my gay little heart out. i watched the whole thing in like 2 days. i wish there was more shit like it.

>>24412714
But very easy
I had face surgery and ended up getting botched.

>>24412731
>>24412909
If you have kik, I'll explain it to you and show you with other pics.
Kik is Bemani_Lover

>>24413852
i was just kidding and being ironic by saying it was inappropriate to talk about sex on a nsfw board, sorry i know tone isnt easy to read online so i should probably have been more specifc

>>24413858
There definitely should be more tragic love in anime. Most of the time the lovers live happily ever after which hits the feels but not as hard as losing a lover.

It's ironic how we feel and remember bad emotions more than good ones.

>>24413861
*very hard

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>I'm only 22
>I work 10 hours a day
>Have next to no social life
>Friends just want to play video games, never hang out
>Can't seem to find a decent girl to date, plus haven't been on a date in a year
>I live alone
>My life is literally go to work and come home to be alone
>Started drinking more and more
>Only bit of happiness I get is watching movies because it helps get my mind off shit
>I'm slowly dying inside

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>I'm only 22
>I work 10 hours a day
>Have next to no social life
>Friends just want to play video games, never hang out
>Can't seem to find a decent girl to date, plus haven't been on a date in a year
>I live alone
>My life is literally go to work and come home to be alone
>Started drinking more and more
>Only bit of happiness I get is watching movies because it helps get my mind off shit
>I'm slowly dying inside

>>24413852
I little bit of a reductionist view on the issue there, buddy-boy.

Sex is only a "cure" for depression in that dopamine, among other things, is released. As depression is primarily an issue with the dopamine cycle (simplified as "ups and downs"), a dose of it here and there is really just a band-aid.
You either fix the source (if caused by external factors) or you medicate and/or learn to cope with it if its anatomical (such as someone who is manic-depressive).

You've got a lot to unpack in your post there, so I'll just jot them and you can pick which poison you wanna go with.

>sex as cure
As mentioned, it's a band-aid. The causes are usually ongoing.
>deal with culture of self-loathing
This may deal with external sources, such as a poor self-image, but neglects medical reasons, or any other reason.
>drug-pushing
A genuine issue. However, kind of separate. It's often pushed as the only cure where others can work.
>glamorize it
Senpai, the only people who do that either don't have it, or have issues besides that.

>>24413865
Get used to it pal that's life if you don't do anything about it. It's not a bad life it just isn't good either.

>>24412391
>How do you deal with yours?
I don't. Saw a few different doctors, tried lots of different medications. Nothing helps. They said I'm treatment resistant and I've stopped going. Can't afford it and it doesn't help so there's no point. I'm not very good at taking care of myself and I'm shit at being an adult in general. My fucking water got shut off and I can't afford the part I need to fix my car. Got a 7th grade education and a shitty minimum wage job.
Was talking to a couple of people from 4chan but they delete me after a while. I'm just a shitty person I guess. I don't see myself getting out of this. I'm just digging myself deeper in this fucking hole. I'm broke and alone and it's entirely my fault.

I just try to keep moving. Some days I have more motivation to clean shit and be productive, but most of the time I'm just kind of standing there trying to not think about how my life has not gone anywhere I want it to go.

I took a real hit at the start of the year when my girlfriend broke up with me. I basically had to put my whole life on hold, as my depression crippled me so badly I dropped out in my last semester of college. I still haven't gone a single day without thinking about her. She pops up in my nightmares all the time.

And it's not even that I want to get back with her or I think it was true love. I used to think that, but now I know we just wouldn't have worked out. But no matter how I try to rationalize it, it just feels like this tremendous failure. I really cared about her; she was a longtime friend and I let her down. The whole relationship just makes me feel ashamed now.

I'm very lonely, but I'm not going to look for someone else for the time being. Whatever caused that relationship to fail is still inside of me. It needs to be reined in.

My dad died last month. It's been very stressful, but not actually that depressing. He was abusive and sociopathic. But taking care of the house, trying to manage finances, supporting my mother, they all make me feel like I'm doing something meaningful. For perhaps the first time in my life, I feel like my actions are actually beneficial to the people I care about.

>>24413870
>Sex is only a "cure" for depression in
that dopamine, among other things, is released. As depression is primarily an issue with the dopamine cycle (simplified as "ups and downs"), a dose of it here and there is really just a band-aid

translation - "I didn't read the rest of what you said after sex and am trying to dismiss the entire argument because reasons. Also I'm much smarter than you."

>You either fix the source (if caused by external factors) or you medicate and/or learn to cope with it if its anatomical (such as someone who is manic-depressive)

translation - "I'm trying really hard to not accept that changing my lifestyle might be a good fix for my problems because change is hard and scary and it's much easier to repeat patterns which lead me to be depressed. Also, I am totally smarter than you."

>You've got a lot to unpack there buddy

translation - "I am a wizard."

>sex as cure
As mentioned, it's an added bonus to most healthy lifestyles. The sexings are usually ongoing.
>deal with culture of self-loathing
This may deal with external sources, such as a poor self-image, but neglects my feelings, and no other reason.
>drug-pushing
A genuine issue. However, kind of totally relevant to the culture of self loathing and self worship as mentioned above which totally has nothing to do with why more special snowflakes exist now than at any other point in history. It's often pushed as the only cure where drinking lots of water and cutting sugar from your diet can work.
>glamorize it
Senpai, the only people who do that are all of the people whose jobs depend upon guiding people into certain roles. You know, like guidance counselors at schools, or tv and films and media in general, psychiatrists and Fruedian psychologists, and never mind the social engineers

I know what real depression is like. I wasted a decade of my life being depressed. Fuck. That. Shit.

>>24412391
browsing 4chan so i don't think about myself. also i recently found out that posting a couple of pics on /b/ and being called good looking helped out but i don't really want to get into that.

>>24413895
>random sarcastic assertions that I'm attempting to seem smarter than a nobody on 4chan
Let's see if we can avoid logical fallacies.
Speaking of not reading the rest of what we wrote, did you see the rest of what I wrote where I addressed everything you wrote?

If you were able to comprehend what is meant by "fixing the external factors" that can cause depression, what that means is changing your lifestyle where it's the cause of the depression. I.e. "I'm not happy with my job - I should aim to find another one".

I'm pretty sure your argument revolves around making depression go away by changing your life, which only really works if your life is what was causing the depression.
>what is clinical depression/abnormal brain function?

>added bonus to most healthy lifestyles
Yes, and not realistic for some to achieve regularly. Or unwanted for many reasons.
>no other reason
I'm sensing a trend here friend.

>I know what real depression is like
>Anon, I'm special, I know what this is like better than you or anyone else ever will. You should listen to me - just be happy man, have sex and stuff.

I can see the mental gymnastics you're going through to avoid addressing a point you can't counter, so I'll put it in here bluntly: depression is often a medical condition, that is not caused by anything other than abnormal brain function.
This is beyond the control of an individual anon. Dealing with a mental illness seriously requires more than "sex/sunshine/walking/making people stop hating themselves" (forgive me if I missed anything in your extensively detailed management strategy for a mental illness).

>tl;dr for your point: I know more than you because I managed to cope with it in my own way and can't fathom the idea that people aren't exactly like me
When you can cite a medical journal that proves sex, sunshine and whatever the fuck you're saying is a cure for all forms of depression, you'll have a point.

>>24413920
No, you

Weed. And depression meds. And trying to keep in mind it's just a chemical imbalance in my brain and it'll pass.

Mostly shit tons of weed though.

>>24413927
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>>24412391
try to read the book ''Paul David - At last a life'' it will help you a lot, here some words.

The complete and natural cure for anxiety and panic issues.

At Last a Life is my own experince and recovery through anxiety, panic and depersonalisation. One of my main aims in writing this book was to make it as easy as possible to read and understand; to get my message across from a sufferer's point of view and dilute all the jargon that you may have found hard to understand in the past.

I also felt strongly that I had something else to say than had been churned out before, mainly by people who had never actually been through it. Every common symptom is explained in the book, not just the anxiety, but also, the feelings of unreality, the racing thoughts, feelings of dread, lack of confidence, depression, the constant worry cycle and many more symptoms that I have come across over the years.

The book has had huge success around the world and is often referred to patients by doctors and therapists alike.

I keep mind busy, playing vidya till I'm literally about to pass out. It's better than the alternative: drinking and shit.

You poor bastards i want to give you all a hug after reading this thread.

I have also been though alot of shit and been fucked by life one too many times.
>social anxiety turned me into an ambivert but i become way too introverted sometimes at home.
>depression since i was 15 or earlier possibly, can't remember.

Between that and the shitty self confidence, my sex/romantic life has been poor.
BUT there is always hope, been researching medication and found stuff called "5-HTP" it's fucking amazing. Its not an antidepressant, rather a precursor to serotonin.

Loneliness of depression can be the worst, wanting to have a relationship but your own mind is the thing holding you back.
We all carry on through the void.

>>24413940
Tbh suicide is a good thing, it doesn't really matter if people spend more years doing shit, they'll die even if they don't do it, death is where everything ends no matter what

Denial and cynicism. I feel great !

>>24413971
You're french aren't you

>>24413966
F that. Suicide isn't good for shit if you're not dying or detoriating mentally or physically to the point you can't move or are in constant pain.

Why choose suicide when you can pack a bag and leave to explore the world? At least you can try to find happiness and die trying.

Like you said, death is the end anyway so you shouldn't care if you're raped or murdered when exploring the world.

>>24413979
Christ bro, that was more helpful to my shitty mind than my therapy, pls talk more I need it

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I had similar problems, i have always been kinda depressed but for more general issues, like, how the world works, about the lack of morals in society and the materialistic people are some of the reasons.
Besides that i had a very sad event (lost my young cousin cause of H1N1) and after that i was worring about everything, more about my family's health and close ones to me, for example, a common flu on one of my closest people would run my mind crazy and make me paranoid, a headache becomes a brain tumour; a stomach ache can become cancer and so on.2 years after that event i was alone for a few months, because of work noone of my family or friends were nearby,i got numbness on my hands and legs which eventually was an injury that i made in the gym (but anxiety ''helped'' to make it more hard to pass even with the physiotherapy) i got some more symptoms like
Depression.Shaking hands.Fast heartbeat.No interest in anything.Tired and weary.Unable to concentrate.Irritable.Mind racing.Sleep disorders.Difficult to breathe

After that i tried to pull myself together, like when i was a kid about (8-10 years old) i was afraid of darkness i got the right stimulation by my dads stories about ancient Greeks philosophers and the use of logic, so from that day i tried to explain everything with logic, ''darkness? how can i be harmed? monsters? did you see any monster? did you hear anyone saying he got harmed by a monster?''

for some months i have lost it and i didnt even notice it, but that was the trick, if you are going to explain to yourself ''why i am like that? why i am feel sick?'' you will keep your mind running for ''cure'' for the answer. if you do this then you are feeding the anxiety more and more like the picture i put (hym from witcher 3. feeding from host guilt.)

>>24414112
You doing better?

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You will let yourshelf beated by that ''hym'' of yours? Or you will beat your hym and reborn again?
THE BOOK ''Paul David - at last a life'' helped me A LOT, here some words from there.

Full recovery requires the correct information, an application of it and
a little patience. Most have suffered for so long that they just want to
be better now. Well, I was the same. I also wanted instant success.
Unfortunately, our body takes time to recover; this is only natural, we
have been through so much. Most of us did not begin to feel like we
do overnight; it was a gradual process and this process takes time to
reverse. But, trust me, what a journey it can be and it is well worth
the wait.
I have had many people come to me for help, almost in tears as they
see no way out. Fast forward a few months and they cannot believe
how far they have come. So don’t despair if you feel you have hit
rock bottom or have suffered for a long time, no matter how you feel
or how much anxiety has taken over your life, the real you is just
waiting to resurface.

At Last a Life is my own experince and recovery through anxiety, panic and depersonalisation. One of my main aims in writing this book was to make it as easy as possible to read and understand; to get my message across from a sufferer's point of view and dilute all the jargon that you may have found hard to understand in the past.
I also felt strongly that I had something else to say than had been churned out before, mainly by people who had never actually been through it. Every common symptom is explained in the book, not just the anxiety, but also, the feelings of unreality, the racing thoughts, feelings of dread, lack of confidence, depression, the constant worry cycle and many more symptoms that I have come across over the years.

>>24414128
yeah i am fine i doing great after 2 years, of course i have my ups and downs like every human being, but that doesnt let me down.

Ofcourse it takes time to beat Stress, Anxiety And Depression and when you feel like its over, it can come back, its natural you cant beat so easly a habbit cause one tired mind needs rest its like a broken leg, you must let heal himself, dont press it to the limits, yea after the heal it will be still fragile to more damages, like the mind, after you think you done with it can come back, its the left-over anxiety trying to get control again, You know its there but anxiety cant get control, cant make the decisions for you.

Go out, make some plans, keep your mind away by reading a book, by going to the gym, even by playing videogames.stop worrying about yourself, you are fine, every human can past that, and every human did in some point in their life, you are not special you dont have any disease that doesnt have a cured. ( i am not talking about serius mental illines. anxiety,stress and depression is not a brain disorder ) and you dont going mad.

>>24414203
Were you diagnosed with anxiety disorder?

>>24414205
as i said i always had some kind of anxiety, but after some months of that event i got breath problems, sleep disorders i was feeling like i was sick, i had pain on my chest and my back. When i was sleeping and many times i just jump from my sleep like i couldnt breath, and then i went to hospital, i did all the tests and then they told me that i dont have anything, all that you feel is stress and anxiety they said. I knew i had it but i didnt think it could make you feel like that. (breath problems) I could manage to get over it, but i didnt have it for so much long as i read here in the comments.

>>24413808
Well the funny thing is is its prescription lexapro, does wonders for my motivation. I just feel like a coward for needing it.

watch movies that make me cry and drink.
but otherwise i just keep pressing on i guess.

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>>24412391
I drown my demons just like everyone else in my family? Idk im still functional i just drink away the pain

>pic related was me going to one liquor store so often they gave me a free shaker for being a loyal customer

I'm currently taking 200mg zoloft (max), 150mg clozapine, 200mg propranolol and zopiclone at night.

>>24412391
I became a level 60 cleric and killed dragons in the frigid wastelands of Velious. I was liked by everybody because I could recover lost time and experience with resurrection.
Got super into programming and alternated between that and my priest on WoW for over a decade.
Now I collect anime/manga from the 80s and early/mid 90s and also collect vintage hentai which I've been adding to after swap meets at anime conventions.

>>24413825
I can't tell if posts like these are a joke anymore
>>24412420
have you tried treatments that aren't meds? like that fisher wallace thingie or whatever
idk I should get out of this thread I don't belong here

>>24415238
>I can't tell if posts like these are a joke anymore
I am totes serious. If I could get skimpy clithes on, go out and come back home with someone for cassual sex, I am sure that my depresion would improve dramatically. No doubt.

I don't. Lately I've been crying a lot and it's hard to stop thinking about killing myself. I'm seeing a therapist soon, though, so here's hoping I can still fix this.

By binge eating, I've gained 20+ pounds. Can't say the weight gain helps my already terrible self esteem, but I've been fat before.

I don't know how else to cop since I can't be arsed to do anything else. My depressive moods usually lasts for a few days or so, but this has been going on for months. I can't afford therapy, can't afford drugs, and I can't really talk to anyone because I'm too ashamed and they've all got their own problems to deal with.

I'm just waiting for my emotional state to fix itself on its own, just like it normally does.

I have Borderline Personality Disorder, so to be honest I either manage it really well with exercise, eating well and grounding techniques OR I'm shooting heroin, cutting myself, clubbing three days a week, having far too much casual sex that I don't really want to be having etc etc etc.

I have no idea what I'm doing and really just want the end at this point.

>>24416035
What do you look like? Post a pic

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Anyone can kik me
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I'm 21 male. Had depression maybe 3 years. Work nights full time when I come home everyone else is asleep so I never really have any other human interaction since most people at work hate me

>>24416395
Such a cute cat! Is it yours?
What kind of job do you have?

>>24412486
I have a chance for a small raise or even better jobs if I quit dabbing. I saw your reply this morning and was contemplating that, and I actually decided to stop to pass a UA and look at things from a sober perspective.

Then I got home and found the girl of my dreams found a new love interest. I wanted this, because I have too many problems and I don't want to infect her. I loved her more than anything and she loved me back, but I knew she could do better than me so I let her go. Now she's with someone else.

Needless to say I am dabbing again. Maybe I'll just use synthetic urine. It cuts like a knife even with dabs, but at least I'm not hyperventilating or acting borderline. I just hope she's happy. I'm deactivating my social network soon so the pictures don't give me more suicidal ideations and starting a blog for my hobbies to share with others. Problem solved for now.

>>24416273
that's not bpd, that is called retardation. there is a difference

>>24412420
Thats because you're on meds.

Go get the fuck out and live, do you. Create moments that make you smile and make you feel alive.

Buy the ticket and take the trip. Make your life count and free fall.

I take advice from celebrities and sit around being ugly like an ugly person

>>24412420
Jesus Christ Stacey are you just here for the (you)s because someone didn't stop and admire you in public, or because you only got 200 likes on Instagram? Because clearly that's what you're getting