| TorterraBoy said: Think it like this; 1) You’re depressed and you want to kill yourself, having suicidal thoughts, 2) Will you actually go to that limit at attempting to kill yourself? No, your body and your instinct will always prevent you from actually killing yourself. 3) So stop thinking about it. It worked for me. |
Being depressed does not mean that you have to have suicidal thoughts. It can lead to that point of despair, but as depression is dependant on the individual who is depressed it can manifest in many different ways.
The person can lose interest in things, feel: sad, hopeless, worthless, tired, angry, frustrated, nothing... it may be diffucult to: concentrate, sleep, work, enjoy anything, think or do anything...
If someone is depressed and begins to have self-harming thoughts its important to seek professional help, but if for example the person can counter those thoughts and rationalize that suicide is not an option, then that is great.
When I became more and more depressed I slowly started to think think about hurting myself, but I quickly rationalized that I couldnt do it, so it was not an option anymore and I didn´t have to think about it. For me the reason was that I knew it would be horrible and cruel to those that I love the most. It would hurt them too much.
I now feel much better, althought I am still not completely depression-free. Theraphy and changing the way I think about myself and other things has helped me a lot. Being active and eating healthy food seem to help too.
One silly tip that I once heard was just to smile more. So keep on smiling and even if you have to force that smile it could trick your brain and make you more happy. I don´t know if that really works, but it might help a bit :D
