Yeah, my physical activity virtually amounts to 0, that probably doesn't help.

I think that as time goes on, I realize more how much a friend in your vicinity helps. Sometimes I just want to be able to hug and cry on someone, but I don't have any friends so I can't even do that.

Here's a song I thoroughly enjoy, though:

Sometimes I feel like what I need in my life to stop being depressed isn’t quite attainable. What I mean is, maybe I can hold the feeling off for awhile, but it always comes back.

I’m not sure if I’m just going about dealing with my depression the wrong way, or if there’s actually something chronic that I can’t get rid of by normal means.

When I feel this way I can’t really enjoy anything. I don’t want to play games, listen to music, watch anything, etc. It makes me feel like there’s nothing that can pull me out of this.

I just wish I had a foolproof way of releasing these feelings.

That's hard to determine, unfortunately there is no catch-all solution. Have you ever tried seeking help?

Go to a therapist and talk about these issues.
There is no right or wrong ways, there are ways though.
It is about your life, it will cost you.. but it is about your life, it is worth the time and effort. Get real help, not 'keyboard advice'.

my (now ex)gf is bipolar and got diagnosed with it ~6months ago, 3½years of on and off hell/bliss.
(it is not direct depression, but you can get depressed during episodes)
Therapy helps a lot, she is better off now cause she learned of ways to control her condition

if it is a re-occurring thing you should check it up and not brush it off.

I've had a pretty tough period where my small family was suffering from several parallel happening cases of lung cancer..very ugly and depressing period for the whole family. Additionally I lost my best friend because I fell in love with her. So for years I fled into drugs, just to be able to cope with it.

All I can say is doing Kambo basically wiped away all my self-medicating addictions...and therefore all depression with it, making music, meditating and sports and ABOVE ALL my DOG! stabilise me extremely these days. LSD also can help a lot, also applied in very low dosis. (microdosing) because it generally enhances your self awareness and the better you understand yourself, the better you can cope with it.


If anyone is interested in what Kambo can do to your whole immune system please feel free to PM me about it. Here's an article about it.

https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/gqkxa9/kambo-ceremony-alcoholism-purging-uk

Peace and love to you all and rest assured you're not alone!

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

It's terrible advice that he gave in any case, because that is assuming that suicide doesn't exist, yet people have done it in the past, and it will unfortunately continue to happen. I'm glad that you're feeling better now than you did before, hopefully you can get even better!

Really sorry to hear that man. I never experienced loss at the same level as you did, but I do feel that after the death of one of my family members we had a similar sittuation, except it wasn't judicial, only an unspoken family squable. Feeling like you cannot get help from anyone around you, or not even the least bit of sympathy can be harsh, but if you manage to get through it, it will make you stronger as a person. It sounds cliche, I know, but its comming from experience.

I often find myself dealing with certain issues (on an almost monthly basis), that would have demolished me on a mental level a couple of years ago and they simply pass by now. So stay strong. The fact that you obviously have a great hobby will help you often, as I was helped by movies, games, music and literature in general.

And the sittuation with friends. Don't worry, friends do come and go most of the time. You never really know. Heads up dude, and stay strong! It will all get better! Untill then, game on