What do you do to cope with depression?

Unless I know I can escape the house with a couple of friends, I mope around allot when I'm depressed. When I'm with friends, they help me take my mind off of the problem, keep me busy, keep me smiling.

 

Drugs. It's better than self-mutilation.

 

i take zoloft

 

Here? i let it out and cry and cry or yell or smoke pot or take half a xanax.
Sometimes I deal with it in a healthy way and do weird exercises or arm weights until i feel better or I'll stay busy, or develop a plan to get out of whatever's making me feel depressed.
It's this state Dave. It's depressing. The weather's too weird for me to enjoy a walk outside and the people in this town scare me a little bit.
I wish I had some good adice, but I posted because I can share your pain of the shit desicions this state makes.

 

Tonight I cured my depression with four pieces of pizza with tomatoes. I don't reccomend that. I need to write myself a post-it note saying 'you will regret this when you are not stoned'.

 

Sweetie, pizza is good for you. Did you make it or order it? Plus, with tomato, that is delicious! If your delivery place makes it, you could get whole wheat crust/dough, which would be wonderful. If you made your pizza, you could use the whole wheat dough yourself. Very healthy.

 

i play it away with my guitar, cheers me up every time

 

Ordered it. I make a lot of wholewheat pizza at home (I have a recipe and pic in Andy's gallery ). I just wanted the white crust with the full-fat cheese. I started my period today.
But, i planned on having two pieces and some strawberries and ended up having four pieces and no strawberries ):

 

Do you get money for nothing and chicks for free?
I've noticed that with people who play, always seems to pull them out of their funk.

 

I don't get depressed.

Music, drugs and sunshine are all good cures for that madness though.

 

well i havnt paid for any chicks yet so as far as i know yep

 

I don't really have time to be depressed, but when I feel depressed I usually like to wallow and watch TV. When I feel like I've had enough boob tube, I shower.

 

usually when i'm feeling really depressed, i do just mope.

i'd love to say i do something to make myself feel better, but i tend not to which makes things worse usually.

If it's just i'm feeling a bit down, i'll try and go out surfing or tombstoning or walking or watching birds really lifts my spirits....anything outdoors is good for me.

also reading books, playing guitar or learning something new.

 

i stay home because i don`t want to bother other people with my bad mood. i stay here and watch movies, eat ice cream, cry it all out if i feel it coming , write retarded poems about feeling and other gey stuff like that.

 

I don't get depressed anymore.

I used to get depressed a lot, but then I simply got over it.

Manned it out. The power of the mind is extremely underrated.

But I've also found that strenuous physical exercise really really helps in the long run.

 

I knew someone who collected unemployment money while receiving severance pay after being let go by the company. The government made him give the money back. He hired a lawyer but lost. It's difficult to fight the government.

It might be better to go after the company since they sound sloppy with their safety. You might be able to get a judgment in return for not pursuing their safety issues any further.

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That sounds like legitimate worry, Dave, not depression.

I just try to take my troubles one day at a time. I get overwhelmed if I look at the big picture for too long...

 

Nothing, I just be depressed until I'm not depressed anymore.

 

I usually try to distract my emotions from depression with a healthy mix of entertainment and productivity. For instance: Books, Marijuana, Drawing, Violin (so badass to play stoned btw), Alcohol, Friends, Hip Forums (woot!), Running, and a variety of other hobbies besides eating. Even with that said I don't stay depressed for long, life is a gift hard to appreciate if you're down all the time - MAN UP DAWG!

 

I keep busy, no sense wallowing in self pity. Remember no matter how badly you may feel at that moment in time, there is somebody out there that is much worse off than you. You just have to keep going, sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself accomplishes absolutely nothing, in reality, it makes things even worse.