What do you do to cope with depression?

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Music, teh Interweb, Sleep, comedy.
Music or sleep probably work best.

Ouch!
Sugberry helps too!

haha..

 

write, sleep, wait for it to pass, 100mg of oxycontin, a nice long bath... depends on the day I suppose.

 

i get drunk and pick on RT noobs.

then again, i do that when i'm not depressed too...

 

So true.

 

I hear this a lot. and I've said this in a lot in response to this

that has nothing to do with how depression works

that is not the clock depression ticks on

depression isn't sad.

and I can't fucking explain it to people who haven't experienced actual depression, and who have this seriously bent belief or understanding of what it is

sad is easy to cope with, if I'm feeling sad, I think about happy things, that's not a problem, when I am depressed, I feel like I have no real solution, like my problems will steal my plans from me, steal my goals from me, steal my effort from me, and steal everything from me that I have accomplished, and don't EVEN try to pull that "nothing you accomplish can be taken away from you" shit, because that's a feel good lie.

I am getting really fucking sick and tired of this "you're feeling sorry for yourself" shit, it isn't that at all, and your inability to understand that, and the inability of a huge portion of the population to understand that, is part of the massive stigma that people who do feel real depression face, that reduces treatment rates, that increases suicide rates, and that keeps us in a dark age of treatment because people who are depressed can't say "um, this shit isn't working" and seek out better treatment because they'll get shit for it

there has been a lot of shit spewed about how arguments are ignorant or stupid here lately

but, shit, this is ridiculous, I've lost a lot of respect for you today.

 

phhfft, i do that anyway, if you haven't seen my nose stuck in a book tthen you haven't seen me.

 

i've learnt to deal with depression. i have bi polar mood disorder so its pretty common. so if i feel depressed, hopeless, etc. i give my kitty some cat nip and laugh at her crazy show. it's something we both enjoy besides she looks SO cute doing it

 

I think you're being a little harsh, given most people who have never experienced depression are ignorant about what depression really is, and think they are depressed when things are not going well or they are just in a bad mood.

I would be surprised if more than 1 other person in this whole thread has experienced clinical depression like I've had.

Otherwise, a fine post. And I abide by my statement that depression is not something you do something about to get rid of it. Depression is a part of who I am and when I have lived with it, it has been extremely productive.

When I try to avoid it or escape it, I only deferr a necessary movement that becomes more and more violent the more I procrastinate in facing it.

 

i exercise and I go out and drink.

 

Actually, I take my previous post back. I don't think there is a difference:

I think that even people who only experience normal sadness deal with their feelings destructively when they try to "pump themselves up", and judge their feelings, and seek escapist (repressive) distractions.

I guess it works for them; doesn't work for me.

 

i battle it on and off. what i usually do is find some projects that interest me. talk about it, and mostly realize its me. and i have bigger things that should be on my mind than to feel sad. its really hard. but its easier to be strong and cope when i look at my son. he reflects how i am. but anyone can put on a show and hurt on the inside. (shrug) an extra klonopin helps me too

 

i self-medicate with the partridge family

 

You’re right he is being too harsh, depression is another state of consciousness and unless you’ve experienced it you have no point of reference.

The closest analogy I could confer would be someone locked in a state of boredom that doesn’t go away (which is probably wrong) but I’ve never been depressed; just like I couldn’t imagine being schizophrenic (with auditory hallucinations) conversing with the almighty

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I've been in the depths of depressive episodes in moments when I was euphorically excited about things, laughing, and active, and interacting with others.

It's impossible for me to explain it except poetically, depression to me is a trembling grayness that suddenly washes over all of existence making all of it disjointed and unstable.

When the room leans on you, singing happy songs won't do much to help. You just got to go through it.

 

If that’s true and the most of the pharmaceuticals out there simply don’t work;
I’m surprised more people don’t simply choose to opt-out if you know what
I mean


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this is what i do now, before i had a gym membership i just did the latter

i also do my best to bury my feelings deep inside until they build up and i breakdown publicly