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I have been practicing mindfulness and meditation, they help a great deal; but I am curious: what do you suggest I add on to a daily routine?
Exercise and getting together with friends helps a great deal.
Any advice on what to do about negative thoughts that are all you have and agree with, without replacing them with positive thoughts you don’t believe? What if your thoughts have a mean tone but you are friends with them or comfortable with them and don’t argue with them because it’s useless? But you can’t move on while hating yourself, but you do?
Thanks!
Look at negative thoughts as a bad habit. Keep trying to think positively even if you are not comfortable with it. Sooner our latter you will find one that is true. Another thing that you can try is… read more
A grateful journal I believe has helped me more than any of them
Does depression sometimes convince a person that they are condemned and that they have reached a 'point of no return' where there is no hope left of eternal beatitude?
I hope this doesn't happen to you, but if any of you are familiar with this experience, please respond.
Yes I go to church but couldn't make the last 2 weeks.
feeling invalidated, i thought she understood that depression is an illness. please tell me how you all recover from something so harsh. i feel pathetic now, not ill will depression. i want to withdraw completely because my heart is broken
To other people it may seem we are playing the 'poor me' card. But you know how you feel. A lot of us isolate because of depression. I did it for so many years I lost most of my friends. The one whi… read more
Major depression disorder
I have pets that require that I get out of bed to care for them. Otherwise, I would just stay in bed.
I’m curious if people think clinical depression is completely a medical issue or to some extent demonic oppression?
Very interesting question. Not so much Demonic but definitely negative energy.
Afraid of getting my hopes up and afraid of taking unnecessary risks if Depressive episode is in fact over.
I don’t mean to be rude, but if we knew that we wouldn’t be suffering like we do
I find it very effective at ramping up my mood. So effective that i have to limit my use. Im bipolar and if i get to high its bad news.
I tried it but didn't feel it helped. Maybe I was expecting to feel some lifting of mood more than it was capable of. I do have seasonal affective disorder along with major depression so I was hoping… read more
That’s a difficult one to answer. Addiction is usually a symptom that drives depression, man may disagree but many addiction becomes a symptom of mental health issues. I speak from experience, I used… read more
