Setting goals helps you focus on something to give you hope in moving forward. With depression it can cause you to give up and not care about anything. Does your depression get really bad that you have no interest in anything at all?

I know that you shouldnt medicate with alcohol and drugs. A little bit of my story is I broke my ankle when I was 14 and I was never told that I would have pain as bad as it was when I was finally able to walk. They said the pain would be light and would go away which was a lie. They had to put a metal plate and pins in. It would throb and swell four months after the surgery. Therapy did not help at all. except the part where I was able to ice it. After six months I was just so tired of the… read more

Just wondering if anyone else here finds comfort in the bottom of a bottle, when having a really down episode,
Or does anyone drink to make them feel better, or just to get some sleep, if so whats your poison?

I have found that so many people turn to drugs and alcohol when depressed or anxious. When I was in my 20's I did my share of getting drunk and loving it. But once diagnosed in 2001 I haven't' taken a drink of anything. I go to parties or out once in a while and it is ingrained in my mind that I am not supposed to mix alcohol with my medication. It is so important for me that my meds work that I would never risk it. However, others on the same types of medications seem to drink when they want… read more

I have suffered from depression for more than half my life. My sons(2 of them) are beginning to show severe signs of depression now too

I drank a lot. I do not think that I am an alcoholic. But I stopped drinking wine..

made the stupid decision to aska question on reddit because i was feeling alone and the people there made me feel ever more alone than i already felt and dumb as well.

I have BED and I've been engaging in a purging type of behavior and yes I k ow this is a symptom on bulimia but it is not full blown bulimia. I was only ask if others did that as well. all they wanted to tell me it was bulimia and telling the definition of bulmia like im stupid. I don't like to classify myself as bulimic if I… read more

I am 19 which is quite young I understand, but whenever I try to talk to someone about being depressed or how I have a mental illness a lot of people just say I am being over dramatic when I have been diagnosed by a psychiatrist and have been admitted before. Why don't people believe me? Is it just cause of my age?

I know alcohol is a depressant and can react badly with medication. I ask because I would love to have a glass of wine with a meal when out ( not that I do so often, just if I'm particularly bright ) so would be a rare pleasure, but not worth it if it puts me back x