So many depressed posts...

I'm not saying you didn't have depression >.< And I'm glad you managed to power through it's just that there's no one size fits all medication for depression. Powering through is what causes many people with depression to end up killing themselves. Medications are safer and even if they never seemed to work with me they help lots of other people live normal lives.

 

What do you have to back up your statements? Personal experience? Look, I respect that you try to help people out but this time I think you got it plain wrong. Depression can be everything from what you describe to something you can probably compare to being a soldier whose legs got blown off in war, just waiting for the pain to end. In that case the person should call the emergencies, not wait for positive thoughts to come along. Sometimes the depressed person are unable to see why they are depressed on their own. They need someone trained in understanding the human mind to help them out.

 

This thread gave me depression.

 

LMAO Nice username.

 

Well...yes 0o
That's...that's precisely what they are and intend to be...nobody expects anti-depressants to cure them of depression. Nobody expects painkillers to cure your broken leg but you'd still be glad to have them if your femur gets shattered by a falling rock...

 

Thanks anti depressants for turning me into a fking lifeless zombie. not a vegetable, a stinky rotten meat loaf. 6 months - 1 year of everyday meds. The Dr suddenly stopped giving me meds, she wanted to get rid of her responsibility, she wanted to keep her meal on the table, your mental health problems, they don't give a shut. Meds are there to double the profits, not to treat patients. Patients are fking subjects in this experiment. How many mental ill patients can have only one med? None. All of them have to go thru at least 3 meds. Enough to turn the brain to trash.
fk all those kind of doctors and all those kindof pharmacy. take your meds and fk yourself, fking heartless cunts.

 

I wish I had meds. Hopefully I'll get some soon so I can stop being broken.

 

Also, quit masturbating. You notice you always feel like shit after masturbating? You used up your dopamine, and in fact used some grey matter. Grey matter controls your neurons. Muscle control, and sensory perception such as seeing and hearing, memory, emotions, speech, decision making, and self-control.

And I am not a medical professional or anything, so I can't really advise you or not take those pills. But, I will tell you one thing. Anti-depressants are not anti-depressants, they are DEPRESSANTS, they are just simply drugs to numb your emotions. Every time you stop taking those, you will start to withdrawal. Rebound terribly after it. You might as well stop now, and face the worse before its better.

We can talk right here, or you can PM me because I know what I am talking about and I can actually console you. I had crippling depression before.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...housands-given-dangerous-drugs-dont-need.html

 

Hello everyone,
I just deleted / edited some of the insulting posts you have made toward each other. Please remember that every fapstronaut is unique and is in a unique stage of life. Trying to help and encourage each other is very admirable, however we should not resort to insults when we disagree with each other. That will never help. Also, if another user is upset or offended by something we said, (even if we said it with pure intentions), it would be noble to simply apologise to them and possibly explain that we didn't mean to hurt their feelings.
Please continue to debate / relate with each other on this thread (if you want to) - I will keep an eye on it though to make sure it remains civil.
Regards,
Rubidium

 

I'll share my opinion on the actual topic;

There are three components to a person: body, mind and spirit. Depression is a complicated illness because it can be caused by imbalance/poor health in any/all facets of our being. Thus it will manifest symptoms in any/all facets of our being. This is why there are many causes, types and treatments of/for depression.

These are the ways we can be unhealthy, and some of the effects:

If we neglect to eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly, and sleep well, chemicals in our body can get out of whack. This can cause us to feel lethargic, moody, physically unwell. Unhealthfulness in our body will affect the healthfulness of our mind...

If we don't pursue human interaction we can feel disconnected from others. If we play way to many video games or fap to porn, our mind can get really clouded, our memory will suffer and we will be unmotivated. We won't want to be active so our fitness will suffer. An unhealthy mind can also affect our physical health...

A trauma we experienced years ago but didn't properly heal from can have deep effects. They might not surface into our thoughts, but they are lurking, keeping our spirit broken. Loneliness, emptiness, hopelessness or purposelessness are some of the ways our spirit can hurt.


So yeah, our depression can be caused by a lot of things. Sometimes all we need to do to get out of this hole is exercise. Go for a freaking run and so many endorphins will get released. You will feel fantastic afterwards. No? Maybe you got stuck in a negative mindset because of trying circumstances. Persistently remind yourself of everything you have to be grateful for, and that the future is what you make it.
Broken spirit? To get out of my depression, it was imperative that I connected with God more to keep my spirit healthy. God communicates through the spirit realm and he is the one that really fills my inside up with peace and love. I am completely serious. Most people don't realise but that emptiness in you can't be properly filled with anything else. Porn, alcohol, sex, drugs, they can't satisfy the craving humans have for real spiritual connection. God could really help you out of depression.

Antidepressants can sometimes be helpful. Sometimes we could be diligently keeping healthy, pursuing healthy relationships, etc, but our body just has an imbalance. An anomaly. Meds can most definitely help with this. But as others have mentioned, meds can only cover up any holes we have in us, they can't fill them.
Professionals are also very helpful. If you are feeling suicidal, please, please seek help. Talk to somebody, anybody!! Talk to God if you like, he is listening! Professionals know more than me and besides prescribing meds which can sometimes be helpful, they can just be there to listen and counsel you. They can be objective, and could see past something that was blocking you. Maybe teach you some mindfulness activities to practise on your own.

So in conclusion, there is not one simple solution. Some introspection would be advantageous to understand more of your problem. Or a professional could be an objective viewpoint, with a bunch of tools to help you with. Or, just consider the possibility that God is there and he cares for you so very much. Just call on him for help. He is there and he wants to connect.

Rb

tl;dr? Go back and read it!!

 

I found this thread both inspiring and interesting at the same time. I also found that the Ignore button helps with reducing negative status updates -- but not posts for some reason (I could be wrong).

From my own experience medication can help, like has been said -- though it's only a part of what needs to be done to help an illness like depression...

I agree. As you indicated in your post, there are a lot of factors involved.

I understand where you're coming from, but I think drugs can be used to assist people out of their depression, though there's more to it like you say.

Thanks for the interesting subject...

*EDIT* Ignore button does work for posts and status updates.

 

That came so close to being pun of the millennium