• diabolicdame said on Jan 28, 2009....

  Hey.. talk to someone!! No matter what your problems are, theres always a way better than self destruction! Hang on and be positive.. I see your tag suicide.. dont even think about that!!

• pusscat said on Jan 28, 2009....

  Hello there ashamed.  I'm listening, just like my friend dd is there.  May I ask you if you have been getting any help from your doctor at all?  I don't want you to tell me anymore than you feel comfortable with.  I just hate to see people go through this if there is a medication that's right for them.  I just came from telling another friend of mine here, darkerthanlight, about my depression and the anger I used to get.  No one is the same and one med that works for one may not work on another.  some poeple have depression, some have bipolar, some have schizoid illnesses, and each individual needs to be treated as an individual.
  
  If you're not happy with anything your doc says or gives you tell them.  Let them know that you don't want to be dazed out of your head all day or feeling this dark and low either.  No human being should ever be left to feel like this hun.
  
  Anything at all you wanna talk to us about.  We're all here listening.  Give it time and a few more of my friends will probably pop along here too.  Let's get to know you and you get to know us eh?
  
  Keep writing darling.  I'll keep reading.
  
  pusscat
  

• PieterOpie said on Jan 30, 2009....

  There is one thing you need to understand.  It is important.
  
  The way you are feeling is because you are not well.  Depression makes no sense when you are feeling it.  You wonder why and there is no explanation and no apparent solution.
  
  But that is not true....
  
  There is an explanation and there is a solution and you do have access to it.
  
  Firstly you need to understand that this is an illness.  It affects your moods and it even makes you feel tired and totally flat at times.  It is like a darkness rises up around you and engulfs your world.  You believe no one could understand what it is like because it is so heavy - so severe...
  
  But that is not true.  Many others feel the exact kind of thing.  Depression is actually quite common and so is help. 
  
  The fastest way to get help and you have to be strong and do it - is to talk to your doctor.   if you don't have a regular doctor then find the nearest one in the phone book. 
  
  It might seem hard to do but you don't want this...  you do want it to end and soon. 
  
  If it helps get a friend to organise the doctor's visit.  Ask your friend or family member to talk to the doctor for you. 
  
  Please - let some one help you.  It takes that first step and then it's all automatic.  
  
  Call a friend now....    later you will understand that you just needed to make that first step.  Do it - please....
  
  
  

• b.dreamer said on Feb 04, 2009....

  You might be gushing..
  
  A person's emotions are can sometimes do that.... flood like a broken water pipe. I imagine you probably can't control it.
  
  We all go through moments of darkness, but if you can keep hope in your heart you can have a chance at a brighter tomorrow.
  
  I wish you the best of luck, and I hope the pain subsides. I feel alone at times too and I can sympathize, take care and much luck on your travels..
  

• ashamed_ashamed said on Mar 13, 2009....

  Hi thanks everyone. It's something I understand and don't want to go to doctors about. I was huge shark in a small pond in my country of birth, I migrated to the west four years ago and the problems have flooded. I am a professional and however hard I try opportunities have come few and far between, which I unfortunately can only put down to my country of origin. For the past year it has really got to me and therefore the inaction which yes there might be medicine for, But if I go to a doctor this means I have finally given up, totally.
  Which positively I am not ready to do yet. My biggest fear is fear itself and that my brain is dying inside, completely.
  I know I am firmly addicted to over the counter para-codeine, piriton, and actifed which give me a few hours sleep at night.
  It's a vicious circle.
  Thank you for reading, listening, it's nice, even a note from strangers.

• pusscat said on Mar 13, 2009....

  Hello there again.  Nice to see you back here.
  
  I have always looked at things like this.  If I get a bit of tooth ache I may try over the counter toothpaste for sensitive teeth.  If the pain gets very bad I go to the dentist.  The dentist is the profesisonal who knows how to help me.  If I have extreme pain in my tummy, I go to a doctor if it has been persitant and get a proper diagnosis and pain killers or antibiotics.  The brain is just the same.  One more part of the body that can become poorly.  Just like any other ailment it needs a professional to diagnose and give the right medication.  That is not failure.  That is not giving up.  That is you making an informed choice about what to do.  It is never weak to admit that you need help.  It often takes strength to finally say, "I need a little help here".  Don't see it as giving up.  See it as you beginning to take control of your life and do what needs to be done to get better.  Imagine how life can be if you didn't have the horrid depression?
  
  Please stay in touch.
  

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