Do you want to get better? Why?
Knowing, abstractly that there is something wrong with you does not mean that you have the perspective or toolset to fix what is wrong with you.
I am depressed and I need someone to talk to
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#102stop taking the pills for one.
Potentially dangerous advice when you do not know what pills they are taking.
Re: I am depressed and I need someone to talk to
#103Exercise! It doesnt solve relationship or abuse problems, but it will improve your mood. Thirty minutes of exercise a day is just as effective as any medication.
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
@Everyone: Help me flag this comment. @OP: I've flagged your comment. Hoping you or a moderator sees that you accidentally posted from your not-throwaway account. I could figure out what startup you are a founder of.
I wish to see the flagged comment. Why this censorship?
We can't get all we wish in life, the comment offers you no benefit and potential further harm to the OP.
Re: I am depressed and I need someone to talk to
#105I would advise to search energically for _root causes_ for your illness, have a lucid stare at your life and ask yourself why you feel bad now. Perhaps you have missing information. (edit: attention this may lead to extremely discomfortable transitional states)
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#106Depression is caused by so many different things for different people. I don't know you or your situation, but here's what really helped me finally leave years and years of on/off depression: - Are you getting enough sunlight? - Are you exercising? - Do you live in an extremely stressful environment / city? - Do you live near greenery and vegetation or a cold concrete jungle? - When was the last time you took a vacat…
Some missing sunlight can be replaced by artificial vitamin D. I sometimes felt depressed in winter, and taking about 4000 IUs daily has completely done away with that, without going outside more often.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wish to see the flagged comment. Why this censorship?
We can't get all we wish in life, the comment offers you no benefit and potential further harm to the OP.
You should not be making that decision for me nor the OP.
Maybe the comment is actually very valuable, contrary to your beliefs..
Re: I am depressed and I need someone to talk to
#108If you've been in therapy for 7 years, something tells me that you're unlikely to get the help you need by chatting to somebody anonymous here. See a doctor and get a prescription for an anti-depressant (prozac, etc.). I've heard they can often be very effective in a few days-weeks time, even where years of therapy are not.
If you'd read the entire message, you'd know he already has many prescriptions.
Not sure how I missed that. Apologies.
Re: I am depressed and I need someone to talk to
#109Depression is caused by so many different things for different people. I don't know you or your situation, but here's what really helped me finally leave years and years of on/off depression: - Are you getting enough sunlight? - Are you exercising? - Do you live in an extremely stressful environment / city? - Do you live near greenery and vegetation or a cold concrete jungle? - When was the last time you took a vacat…
Some missing sunlight can be replaced by artificial vitamin D. I sometimes felt depressed in winter, and taking about 4000 IUs daily has completely done away with that, without going outside more often.
Wow, I'll have to try this. I really feel like as soon as I started programming for a living I just have not been outside enough.
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#110I really enjoyed 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle. If you have not read it yet, the book starts with Eckhart's "I" and "myself" realization... very powerful stuff imo. It's in audio book format too. http://www.amazon.com/Power-Now-Guide-Spiritual-Enlightenmen...
Book also starts off with a mention of how quantum entanglement proves something about "metaphysics".