I don't know what to do...

[b etor]

Hormones shouldn't mess you up as bad as I get though.. Every kid would be like this and I know that nobody else is like this..

i'm like that.
i just work out for an hour and i feel better.

 

[Prince_Imrahil]

The solution to this whole thing is just figuring yourself and not trying to blame it on hormones, drugs or anything else. (afterall, if its drugs, the question is, why are you taking so and so drugs?) And don't blame the pot either. You can smoke a lot of pot and never feel how you do, it's not the pot. It's you.
Ask yourself, why are you depressed? Why do you not like yourself? Why do you not like your life situation? Why do you not want to fix it? And then keep asking the whys and ANSWERING them, figuring it out instead of blaming that mysterious thing called 'depression', which really isn't mysterious at all. You are in control of yourself, and it's up to you to change yourself and your situation, and depend on Yourself to feel good, happy, and all that without validation or approval or attention from others.

 

[Gr3yL3gion]

It's just a phase, you'll get over soon.

 

[b etor]

pot
actually, it's much harder than that.
i don't blame depression. i don't think i'm depressed. but the doctors told me i was, or why else would i try killing myself?.
i did change the situation. and my life is much better now.

 

[Prince_Imrahil]

Don't blame pot. And if pot screws someone up, it's completely THEIR fault for doing/misuing the pot. It's always the person, never the factor they want to blame.

And doctors say you're depressed when you are, but depression is not like cancer or some disease or whatever that you can't control in anyway, it's all up to you to create, maintain, feed, or eradicate your own self-inflicted or perpetuated depression. Yes, external factors and things get you down and depressed, but its how YOU deal with it that makes you either a depressed person or the person you want to be.

 

[Syterion]

If you have true clinical depression it's not a random thing. It's an everyday thing. Doctors test someone for at least two weeks to diagnose it. If this seems like something you can't control and persistently bothers you, seemingly without reason, you may have clinical depression and seeing a doctor is a good idea. He may give you anti-depressants, which can have great success with many people.

Don't be too ashamed to seek help.

 

[Kozmos]

Antidepressives are nothing but trouble in the long run. A lot like smoking pot twice a day to escape reality. It's a quick fix and nothing more.

 

[capslock]

The solution to this whole thing is just figuring yourself and not trying to blame it on hormones, drugs or anything else. (afterall, if its drugs, the question is, why are you taking so and so drugs?) And don't blame the pot either. You can smoke a lot of pot and never feel how you do, it's not the pot. It's you.
Ask yourself, why are you depressed? Why do you not like yourself? Why do you not like your life situation? Why do you not want to fix it? And then keep asking the whys and ANSWERING them, figuring it out instead of blaming that mysterious thing called 'depression', which really isn't mysterious at all. You are in control of yourself, and it's up to you to change yourself and your situation, and depend on Yourself to feel good, happy, and all that without validation or approval or attention from others.

+1,000,000

There are alot of these type of threads in OT about depression, anxiety, ADD, and general confusion, and this post here (and others like it) should be the only response to all of them.

If you want to change then do it. If you find it too hard to change, then you have to ask yourself if you really wanted to change in the first place. Its all in your head, you can conquer it if you want to, don't ever let anyone convince you its out of your control.

 

[Syterion]

Antidepressives are nothing but trouble in the long run. A lot like smoking pot twice a day to escape reality. It's a quick fix and nothing more.

For clinical depression nothing works better. With clinical depression, "figuring yourself out" does not help or do anything. It's a medical problem that cannot be solved by doing some hard thinking. And anti-depressants have had great success with many people. They are by far the most effective treatment we have now and are far superior to nothing.

 

[Nylan]

For clinical depression nothing works better. With clinical depression, "figuring yourself out" does not help or do anything. It's a medical problem that cannot be solved by doing some hard thinking. And anti-depressants have had great success with many people. They are by far the most effective treatment we have now and are far superior to nothing.

Correct. I have a family member who has severe clinical depression, and without it she would explode. The times she has missed it she has been miserable and dragged the whole family down with her, and it's out of her control. anti-depressants make her act like a normal, lovable human being.

However, if it's not clinical depression, it's no good. Fix it cleanly.