Depression help?
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You cannot talk to a doctor but you can talk to other people with depression online. There are hotlines for suicide, but they might be able to point you in the correct direction.
I will update this post in a moment.
Here are is a post for hotlines
http://suicidehotlines.com/
You can post messages and get responses from other people with depression on
http://www.nami.org/
http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=communities
The second link I gave you way the communities section. The bipolar section is the most active. Those people also have depression as part of their illness. You can talk to them about going to a doctor and your fear. Just start a new post and say what you did here.
Remember doctors are there to help you and there is nothing to be embarassed about. Many people have these issues and you will feel much better with treatment. I wish you all the best and hope you get to a doctor very soon.
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I listen to such problems daily.. feel free to contact me.
You may be embarrassed, but there is no need to be. Psychiatrist and Psychologists are trained professionals, that can help you through your depression. I myself have had several boughts of depression and, am extremely grateful that there were professionals out there to help me.
You can even go to your regular physician, and speak with him/her about your problems. They will listen and may be able to refer you to a counselor. A counselor will help you work through your problems. Don't give up and be sure to seek professional help if you need it!!
Absolutely no reason to be embarrassed talking to a doctor about being depressed.
I understand why you wouldn't want to talk to others, because it's hard to make them understand, and like you said - they can't help, but a doctor understands the science of it and can determine what you need.
Just talking (in person or on-line) won't necessarily be enough.
I guess this isn't the answer you were looking for, but seriously, on-line groups can be great support, but are only one part of the fix. Don't limit yourself to this. Please see your doctor.
See this page under depression for natural ways to help it.
http://phifoundation.org/heal.html
Wickedness, injustice, grief, pessimism, trouble, loneliness, fear, stress, frustration, distrust, unscrupulousness, anxiety, rage, jealousy, resentment, drug addiction, immorality, gambling, prostitution, hunger, poverty, social corruption, theft, war, struggle, violence, oppression, fear of death… News about these issues appear in the newspapers and on TV every day. The popular press devotes entire pages to these subjects, while others serialise articles about their psychological and social aspects. However, our acquaintance with these feelings is not limited solely to the press; in daily life, we, too, frequently come across such problems and, more importantly, personally experience them.
People and societies endeavour to liberate themselves from the distressing experiences, disorder and repressive social structures that have prevailed over the world for long periods. We only need to glance at ancient Greece; the Great Roman Empire; Tsarist Russia, or the so-called Age of Enlightenment, and even the 20th century-a century of misery which saw two world wars and world-wide social disasters. No matter upon which century or location you concentrate your research, the picture will not be appreciably different.
If this is the case, why haven't people succeeded in solving these problems, or at least some efforts been made to remove such social diseases from society?
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you will find how the regulation of life by the "norms of morality" introduced by the Qur'an revealed to mankind by God will banish the "nightmare of disbelief," how pessimism, corruption and social restlessness can be eliminated from society, how the individual can surround himself with an ideal environment, what spiritual and material benefits he is likely to attain by adherence to these norms of morality are gone into in detail, and finally, that the unique alternative to all these problems is the morality of the Qur'an.
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http://www.islam-guide.com/islam-guide.pdf
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