How do you cheer yourself up when you are really depressed?
Question:
I am sure other people get this way also and if you want, I would like to here about it and what you do for it. I don't have insurance right now so don't tell me to just go to a doctor, thanks.
Answers:
When I am depressed. I let myself veggitate in bed like a zombie. I pull the covers all the way to the top head with the lights on. First I make sure that my kids are busy with something. If when I can, I go into my bed and while in bed I let go of all my responsibilites. Sometimes I even wish I would vanish. In other words never wake up. But I would never ever think of taking my life, I tell you why later. Make sure you ask not to be interrupted, ask for some time alone, or pick a time when you know you won't be interrupted. I have even called a friend and asked if I could use her room for my time off.
I have gone thru this from a week to fifthteen minutes. When it has been days I do this during my free time, when my children are at school. I've been doing this for years and the depression times have occure less and less.
When under my covers, I get to a point where I have nothing in mind, eventually I start asking myself what is it that has gotten me like this.
I am as honest as I can be with myself. Some of the things that have popped into my mind, have been, I don't like talking to this person... so I go down the line why I don't, and what I can do about it. Sometimes I'm upset because I am so poor. And the answer is because it is life, and some day I will be able to do more, and provide for my family. I had moments when I hated myself, and I found out that the way I was raised, sucked. I had no good boundaries, and or learned to be a healthy human being. Many things I have learned by surfing the web, and asked questions, like you are now. The boundaries ones, and the healthy relationships have helped me alot, to become a new me. I have more respect for myself and I make healthy honest choices. I came to understand that I only have one life and being a good person is the reward of life. All this depression made me look for answers and finally have started understanding more of the improtance for healthy me. Not letting other peoples wrong doings to me or ignorances affect me. Sometimes they do, I just recite over in my mind, was it my fault, am I going to let it affect me, what is a good choice for me to take. Staying away from gossip also. Tolerating others faults, weaknesses or failures and accepting the fact that that is the way they are, I try not to judge them in a bad way. I have weaknesses, faults and failures also, and the ones that are mine are mine. Overall, I just want to be a good person, not perfect, hey, I still make mistakes or say stupid or hurtful things, but it is getting better because I'm considerate of my feelings, and others. Depression can have a good outcome when you try to evaluate why you are depressed and what can you do about it. Sometimes you just got to accept the way things are and you can chose to make the right choice, it makes a person more responsible by making good choices.
if you really have depression, it would be worth every penny you spend on anti depressants. wellbutrin, zoloft, prozac...they all work wonders on people who have depression. i took prozac for a year, and stopped because my girlfriend at the time stopped taking hers and i decided to do the same. i've never really been depressed since, not sure why. but you should definitely look into getting anti depressants, because once you're in a dark hole it's hard to get out.
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