Started by: ezekiel Topic: FUCK DEPRESSION (a must read thread for everyone) 10-01-01 7:16

ezekiel - posted 09-30-01 6:49 ET (US)

you know what, i've been depressed for a couple years. i've had my ups and downs, i had my goods and bads, i even thought i lost it for a while. I was on medication, but i refused therapy. I am aware of the fact that there are more than enough people on here who fight with depression every day of their life, and it's definetly not an easy topic to discuss.

Lately, i've noticed some changes in my life. You know when you have those moments in your life when you think about all the things you could achieve only if this or that would happen.. and it doesn't. All these little things that you want to do, but somehow you just can't, or don't. You feel depressed, you do not have the energy. Friends, family, psychologists, teachers, counselors all try to help you, but nothing is happening.

has it ever occured to you that you are the only person that can help yourself?

there's all these things you can do to get help from others.. they will not ever save you. YOU are the one that will save you.. and the only you will save yourself is by starting to believe in yourself.. bit by bit. Make actual plans to go work out, force yourself to take that extra step, make that extra phone call, put MORE effort into what you want to achieve... just start with simple goals and move on.

NOT ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE REALLY IMPOSSIBLE ... the only thing that makes them impossible are you. Your body might be weak, but the mind is strong, and the mind is definetly the one that is in charge. We all fight with contradictions in our head, and we all know what side we REALLY wanna be on... the one that makes us better persons.. the side that makes us reach goals, the things that make us feel good about ourselves.

you can keep talking to yourself for years, and other people can talk to you for years, but every ACTION you take will speak louder than any word you will ever say. If you're afraid of going to shrink, just force yourself to give him or her a call and make an appointment.. the fact alone that you are going beyond the limits you set for yourself is an improvement in the situation of your life.

you don't have to reach ultimate goals tomorrow. just set one little goal for yourself and make it happen. Do something constructive with your life. If you want to learn how to play guitar, be happy that you actually hold it the right way on the first day of practicing...

You will never ever understand how great it is to climb a mountain when you take the easy way up there. The view might be the same, but the feeling you get from it is definetly different.

Some mountains don't have an easy way up there... imagine what the view will be like when you are one of the chosen people to see it.

so to all those who are sitting at home, behind their computers, drowning in self-pity... get the fuck up and make shit happen. You will grown stronger in every way by conditioning yourself. Just start by taking that first little extra step. I know you can, because i took that step myself, Now it's your turn.

thanks for reading.

banditelli - posted 09-30-01 6:52 ET (US)

look into the sky, and see a star, say its your star, and as long as it burns, everything you do will be for your star, that star might be burnt out lightyears away,infact, think about it as if it is, but to you its sitll burning, inside ov you dead stars keep you running, it keeps you doing something, something for your little star

sevenwords - posted 09-30-01 6:52 ET (US)

its kinda sad when the bullshit posts get the most attention. this is long overdue. kudos.

sethgoesla - posted 09-30-01 6:53 ET (US)

THAT'S SWEET DUDE.. PUBLISH THAT SHIT DUDE.. GOOD WORDS TO LIVE BY

blueeyesblack<3 - posted 09-30-01 6:54 ET (US)

agreed. good point dude.

bjorktress - posted 09-30-01 6:56 ET (US)

absofuckinglutely :)

xoxo

jenn

banditelli - posted 09-30-01 6:56 ET (US)

yeh, thats what i always sya, only you can do what you want to do, thats the big thing with me and not doing drugs, because i dont want something else aside from myself making me happy, if i did do anything like that id prolly hate ymself even more

so thats my rant

marieanne - posted 09-30-01 6:57 ET (US)

well put. :)

i dunno what else to say about it though....

(i would get out and make something happen for me but right now i am gimpy, i will soon..heh)

sara_monster - posted 09-30-01 6:57 ET (US)

i just wish more people understood.

ezekiel - posted 09-30-01 6:57 ET (US)

every person is as strong as they believe they are. YOU are strong, you just don't know it yet.

pHOtoslut - posted 09-30-01 6:58 ET (US)

RIGHT ON BRUTHA MAN

I FEEL YOUR PAIN

SERIOUSLY

GOOD LUCK TO YOU

littleboipink - posted 09-30-01 7:00 ET (US)

If only I could remember all the times my therapist, my psychiatrist and people during my one week stay at a psychiatric hospital have said that. But sadly, a lot of kids have pill pushing therapists and psychiatrists (etc...) that won't even bother to explain that it's more than taking a pill.

ezekiel - posted 09-30-01 7:02 ET (US)

it definetly is.

you know what the funny thing is? that 5 minutes of jogging every day could be the start of your life as a happy person.

labelmenot - posted 09-30-01 7:02 ET (US)

thank you.

this lazy ass needed some motivation.

my shitty day is now a bit better.

ezekiel - posted 09-30-01 7:05 ET (US)

uhm, everyone who read this and agrees: pass this on to friends/family or whoever you think might "need" this... it is something that i wholeheartedly support and i still struggle with depression every single day.

but i believe in my words and i believe i can make a change in a person's life... and my belief is enough reason for asking you all to help me, if you want to.

littleboipink - posted 09-30-01 7:06 ET (US)

The way to getting happier is by exercise, a not-entirely shitty diet, sleep, pills and therapy. I'm a total hipocrite, but I believe that at least.

ezekiel - posted 09-30-01 7:07 ET (US)

(help me by passing it on i mean) :)

banditelli - posted 09-30-01 7:07 ET (US)

ill post it in my LJ, dunno if anyone will car etho

ezekiel - posted 09-30-01 7:09 ET (US)

do you think i care about all the people that don't give a shit? nope. i care about all the people who need stories like these to motivate them into a having a positive attitude in their life.

ezekiel - posted 09-30-01 7:14 ET (US)

i'm not willing to let this thread just fade the fuck away.

banditelli - posted 09-30-01 7:16 ET (US)

http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11740862&nc=1

theres the link

grettle - posted 09-30-01 7:16 ET (US)

fuck depression.... try manic depression sometime.

ezekiel - posted 09-30-01 7:23 ET (US)

ps. i'm a nihilist (or so i'm told)

ezekiel - posted 10-01-01 4:42 ET (US)

*bump*

Opposite_Girl - posted 10-01-01 6:30 ET (US)

well duh

sherbie - posted 10-01-01 6:48 ET (US)

I think most depressed people realise this.

They have had it thrown at them from so many different directions...

It can be easier said than done though.

frugalsyntax33 - posted 10-01-01 7:12 ET (US)

people don't realize that everything involves the mind and revolves around it and around themselves and that the reason why things go this way and that or don't go anywhere is due to the way the mind is leading them. everyone is living in their own world, and what other people say has really no impact on what you do. like say you do go to a therapist and the therapist says crap either you do know or don't know, you can't take it personally, or if the person says things that make you feel worse that have nothing to do with what is going on in your life, it is a problem that is going on with them and not with you. so the main thing people have to watch out for are what is going on within them, not to spread negative energy, to try to appreciate life for all it is worth, and to do everything that they feel they must do. depression also comes about when a person has too much time in their lives in which to think over how they could be doing this or could be doing that. if so, that's an indication that one must leave their dwelling and take some action and stop thinking about what htey could be doing.

and it goes on...

angelique - posted 10-01-01 7:15 ET (US)

uhm...

I DIGRESS!

frugalsyntax33 - posted 10-01-01 7:16 ET (US)

i know a mouse

and he hasn't got a house

i don't know why i call him gerald

he's getting rather old

but he's a good mouse

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