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Official Depression thread
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Lately I've been thinking of death right before I go to bed or when I'm at the sink washing my hands. Isn't it crazy how we're not gonna be here someday? And then you think about the present moment and it's just like wtf? What's the point?
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Nah man. Death is part of life, you see death, you might come close to it and bounce back. **** you might die tomorrow. But that doesn't mean life is pointless. Just make it count.
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Exactly. When I think about dying my only concern is hopefully I've killed and had a good time. Not going to stress about something I can't control, besides living healthy.
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Had a year long battle with anxiety/panic almost a year ago. It was the hardest thing I've ever gone through in my life. Still gotta work through it every day to stop it from coming back.
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Crazy to know I'm not the only one going through some of the things mentioned in here, feeling alone in this world is the worst.. Still not overcame it entirely, but staying busy with work and now working out has definitely helped alot, needa find new hobbies though. But at least I'm not thinking about it all the time like before, that messed me up bad, but at the end of the day I am my own worst critic so doing and thinking better of myself has definitely put me on a better path than before so far.
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Imagine not being able to work or work out going on 6 months straight
NT helps me a lot.
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Yeah nothing but good people here looking out and giving great advice
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succeedsocially.com -- site has good articles for those with social anxiety.
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I'm almost at 2 years now of not being able to work or work out, or do anything at all really.
NT definitely helps, there's lots of great people here and also plenty of entertainment. The most important thing to me is having a hobby that is rewarding, fun and can be done daily.
I run an online business which not only helps keep me busy every day but earns me a lot of money as well.
Another person I've talked to on NT that's in a similar predicament uses lego as a hobby. Keeps him busy and it's both calming and rewarding when you finish a lego set.
It's little things like that that can significantly improve your state of mind in such situations.
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I use to be on here often. I stopped posting for a long while. It is good to see familiar users. I was finally able to have some time to actually check on here, and this is one of the threads that I went through and read through all the posts and slightly relate too. Thank you for the posts and advice you guys post.
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yea man pretty much, and congrats on your home business i think i recall something about that
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What trips me out though is why do we spend our daily lives with all these demons in our heads when we know we're gonna die someday (anyday) and after that it's over. Every day I think about death to the point it scares me into living the present moment to the fullest, but I still have anxiety standing in a line or seeing a car behind me tailgating. Or having to speak in front of a group. Or navigating the gym during peak hours. The daily battles never freakin end.
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Ok this isn't depression.....
I think you need to see a psychologist or therapist man srs
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@EcruteakCityBoy hold ur head man...stop the drugs man..not on some d.a.r.e. Ish cause I blow like a chimney...
Ur just masking the pain tho man, and the last thing you want on top of all ur current problems is a dependency on some lame as pills....it's embarrassing af, and I didn't do it until I was on the brink of losing my family, but seek professional help man..I did, and I'll admit I'm not "cured", but I have more good days than bad days now...I have a better understanding and some coping techniques that work with varying degrees of success...that's a step tho man..before I was too scared to even try..
No bull man we can pm, text, play madden or 2k, whatever...I see u in the nfl thread so we can talk football or sumn..we don't gotta talk about our problems per say...but I'm saying that to say ur not alone fam..I can relate, I've been there, I'm still there tbh, but we all we got bro..don't hesitate to reach out if need be..
This is a dope thread tho...I can relate to a lot man...I mean this with all due respect, but it's refreshing to know I'm not the only one dealing with these things as a 20 summit year old male that's in my "prime".
Love when y'all get all mature on me NT...it's rare but it's appreciated [emoji]9994[/emoji][emoji]127997[/emoji]
Ur just masking the pain tho man, and the last thing you want on top of all ur current problems is a dependency on some lame as pills....it's embarrassing af, and I didn't do it until I was on the brink of losing my family, but seek professional help man..I did, and I'll admit I'm not "cured", but I have more good days than bad days now...I have a better understanding and some coping techniques that work with varying degrees of success...that's a step tho man..before I was too scared to even try..
No bull man we can pm, text, play madden or 2k, whatever...I see u in the nfl thread so we can talk football or sumn..we don't gotta talk about our problems per say...but I'm saying that to say ur not alone fam..I can relate, I've been there, I'm still there tbh, but we all we got bro..don't hesitate to reach out if need be..
This is a dope thread tho...I can relate to a lot man...I mean this with all due respect, but it's refreshing to know I'm not the only one dealing with these things as a 20 summit year old male that's in my "prime".
Love when y'all get all mature on me NT...it's rare but it's appreciated [emoji]9994[/emoji][emoji]127997[/emoji]
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What's the difference between being depressed and being sad? Sometimes I don't believe I'm depressed I just tell myself it is ok to just not be happy all the time but I don't know man .. I don't know.
As I've shared on NT before my mom died this year and I'm dealing with the ending of a long term relationship. I don't think I properly grieved my mom's death because I had my girl there to keep my mind occupied. Now I lost two of the most important people in my life in a matter of months and for the first time I'm alone and it's hitting me like a ton of bricks. I go to work, come home, take some sleeping pills and listen to ESPN until I fall asleep. I hate when I have days off and when the sun is up because I literally just sit here for hours being miserable as f
I know one day I'll wake up and just snap out of it. Everything heals in time, but man the pain you endure to heal is something else
Keep me in your prayers NT, your boy is definitely wounded right now
and if I had any words of wisdoms to anybody I would say love and cherish every moment with your parents. Remember everything they tell you, take pictures, save texts, save voicemails, record everything involving them ..
As I've shared on NT before my mom died this year and I'm dealing with the ending of a long term relationship. I don't think I properly grieved my mom's death because I had my girl there to keep my mind occupied. Now I lost two of the most important people in my life in a matter of months and for the first time I'm alone and it's hitting me like a ton of bricks. I go to work, come home, take some sleeping pills and listen to ESPN until I fall asleep. I hate when I have days off and when the sun is up because I literally just sit here for hours being miserable as f
I know one day I'll wake up and just snap out of it. Everything heals in time, but man the pain you endure to heal is something else
Keep me in your prayers NT, your boy is definitely wounded right now
and if I had any words of wisdoms to anybody I would say love and cherish every moment with your parents. Remember everything they tell you, take pictures, save texts, save voicemails, record everything involving them ..
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I've had my issues with depression in the past, but my roommate is really worrying me.
He admitted to being depressed after about two months of living together and ever since then it's been downhill. When he told me about it I gave him the number of a few doctors from my job and told him to make an appointment. A few weeks pass and I notice he's getting worse and worse (sleeping all day, drinking, not leaving his room, etc.). It got to the point where he was drinking himself to the point of being sick, calling into work so he could drink all day, and repeating the cycle. By the third day I basically made him go see a doctor. I scheduled the appointment and everything. He went, but they didn't do anything for him other than refer him to a psychologist. He ended up going to the psychologist once, but he said his insurance didn't cover it so he stopped going. When I asked him if he tried to find a new psychologist/psychiatrist covered by his insurance he said no. He stayed at a baseline level of depression for a while, but the week before Thanksgiving it got really bad. Slipped into the cycle of drinking and calling in sick to work. I finally got his brother and a few friends involved and we staged a quasi-intervention where we addressed his depression, drinking, missing work, burning bridges, etc. He seemed receptive to it all and spent a few weeks getting better (started going to the gym, bought some stuff to help spruce up the apartment, was drinking less, etc.) but he's back to square one again. He spent the whole weekend drinking by himself and sleeping. I grilled him about his behavior last night and everything I said was met with a sarcastic "yep." I asked him if he had followed through with getting an appointment for a psychiatrist/psychologist and he flatly said "nope." When I asked him if he was going to he said "nope."
At this point he's hurting himself just to spite me (I give him crap for never cleaning up after himself/other various inconsiderate behaviors). I just feel like I've hit a wall with him. I've tried to help him over and over but he just won't help himself. At this point I'm thinking of breaking the lease agreement and moving out. It sucks. My apartment is beautiful and it's in an amazing location, but living with him is getting unbearable.
If any NTers have been in a similar scenario or have any words of wisdom, I'm more than willing to listen.
He admitted to being depressed after about two months of living together and ever since then it's been downhill. When he told me about it I gave him the number of a few doctors from my job and told him to make an appointment. A few weeks pass and I notice he's getting worse and worse (sleeping all day, drinking, not leaving his room, etc.). It got to the point where he was drinking himself to the point of being sick, calling into work so he could drink all day, and repeating the cycle. By the third day I basically made him go see a doctor. I scheduled the appointment and everything. He went, but they didn't do anything for him other than refer him to a psychologist. He ended up going to the psychologist once, but he said his insurance didn't cover it so he stopped going. When I asked him if he tried to find a new psychologist/psychiatrist covered by his insurance he said no. He stayed at a baseline level of depression for a while, but the week before Thanksgiving it got really bad. Slipped into the cycle of drinking and calling in sick to work. I finally got his brother and a few friends involved and we staged a quasi-intervention where we addressed his depression, drinking, missing work, burning bridges, etc. He seemed receptive to it all and spent a few weeks getting better (started going to the gym, bought some stuff to help spruce up the apartment, was drinking less, etc.) but he's back to square one again. He spent the whole weekend drinking by himself and sleeping. I grilled him about his behavior last night and everything I said was met with a sarcastic "yep." I asked him if he had followed through with getting an appointment for a psychiatrist/psychologist and he flatly said "nope." When I asked him if he was going to he said "nope."
At this point he's hurting himself just to spite me (I give him crap for never cleaning up after himself/other various inconsiderate behaviors). I just feel like I've hit a wall with him. I've tried to help him over and over but he just won't help himself. At this point I'm thinking of breaking the lease agreement and moving out. It sucks. My apartment is beautiful and it's in an amazing location, but living with him is getting unbearable.
If any NTers have been in a similar scenario or have any words of wisdom, I'm more than willing to listen.
