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(05-11-2013 12:25 AM)Downunder Wrote:  

Just was wondering if anyone is going thru depression or has recovered from it?

Would like to hear anyone`s experiences, how they coped with it and dealt with it etc....

Might just help out some others who could be suffering from it

Thanks in advance

I was incredibly depressed during high school. Of course there was the standard teen angst, but, life during this period was just shitty. I remember waking up each day hoping I would have a good day, and with those feelings came crippling social anxieties.

I was a weird motherfucker in high school, and after high school, this continued. My first year of college was shitty. I was so scared of socializing and talking to people in general social situations (such as going to the stores) that I became even more depressed. However, I started learning confidence boosting techniques, started pushing myself, no matter how awkward, into situations I never experienced, and started socializing. With that being said, I also started eating a protein heavy diet and weight lifting. The large gains I made within a year made me way more confident.

In addition, I started to take on this idea that if it won't kill me, I shouldn't worry about it.

Looking back on it, it's interesting to see people now from high school and college, most don't even recognize me. I transformed myself. but, there was a lot of merit to being depressed for so long. Really allowed me to reflect on life in a peculiar way, and really helped me realize a lot about myself, and now if for whatever reason I get into little depression slumps, I realize that things will get better I just have to work towards it.

[thebassist]

Really agree with Samseau's thoughts.

Break your routine. Leave your little bubble. Go somewhere else. Spend a week where you have minimal contact with the people you know back home. Meet some new people. Read. Meditate. Talk to your parents.

I had a couple weeks long phase where I was really getting stuck in a bad rut where I barely did anything besides working out, kickboxing, and alternating between intense procrastination and studying. It really fucked with me after a while, even if I didn't realise it at the time.

Honestly the greatest thing that happened was that my mom came by to visit for a week, meaning that besides class, I wasn't spending any time in my area, or with the people I know.

I spent those days reading, working, talking with my mom, helping her in the garden and shit. Looking back it was a pretty damn meditative experience. I realized that I'd gotten so stuck in a negative routine, that my social life was taking a massive hit, and that I needed to rebalance the way I measured my priorities. Balance in life is key.

Even if you can't get out of where you're at for a while, just set aside some time every week, or every couple days to contemplate: take a step back and examine your actions, habits and mindset as objectively as possible.

Winter was pretty rough for me, but all that's over, I'm looking forward to enjoying the summer

[Sombro]

I used to have really bad mood swings and it wasn't till a doctor wanted to put me on anti-depressants that I said screw it, I can do it organically.

St. John's Wort, Valerian root, calcium, magnesium, leafy green diet, etc. all help.

But the biggest and most beneficial was just taking B-12 a couple times a week.