How do you cope with your depression Sup Forums?

How do you cope with your depression Sup Forums?

Usually alcohol and/or pot help me. No pot on me tonight and the alcohol isn't doing much good.

Any other tips?

And yes, I have tried and am still currently on meds, gong to therapy, and working out.

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sleeping

Sauce?

I usually am either unable to sleep much or I sleep too much and always wake up feeling like shit.

Sleeping is a temporary solution to a permanent problem.

Whats stressing you user?

Idk, just something I found on Sup Forums one day.

Honestly, not very well.

Tried therapy but my brain was too "smart" for it. In other words, she would say something and my brain would find loopholes in her logic keeping me depressed.

Currently on anti deep depressants but all they do is keep me sort of normal.

I have pot and that's mostly how I cope to be honest.

Exercise didn't work for me either.

Bored with most everything in my life.

Not too hard to get laid, but real relationship are impossible for me to maintain for more than a few weeks.

And the usual of I hate my job, myself, and most everyone around me.

Ok, well what are you doing to change it?

anti-psychs

How old are you user, m or f?

That is very similar to how I would describe my experience with therapy.

A lot, I joined a band a month ago and the last practice went very well.
We finally posted some songs on facebook and they were well received by the small number of people who heard them.

I am getting back with a FWB this week since she has returned to the area for college (she went several states away all summer)

I am adding as many additional hobbies as possible and keeping myself as busy as possible.

Still want to put a gun in my mouth though. Not going to, at least not tonight, but the thought is very strongly present.

I'm just fucked up in the head.

Looking for some way to cope aside from drugs, therapy, and exercise.

23 and male

I have my own place and a job. Not a virgin. Not obese. I am pretty fit. Short (5'6) but I have a nice 7 inch cock.

My brain is just not hardwired correctly. I've tried many different scripts, however none have worked very well.
On cymbalta now, which helps some, but still not enough.

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Not sure coping is a good rememedy fam. Instead of dealing, why not fix the hand you were dealt? Your job, there are tobs of em, sone will relocate you and give you a pletgora of experiences you never imagined. Hating yourself? Why no purpose no confidence? It is better to stand for something then die for nothing. Almosy everyone around you? Shit man leave. Alot of jobs will do that for you too. Ever thought of a military career? You like fishing? There are jobs on boats out in alaska where your gone for 6 months at a time, can live in a boat, work hard, feed people and come back with 60 grand plus in your acct. Thats just off the top of my head man. Dont accept that your fucked in the head cause its not true. You want something more, go fucking get it.

Sorry about the typos im drunk and on mobile.

No worries. I appreciate the reply.

I think I will hate myself and everyone around me regardless of where I am. Of course some place will be worse than others, but still.

I'm not sure what exactly I was hoping to achieve with this thread.

I think if there was a reliable method of coping outside of the three I have mentioned, it would be easy to find out about it.

Idk, just drunk, sad, and extra bored tonight.

>It is better to stand for something then die for nothing

Did you just quote Rambo in Rambo IV?

Pot is what get you depressed in the long run, and keeps you that way. I know.
Even of pot takes years to get better and it comes back, Drinking myself black out drunk it what happens often, also makes it worse. Just happen last week, hoping to bounce back now.

Good day rythm, healty food, walks, work out and coping with your issues are they way to go.

No. I'm pretty sure that happened to me.

Not sure if thats who originally said it, but its a very common and true quote. What are you passionate about guy? What trips your trigger and makes you smile?

The earliest evidence of close match known to QI was published in the January 1945 issue of a journal called “Mental Hygiene”. At the time of publication World War II was still being fought. The adage appeared in an article by the medical doctor Gordon A. Eadie titled “The Over-All Mental-Health Needs of the Industrial Plant, with Special Reference to War Veterans”. Boldface has been added to excerpts: 3

We are trying to show him not only what we are fighting against, but what we are fighting for. So many of these boys have only a very hazy idea of the real issues of the war. About all they see is “going back to the good old days.” This is a dangerous state. If they don’t stand for something, they will fall for anything. They need to realize that we are fighting two wars—the war of arms and the war of ideas—that other war of which the war of arms is one phase.

I'm not sure if I agree with pot making you depressed in the long run. I'm not one of those super pro pot fags. I think it should be legal, but its still a drug that can have negative affects and can be addictive.

Anyways, I agree with not getting black out drunk. And those last things you suggested can help, but often don't anymore.

Go backpacking innawoods for a long time and think. You will slowly begin to realize you can escape into nature whenever shit feels bad. Changed my life. Get a good daypack off amazon, fill it with clif bars and water and go

Damn thanks wikipedia, +2 internets

It's pretty much proven I think. Anyways some can cope with moderate use and not get depressed, and occasional use is fine, I think it should be legal too. Smoking every day alone will get you depressed, working helps, you can get one and drag yourself there, keeping busy and feeling useful help with depression.

make sure your getting enough

stop drinking as much as it can change how well the meds work

find some hobbies

I try to keep motivated by thinking of fucking hot, or decent looking women.... again.. soon. And then we will see... Keps my going most days,

I meant *effects

I wasn't the one bringing up Rambo.
This is OP not this guy - Passionate about music, but not always. My mind cannot stay consistent.

I will listen back to a recording of myself playing guitar and singing on two separate days. One day I think it sound very good; on another day I will think I need to eat a bullet after listening.

That is what makes it all so difficult. There are no consistent triggers for my sadness or happiness.

I tried this a few years ago. I still get super depressed after a couple of days.

Sorry for turning down so many great ideas.

FUCKING KEK

Perscribed medication from a doctor and visits to a therapist monthly

Weed. Usually when I get baked as fuck once, I'll be fine for the next week or two, but I usually smoke much more often than that. The only problem is that I don't have a job, so when I'm out of weed it might be a while before I get more.

Meh, depending on my flavor of depression, the sexual aspect of women isn't always that appealing.

I would love to have a real relationship, but every time I try, it crashes and burns.

I get closest to offing myself after a failed romantic relationship. It's not like I haven't tried and won't continue to, but it is legitimately risky.

Currently doing both.

On cymbalta and seeing a therapist for an hour a week.
I even do charity work weekly, which does help, but less so recently.

I wish I had some weed right now.
I don't have a regular dealer. I just smoke with a member of the band I am in at practice in exchange for beer.

I can't use his connection because he is 2 hours away from me. We meet up at the bassist's house inbetween us distance wise.

I guess I'm a bit fucked up, I know of pleanty of people with depression that loose sexual appetite and lust. I never had, even suicidal I wanked of daily, and in the mental hospital with drug induced psychosis...

I'd probably kill myself if there was not so much porn and nudity available in the world

acid helps me :) veg out for a day

Look dude you need to prioirtize yourself. You obviously have a void to fill. You need to figure out what it is. You're still young so dont let some trivial bland shit ruin an unwritten book. You can literally accomplish damn near anything. You can be whoever you want to be. But you have to work for it and earn it. Otherwise there is no joy. Dont wanna give you the tired advice of make a plan. Hell at 23 i had no clue what the fuck i wanted. Ive only recently figured it out. The kicker is, in 2 years im probably gonna want something different. Lifes a ride bro, whether you enjoy it or allow it to ruin you is up to you. Pussy and your dick size isnt gonna be what makes you complete when your on your deathbed. Your hole will be the same size as mine. LIVE, LEARN, LOVE, LOSE, EXPERIENCE and above all do you man. Thats what its about, find what makes you happy and do it. If you dont know what that is, you havent experienced enough yet. Take risks, try the yes man thing. Whatever you gotta do to get out and live it. If you dont change you get left behind by the world and your situation will ultimately break you. Dont break, fucking break the void. Put your testosterone to good use

Does porn never get boring for you?

I even get bored with sex sometimes. Maybe it is because I have never had sex with a woman I loved, but still.

I would also love acid, but alas no connection.

Sleeping, and putting on a good movie or reading or playing video games really. Anything to take away from the 'experience'

Nope, every tit is a great joy.... you must appreciate the little things in life, and the big round ones...

Good advice.

Btw, just to clarify to everyone, I won't actually kill myself. I realize I am young and have a lot of time left. I just feel like putting a gun in my mouth. It doesn't mean I would, it just means i would like to.

But what do you do when all of that is boring?

Again, I know I am being a stonewall of faggy sadness right now. Maybe no possible answer will be good enough.

But what does one do when most everything is boring and shitty?

I've actually noticed weed contributing to my depression. I might not have even noticed if I hadn't quit and started again in the time frame I did. Try not to smoke daily, it really does screw with your emotional state after some time.

Do something you havent done

I'm glad you feel that way.

Porn is nearly unwatchable for me now. I would never turn down sex with a woman (excluding obese and repulsive ones) but it does get boring.

The worst is when you are fucking a woman for over 30 minutes without being able to cum.
I once fucked a girl for roughly 45 minutes and I could barely stand after. My legs literally wobbled and shook as I stood up and walked around.

I agree with you and other anons about the daily use being detrimental. However, I can't even use it moderately due to my limited access.

I am constantly trying to within reason.
Very good advice though

Im challenging you to call up your best friend or friends and get some ecstacy. I promise you will have some insight. Go have fun kid. Your just tired of the same old shit. If tou were a sodak fag, id pick you up amd take you out for an unforgettable awesome night

Thats the meds, first time I fucked on antidepressants I could not understand why I could not come fucked for good long time. Anyways learnt it was a side effect after. Was still able to come while wanking normal time frame.

So, getting better so you can enjoy sex again is one thing that should motivate you..

I would have to pull some serious strings and go through a friend of a friend of a friend, but I may be able to get ecstasy or acid.

Major drug are hard for me to get. I live in central MO and am from another state originally. All old drug contacts are states away.

You might be right.

I did cum quicker when I wasn't on meds. I attributed it to be desensitized to porn and sex, but it may be both that and the meds.

Honestly... Try changing your meds or adding something more to them. I recently went on wellbutrin and it helped even my moods out. Also single-handedly helped me quit smoking cigarettes. Working out or getting exercise is super important. Also being outside for a bit every day. Find a hobby that doesn't involve a screen. Mine is riding my motorcycle (fucking wonders for my mood). Maybe get a pet. Try looking up breathing exercises on YT I would suggest Wim Hof
youtube.com/watch?v=RW1C_3OXhEs

Good, Drugs is not the answer. psychedelics could give you a bad trip what could worsen your depression a great deal, or fuck you up for life.

I think you should stay away. get routines going, get a job. work on crative shit. long term of meds and enjoying fuckin hot bitches, or someone you love.

Porn dude here.

OP here.

Well, thanks for the advice anons. I'm surprised no one said for me to kill myself. Honestly.

Anyways, have a nice night Sup Forumsros. I'll get on finding some good drugs and trying to experience even more new things.

I may do that. I would like to be off cymbalta entirely, but I have an appointment in 3 weeks with my doctor to potentially change or add meds.

Thanks user.

Peace guise.

It's the meds, read the side effects. A buddy of mine that had been anti-d for a long time was the one that told me, felt better about the lasting to long after that, still an issue until you are off them for a while.

Now I' m the buddy that tells you...

microdosing

I guess I'm not leaving just yet.

I've done acid and a bunch of other shit before. Not worried about psychedelics.

I have a job, do creative shit, and have many hobbies. I just have a bad chemical imbalance in my brain.

Yea, that is why I want off of them.

I wish I could.

no really

why cant you?

kek

what LSD? For a person with depression/ anxiety? May not be the best thing.

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No connections dog.

it is actually the very perfect thing for many people. look it up. i speak from personal experience

Drugs arent the answer but it'll open the door stay away from psychodelics if your not happy bro. Seriously try x, its a new world i promise. Or keep uo the hobby exercise shit cause thats working so well. You wont get hooked on x but i bet youll be flooded with happy and thinking a mile a minute. Its just what you nees bro

you are so wrong. the dopamine hit on x is so harsh.

im talking MICRO dosing

do you even know what that means user?

Try being bedridden for 3 months with debilitating Crohn's Disease while you can't eat solid food or stand for more than 10 seconds at a time while you're dealing with doctors and insurance trying to get some kind of relief from the constant pain you're in and trying your hardest not to kill yourself. There's some real depression for you.

Exercise, new hobby, travel. Try to fuck all the indigenous peoples of the world shit, I don't know faggot.

Oh, the good ole "I had it worse than you at one point so you don't deserve to be depressed" argument

How wonderfully trite and narcissistic of you.

What a fag.
You had a tummy ache so you were sad?

I'm just sick of faggots with generally good lives complaining about bullshit. Honestly it's so pathetic that they should probably just go through with it.

A tummy ache that caused me to go down to 85 lbs, lose my job, cut me off from social life, and send me into spiraling depression. Yeah it wasn't that big of a deal...

Why don't you kill yourself?

All you have is the apparent ability to brag about how terrible you have it.

Just end your shitty life.

It isn't that big of a deal. Just stick to a strict diet and Crohn's disease is less serious than a paper cut.

Music always helps. Try classical. Also Watsky isn't bad
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Cool concept with the lovely thing suit. (Failure can be beautiful.)

KEK

Anger, pure anger and intelligence. I'm not that smart, but I'm right enough that I find comfort in it.

Seriously though dude. Why not just end it if your life is so bad?

i just let my depression grow and now ive been agoraphobic and stuck inside my house numbing my mind every moment of the day, rotating apps on ipad all day mixed with comics, books, tv and movies so i dont have to ever think, my years just fkn blend into weeks to me i wake and sleep and wake and dont even realise, left the house 3 times in over 3 years and that was just for medical reasons, christmas seems like it happens every other month to me

>Just stick to a strict diet and Crohn's disease is less serious than a paper cut.

If I had a fucking dollar...

I haven't killed myself because I can see how great life can be once everything's fixed. Again, you retards have no perspective. Being forced into a situation where you have to survive will teach you that very quickly. There are a lot of moments where ending it seems like the easiest way out but that primal drive to survive somehow keeps me going. I'm doing better now but those few months were the worst of my life.

see

>Looking for some way to cope aside from drugs, therapy, and exercise
Move.

Seriously.

Move anywhere but where you live.

Fresh start, no one knows you, and you can make a new identity - be anyone you want.

i used to be pretty depressed, just don't be a lonerfag
you don't have to be alpha

Not OP and not depressed. OP wasn't actually suicidal and neither am I.
Nevertheless, you should kill yourself.

You hold onto those few months of your life like it is an achievement. You are like those girls who got their asses touched once at a party so they like to identify as rape victims for pity points.

Fuck off dude. You are over extending with your limited amount of wisdom.

Having diarrhea for a few days doesn't make you jesus. Get over yourself.

what depression?

I'd like to chime in on a similar topic. I drink to cope with my anxiety. It's all dopamine and serotonin at the end of the day. Problem is, and I know it, is its a vicious cycle. The more I drink, the worse my anxiety becomes. So I know I have to go through a brutal few weeks to balance out and then actually be proactive. Physical activity actually actually dumps more endorphins than booze does but putting in the work is challenging at times. Much easier to sip it away. Temporarily.
I was on Klonopin and Paxil for awhile but it made me not give a shit to a point that it was destructive to my life.

So in conclusion, the advice I'm having difficulty executing for myself but have realized is: put in the work to keep the endorphins flowing without the counterproductive substances that call for a bigger and bigger bandaid

>I haven't killed myself because I can see how great life can be once everything's fixed.
I totally relate to this, life can be fucking awesome even if yours isn't atm or whatever

She is stunning

Any sort of physical activity. Walk three miles every night. Do yoga. It helps.

Oh, and smoke weed 'er day.

Your comparison makes no sense. Honestly I'm doing great right now. It was a bad time in my life but now it's over. I just get really frustrated at people who cry over bullshit when it could be so much worse. It's the lack of perspective that frustrates me. Your reality can change.

Trips commands me to tell you if your weed use is attributing to your depression, then it's because deep down you know exactly what you want with your life, but between the weight of the world and the pull of life you've sorta just come to a slow roll, aware of the fact that you can stop--at any time. You've just gotta get your ball rolling again and once you keep at it, you'll forget about stopping just like you've now forgotten how it feels to roll freely. You've just got to look away and move.

Get off Sup Forums
Watch Jordan B Peterson lectures
Get a career or job you can be proud of
Find someone you can have an intimate relationship with
Develop a healthy and consistent social life
Find a hobby/purpose/passion that you can climb the hierarchy of.
Have a family that is full of support and bonding
Participate in random acts of kindness
Take LSD
Listen to music
Repeat