Anyone here outgrow their depression...

anyone here outgrow their depression? i keep trying very hard to go off my medication and im very optimistic each time but i swear no matter how hard i try or will myself i inevitably get depressed and i do have my meds but this isnt about them i dont want to get into it. basically i want to know if i can outgrow this eventually? im soon to be 22 and i dont know if theres still hope in outgrowing it

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Can't you outgrow depression?

Definitely. It is possible. Just keep trying man. One day you will succeed.

okay i will thank you

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Don't think about. Live your life, do what makes you happy (as long as it doesn't come at the expense of other people's happiness).

yeah, but you don't "outgrow" it. you outgrow the idea that nothing can ever change, however.

depression can be permanently beaten. I contribute psychedelic drugs and eastern religions for helping me find a better mindset in which depression simply can't survive

soon to be 20 here, had a big depression-sode for the past year now and its still there but its getting better, slowly getting back into hobbies and such, idle hands make evil plans, just find your muse and give into something, its a constant struggle friend

have you tried medication? that really helped me but its also a source of my labido being shot to hell. hence why i want to be off medication. but maybe they wont affect you the same way.

never did medication, sometimes labido gets shot from time to time but that was when it was really bad, plus im going into the service in a little while and id get kicked out for getting medication for depression or anything really

wow thats harsh i hope everything works out ok

it never ends. it's a long miserable downward spiral and suicide is the only escape.

thanks, im sure its a different ball park when you take medication but it doesnt seem like you grow out of it, ive just been trying to drown it out with stuff, what kind of hobbies you got?

i did, about six months after my 27th birthday...
midway through an epic (and expensive) an hero attempt

Speaking of labido and depression medication, my GF recently swapped over her medication and her interest in sex has gone from 3-4 times a day to a flat 0. She'll still do it once every other day, and is super apologetic about it. I don't blame her at all, but aside from dropping it is there anything we can do to get it back up?

Everyone is different, but what I think the solution is, is to find a goal in life you're willing to sacrifice it all for. Waking up day after day with no purpose in life is one of the most horrible things I can think of.

my psychiatrist is having me go from zoloft to welbutrin. wellbutrin is called something the sexy skinny pill bc it doesnt get rid of your labido but it may get rid of ur appetite supposedly. its dofferent for everyone. if she takes a ssri though chances are her labido will disappear like mine has. its a fucking nightmare. i hope wellbutrin will fix this. recommend it to your gf

try diphenhydramine aka benadryl. it helps with some of the side effects from SSRIs, SNRIs and other antidepressants.

It's cheap, mild and you can buy it anywhere.

Also, you might need to work a little harder at stimulating her.

I did, but mine is more religious based. I'm a protestant, and in Ephesians, there is a verse that basically says "don't be too good or bad, enjoy the useless life you have, and remember God will judge you in the end." We aren't here long OP, so you might as well just give God all your problems and enjoy the things he provides you (work, sleep, drink, and food)...if you are of the religious variety of course.

But even if you aren't I'm sure everyone here can agree that life is pointless and the only thing to do is enjoy it and not fret over petty shit (literally everything: if animals can survive off of Jack shit then why can't You, an intelligent human being, do better?)

i dont think i will ever outgrow my depression since its an existencial crisis, i dont see the point in human life and i hate everything about it, tried medications but never worked and stoped after having hallucinations.
im just waiting to die since i cant kill myself, havents left my house in almost 7 years and im only 20 years old

>to a flat 0.
that's bcos she doesn't need sex to feel satisfied anymore, she hass drugs.
is bcos she don't like you
is becus you're dumb and gay
is most likely that she's fucking somebody else and uses the drugs as an excuse for no more secks
either way, you're fucking gay.

lol, those drugs are meant to literally kill all emotion. it's like chemo which kills most of your cells, just to stop the bad ones. so feeling happy/horny is just as kill as feeling angry/depressed/sad

Your religion means NOTHING. It's just fucking fairy tales.

Stephen King said it best - "The only way to really hurt someone who has lost everything is to give him back something that is broken." That broken thing is your religion.

A person going through a life-shattering illness does not need your "one-size-fits-all" bible homilies.

Fuck you, fuck your religion and fuck your bible.

Allergy meds are meant to kill all emotion?

You are an assoul.

this picture made me laugh, thanks OP

Woah dude, I wish I was as intelligent as you D: teach me your ways

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Even if you think of it as fairy tales there is still wisdom in it. You're probably just the type to read something and not gain anything out of it. Like, you'll pick up a book about earth science and after reading it conclude that a lot of shit happens with the earth and das it. The Bible has a bit of knowledge that doesnt even come with "believe in God and this will happen" attached to it.

But the fedoras must be worth being retarded, I'm sure.

what meds have you tried user? thats a real shame. i wish you the best of luck. have you tried a therapist?

tips fedora

Reading the Bible and accepting the "wisdom" of it is VERY different from going to church and believing in supernatural nonsense.

Not at all. You can do both. I happen to do both and it helps out tons. But I know people who use it in an academic sense. I mean, I know you're in a higher state of living so you probably don't need any of this buffoonery but lesser people like me could use the help, and others like me who don't want to believe still turn to it for the literal advice it gives and not the faith bits (though they also go thru the other religions too, the ones I'm sure you are more comfy with. Idk, something about Jesus just really bugs people for some reason lmao)

That's correct. You will end up in a coffin anyway.

Brake HDD in Half, buy SSD, install Win7

move to a country where you actually have to deal with life and survive and your depression will be gone.

no u

Had to try many mess before finding one that stabilised my mood. They're not happy pills, they just even you out as miserable to let you work shit out for yourself mentally.

That was 3 years ago now. I've been living with my cute shortstack trap husband for one year. They didn't help, meeting him did.

Good luck.

The same Stephen King who does nothing but snort coke and write shitty books about child orgies?

Jesus christ, user.

1. If you don't have social life, including some form of physical touch, it will never go away

2. Many antidepressants dumb emotions and might not do much to elevate your mood, try psilocybin either in a large dose or microdosing

3. Some bodily parameters can crash your mood and nothing can help unless you fix it, for an example having too high blood sugar

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hey man,
Yes it will go away eventually.
Takes time and a good routine and possibly a change of circumstances.
It is different for everyone, but there are a few healthy things you can do:

1. eat healthy foods, with a good balance.
dark green and colourful vegetables and fruits.
lean meat and chicken.
whole grains, brown rice and bread.
mushrooms, different nuts and seeds.
plenty of water.

Avoid sugar, fried food, alcohol.

Exercise every day, 30+ minutes is best.
Doing it until you feel yourself out of breath or sweating is good. Strength exercises mixed in with a bit of cardio. Not too much cardio.

Time outside in the sun and nature every day.
Sunshine is important, 30+ minutes.

Be constructive and positive, force yourself to be positive. It is a mental exercise but you can do it.

Do constructive things, start learning something new, or start a new project, or just tidy your room regularly and make it a routine.
Any positive habit that you can build is good.

Stop porn, reduce masturbation to 2-3 times a week. You need your energy to return your brain to normal.
Over masturbation drains you.

Above all, don't make a big deal out of it, if you slip up on a newly built routine, just start it again. No need to worry about it.

We can dance

Since you guys seem to be genuinely depressed maybe you can help me out.

Do you guys go through phases? As in, happy one day, suicidal the next?

I am deliriously happy some days, to the point where I wonder what the fuck is happening, and want to end my life on others.

Is this bipolar disorder?

Please share thoughts.

I was an emotional shitstorm 17-21 so it's a pretty full on time.

At 26 i think im starting to settle down.

Depression is a life long illness; you aren't going to outgrow it.

This sounds very much like Bipolar.

For me my mood is constantly fluctuating throughout the day. Then there are time periods that last maybe some weeks where life seems meaningless, everything seems hard to begin, nothing has or give the same level of emotional value. This is depression.

The most important things are to eat healthy, stay active and generally tend to your mind like a garden. There might be winds and rain wrecking all the flowers but never the less you need to keep the soil fertile, rearrange things and make sure that there's always the possibility for things to grow.

Force yourself to do things, have new experiences and discover things, music, art etc

And you also need silence and to be with your own mind, the important thing here is just to learn how to know when it's healthy to sit alone with your thoughts. Realizing the difference between rumination and reflection, gnawing on problems rather than exploring solutions.

Most of the time the mind actually screams the solution to any problem one think one have immediately, one always truly know how to fix a problem it just gets shrouded in a fog of fear over how tough that solution might be.

You have to be brave enough to be honest with yourself.