Damn, that really sucks to hear. Depression is super shitty, and the worst part is that there's nothing anyone can really say to you to help.Regardless, you're a cool guy and I'm sorry to hear you're going through that. Are you talking to a psychiatrist right now?
You need to keep yourself moving instead of stopping and finding yourself going backwards down that slant. Find more activities, try new things. Hell, stop and check what you're eating even. A lot of processed foods these days lack the proper nutrition that people need. You might try looking into taking supplements to make up for what you may potentially be missing.I'll tell you a little story before I go as well. A few years back, I was riding shotgun with my brother in law as we drove out to haul water back to his farmstead. One of the things we ended up discussing was my depression. To show me the point he was trying to make about how much depression can blind people to their environment and what they can do with their own lives, he asked me to point out anything I spotted on the side of the road as we went.I spotted an old rusted out car in some farmers field. We stopped and got out. Right there, he listed to me all the things that the two of us could do with just that. If we wanted to, we could undertake the effort to pull the car out and completely restore it like it was new. If he or I wanted, we could come back on another day and take a picture of the car when the environment was right, as he's studied photography. The list went on and on.A truck drove up and stopped beside us, and the driver asked us if we needed help since we were out of our vehicle on the side of the road. We said no thanks and waved him off. And then another vehicle came down the road and did the exact same thing. We both ended up laughing, trying to bet how many we could get to stop if we stayed out there on the road. The whole point he made to me was how many potential options you have in your ability to pursue that you overlook every day, and how you have no idea where your life can take you based off picking any of those options. To further prove his point, if we didn't stop at that car on the side of the road, list off all our options, and bump into our own random encounter with concerned passerby, I wouldn't have this example to pass onto you right now.Depression blinds you to the world at large around you, and all of the potential you have at your fingertips to try something new every single day. It lodges you into that grey state where you let life pass by. Try remembering that at any moment, you can change things on days where you're down and out.
Quote from: Sαndtrap on November 22, 2016, 12:38:03 PMYou need to keep yourself moving instead of stopping and finding yourself going backwards down that slant. Find more activities, try new things. Hell, stop and check what you're eating even. A lot of processed foods these days lack the proper nutrition that people need. You might try looking into taking supplements to make up for what you may potentially be missing.I'll tell you a little story before I go as well. A few years back, I was riding shotgun with my brother in law as we drove out to haul water back to his farmstead. One of the things we ended up discussing was my depression. To show me the point he was trying to make about how much depression can blind people to their environment and what they can do with their own lives, he asked me to point out anything I spotted on the side of the road as we went.I spotted an old rusted out car in some farmers field. We stopped and got out. Right there, he listed to me all the things that the two of us could do with just that. If we wanted to, we could undertake the effort to pull the car out and completely restore it like it was new. If he or I wanted, we could come back on another day and take a picture of the car when the environment was right, as he's studied photography. The list went on and on.A truck drove up and stopped beside us, and the driver asked us if we needed help since we were out of our vehicle on the side of the road. We said no thanks and waved him off. And then another vehicle came down the road and did the exact same thing. We both ended up laughing, trying to bet how many we could get to stop if we stayed out there on the road. The whole point he made to me was how many potential options you have in your ability to pursue that you overlook every day, and how you have no idea where your life can take you based off picking any of those options. To further prove his point, if we didn't stop at that car on the side of the road, list off all our options, and bump into our own random encounter with concerned passerby, I wouldn't have this example to pass onto you right now.Depression blinds you to the world at large around you, and all of the potential you have at your fingertips to try something new every single day. It lodges you into that grey state where you let life pass by. Try remembering that at any moment, you can change things on days where you're down and out.Thank you, this is legitimately inspiring. When I woke up this morning I just wanted to lie in bed the whole bed and shut my eyes to the world. But I forced myself to campus anyway, as I had a scheduled lecture and workshop. And guess what? I actually got work done. Nothing that I would call impressive, but I actually did something today. And with that, I allow myself to feel accomplished over something, even if it's something small.
I think I'm going through a relapse in my depression
