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How do I fight depression, because I feel god-awful and I'm not going to pussy out and take antidepressants. I want to do it naturally.

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>> Anonymous
>>122772

Are there any natural mood elevators I can take?
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>>122779
cocaine
>> Anonymous
find the cause and fix it
>> Anonymous
yea chocolate or just go hang out with your friends. go watch a movie and stuff. But exercise is the best way to deal with depression. Dont worry you will feel better in no time, its just your brain releasing hormones.
>> Anonymous
>>122775
ya, that must be why so many people do it.
>> Anonymous
>>122773
Weed just makes me feel spacey and weird.
>> Anonymous
I was diagnosed with depression several years ago and told exercise would elevate my mood. But it didn't. No matter what exercise I did, I never felt any the better for it. So don't listen to the people who say exercise will definitely make you feel better. It can, but there are no guarantees.
>> Anonymous
Go to a damn doctor.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>122792
wrong, intense exercises and proper relaxation make you feel much better, but there's a limit. after that you gotta fix the problem that makes you depressed.

physical activity, proper nutrition, proper rest and cognitive therapy will put you on the right tracks.
>> Anonymous
I have had a medical certificate for being depressed for allmost 3 years now, and have had my ups and downs... Its never been about EMO myself out, or cutting my wrists or shit like that... I just have major problem at getting started with things...

Its like I have to strain myself for every thing i need to do becaus my body and mind tells me "ah who cares" and stops giving a shit about it, to the point where i become like a loony nerve wreck...
Thus i have had a hard time keeping a work more than 6 months without giving a shit about it, suxx to be me, i know...

Anyway, i have used several antidepressants with varius results, none which where any good I might ad.
One becomes mostly like a zombie that walks around without feelings at all. Thus I stoped using them about a year back. Allthou with varius feelings one can get really depressed one can allso get really happy.

So from personal experience, i say screw the pills unless you are a total wreck thats bound to kill youreself without heavy medication. I know it sounds silly, but finding stuff you care about and thinking "happy thoughts" is basically the best i can give you.
>> Anonymous
>>122823

Actually this thread been pretty helpful...
>> Anonymous
>>122826
I wouldn't disagree with that. There's so saying that the OP's, or anyone else in this thread's, problems are genetically based. Or bipolar--that's highly chemically based.
>> Anonymous
>>122841
positive!!!
>> Anonymous
>>122843

It's not genetic. My life hasn't been going the way I want it to, my father puts me down, etc.

Actually, I take that back. It might be genetic because my mom had problems too (although it was with drugs and alcohol, not depression.)
>> Anonymous
>>122849

Exercise and eat right. That is step one. I've suffered some depression (albeit mild) at the hands of losing a lot of friends and finding myself in a solitary social environment for weeks on end.

After a killer workout, where you've pushed yourself to the absolute limits and you're sore all over and feel completely fucked... that is when I feel the best. The release of all the endorphins will give you a euphoric feeling, provided you exercise enough that is. Going for pansy ass jog for 5 minutes won't cut it.

Get plenty of sleep too.
>> Anonymous
>>122849
If your dad puts you down, tell him to shut the fuck up. If he hits you, hit him back. If he's bigger than you, expect to get your ass handed to you, but at the end of it you can smile because at least you stood up for yourself and fought back despite unfavorable odds. Your dad will realize that if he tries to fuck with you, you aren't just going to take it.

Bruise = badge of honor. Everyone knows this.

Seriously, stop feeling sorry for yourself. It's fucking annoying to everyone. Are you sad? Figure out why you're sad and fix it. Can't think of a reason you're sad? Then you shouldn't be sad, get over yourself. Can't fix the problem that's making you sad? Ask someone to help you. Hell, ask US to help you.
>> Anonymous
suicide is the answer.
>> Anonymous
>>122871

Are you serious? Point out one time during this thread I've "felt sorry for myself." This isn't an emo "I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF" thread. I'm not looking for sympathy, I'm not looking for attention, I'm just looking for advice.

Jesus Christ...
>> Anonymous
>>122879
Advice regarding what? You told us you're sad and don't want to fix it with drugs (commendable, btw), I told you how to fix it.
>> Anonymous
>>122874

That's low. Go back to /b/, troll.
>> Anonymous
>>122889
Believe it or not there are other ways to help aside from drugs. He came asking for NATURAL help.
>> Anonymous
Just to clarify, when I said "natural mood elevators" I meant certain food & drink (green tea, chocolate, bananas, etc.) that might help.
>> Anonymous
Eat spicy food.
>> Anonymous
I don't believe that the causes are biological or genetic. It's convenient to put the blame on external factors, and it makes the pharmatic industry rich thanks to your lack of willpower.

You want to feel good naturally? I suggest meditation, it will help you, especially if you're one of these hyperactive nuggets that can't stop thinking for 15 seconds.
>> Anonymous
I was like... the most depressed person ever. I'm not going to go through my upbringing or any of that shit, but I started working out and ... Well, I didn't start eating good. Fuck that shit.

But working out and staying busy (hobbies) is like, the best natural cure... I also joined the Military, and I don't have time to be depressed. Too busy meeting people and solving problems.
>> Anonymous
st johns wort and exercise
>> Anonymous
>>122933
>I was like... the most depressed person ever.

OH MY GAWD LIKE I WAS TOTALLY SO THE MOST DEPRESSED PERSON EVAR 2 WE SHOULD BE BFFS
>> Anonymous
>>122929
You've never been severely depressed
>> Anonymous
Natural remedies only work on raspberry flavored depression, if you gots a different flavor you need a different remedy ie happy pills.
>> Anonymous
>>123050
Neither have you. Depression was practically invented by pharmaceutical companies to sell SSRIs. If your loving wife and kids die in a fire: sure you're going to be depressed. If you're dying of cancer: of course. If you're all "eh, I'm sort of vaguely discontent with my life for no real reason": you're not depressed. Stop attention-whoring. Do you know how many people in third world countries have A.D.D., or are idiopathically depressed?

NONE.

Wonder why? Because they don't see 10 commercials telling them that they need to buy drugs for their made up disorders every time they watch a mind numbing sitcom about people who laugh all the time and clearly enjoy every moment of their existence. Restless Leg Syndrome? WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT? Go tell some horribly crippled polio survivor that you think you have RLS; watch the expression on their face. Tell some mother who watched her kids die in a car crash that you think you're depressed because sometimes everyone isn't nice to you. Do it and see what happens.

Fucking faggots.
>> Anonymous
>>123142
I hate idiots who believe any mental illness is made up.
>> Anonymous
>>123149
I hate idiots who like to pretend they have a legitimate mental illness for attention. I also hate idiots who can't fucking read.

20 MILLION AMERICANS ARE TAKING ANTIDEPRESSANTS EVERY DAY. That's 15% of the ENTIRE POPULATION. Why does no one else see a problem with this?
>> Anonymous
>>123142
i agree with this guy, but only partially. sure things such as mild depression and mild add are "made up", but have you ever lived with someone who had a serious mental illness? back when i was 16, my mom had chronic depression and bipolar, and she would alternate her time between yelling at me and kicking me out of the house and hysterically crying and locking herself in the room. it got so bad that we forced her to go to a psychiatrist, and lo and behold, she takes her pills and is now a 100% normal person.
i'm not saying "YES MENTAL ILLNESSES DO EXIST YOU INSENSITIVE MORAN", i'm saying some people actually do do better with medicine.
>> Anonymous
>>123142
depression was not invented, it was blown out of proportion.

in modern western society, people live very sedentary lives. we eat poisoned food devoid of nutrients and we are socializing less and less. the quality of our jobs has decreased as well, leaving many of us wondering what the point is. depression is what happens when you get into a cycle of negativity that only worsens itself -- that is to say that feeling bad makes you act in a not very life affirming way, which makes you more depressed.

the phenomenon of depression is prevalent in modern western society because of the awful way we live. we don't have the activity and stimuli necessary to keep our minds balanced and healthy.

of course that is not to say that we need pills to combat this...
>> Anonymous
Stop masturbating so much.
>> Anonymous
>>123156
I'm not saying mental illnesses don't exist, OF COURSE THEY FUCKING EXIST. And OF COURSE medication will help them. What I'm saying is that a ridiculous portion of people who say they're depressed are, in fact, not depressed. There is absofuckinglutly no reason that 15% of the population should be buying and taking antidepressants. That's just fucking disgusting. So yeah, when someone tells me they're depressed, unless they give me a really solid reason, I tend to not believe them.
>> Anonymous
Take magic mushrooms, I'm on a low dose right now :)
>> Anonymous
>>123157
That's a theory. Another theory is that people become convinced that they're depressed because they practically have the idea forced down their throats.
>> Anonymous
>>123157
You're DEPRESSED because you don't socialize. You don't socialize because you have SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER. You have SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER because you have low self esteem. You have low self esteem because you're DEPRESSED.

Please, buy our drugs to solve your problems.
>> Anonymous
>>123142
Idiot, people third world countries, along with inner city environments aren't as depressed because they don't have time for shit like that. To them life is about survival not happiness, so depression isn't a problem.
>> Anonymous
>>122769
Prozac didn't work on me, but Paxil did, just try some untill they work