Mental Health Getting professional help

Ah depression....its the worst, the worst to treat, the worst to have, the worst to deal with. At least with every other mental health disorder something can be done. Antidepressants are terrible, and they don't even work ...

My advice would be to get some exercise, climb out of the hole and force yourself to do something active for 1 hour.

Also, deep anger and rage is a warning sign. But it doesn't sound like you've made it that far yet.

Just stay away from drugs for a bit. They just make it worse.
 
Nothing in particular, I just realised he wasn't presenting me with any useful suggestions, and how futile it is to expect words to contribute to some solution.
I guess I was just feeling a bit shit about killing false hope I had created; coming back down to this reality.

jpg: I've just put up my boxing bag today, and I'm going to get my bench press going tomorrow.
I should skate more too, but I haven't had it in me.

I still don't, but I have to try.

I had been sober for 8 days, but today I smoked some Cannabis.
I'm going to try and stay sober again.
 
Good on you for being sober. I think that you're making a really good decision by staying off the drugs.

As far as your psychiatrist, I'm sorry that doesn't seem to be working for you. How many appointments have you had with him now? If things continue not to work, you might want to look into finding someone new. I know you've tried other ones before, but it can take A LOT of tries before finding a doctor that is right for you sometimes.

Keep taking care of you and please don't give up on hope. That's something that you can always come back to no matter what. <3
 
Hey, abject, I had my first therapy appointment this week with someone that came highly recommended as not just a talker/listener. I feel like what I need to work on is so deep it is actually lodged in the flesh (though it is definitely psychological). When words cannot penetrate scar tissue I think bodywork (any treatment that integrates body/mind/spirit) presents some hope. I ended up talking through my first appointment nonstop--I just needed to get the story out, I guess. Anyway, I'm hopeful for next Friday that we begin something different. I will keep you posted; maybe it will be something you could explore as well.<3

P.S. I heartily support staying sober.
 
I know exactly how you feel about it being so deep herby
There is a fundamental fallacy with trying to use words and logic to solve something that simply isn't logical/reasonable.

I've started smoking a bit again; I really do feel it helps me.

I can't see anything useful coming from my psychiatrist.
I just want to die.
 
Abject: schizoid personality here- i don't think its a disorder- been going to a shrink for 6 years now and like you felt like it was a waste of time even though I got a lot of scrips out of the deal. I came to the conclusion that I didn't need a psychiatrist I needed a philosopher. Does that make sense? As a schizoid I don't feel a certain way I think a certain way. Life is meaningless is what i think not how I feel. Thats a philosophical problem not a psychiatric one, at least from my POV. For many years I've followed the code of the samurai and i have boiled it down to this: to live in defiance. I defy life's meaninglessness by continuing to live. Just some random thoughts hope you're doing better.
 
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