Depression and SA

[nicknamehere]

If you suffer from depression caused by your SA (I know my SA causes my depression) how do you cope with it?

 

[DaaaBulls]

It's hard I know, every day I wake up and hope I can get out of bed and just feel like I am energized and ready for the day. Instead I wake up and I am tired and lethargic with no energy at all. I am not sure how to get out of this either, it seems like a never ending hole that I cannot get out of no matter what I do.

I wish I had some advice but I don't. Just keep trying and it can really only get better.

 

[zofia-life-coach]

Probably your depression is not clinical but you just very unhappy with yourself and your life. Its not going to change if you’re not going to do something about that. I know its easy to say but not easy to do. Anti-depressants its not a solussion. You need to get help. Good luck.

 

[melsmood]

I take anti-depressants to help me cope with anxiety, and I think they have some benefit although they aren't a magic pill. Sometimes when I feel depression coming on I can talk myself out of it, or keep busy and distract myself from it. Sometimes this isn't enough, and the last big episode I had, I got help from my doctor. He increased my meds and gave me my first referral to a psychologist. Getting the help I needed made me feel very positive and hopeful and helped dig me out of the last one.

 

[MrDooBee]

Meditating is like a god send to me at the moment, sometimes im so depressed that i cant make myself do that even. Once ive got a little bit of strength to help myself ill sit down (reluctantly) and start meditating. Then the meditation completely stops all the stupid delusional thoughts like, "my life is not worth living" or "im gonna be like this for the rest of my life" etc. Its like before the meditation my thoughts are screaming at me then afterwards they are like little whispers or completely gone all together. I had to use it last week to even get to sleep, it worked well .

 

[Argamemnon]

Probably your depression is not clinical but you just very unhappy with yourself and your life. Its not going to change if you’re not going to do something about that. I know its easy to say but not easy to do. Anti-depressants its not a solussion. You need to get help. Good luck.

My depression is clinical, do you have advice being a "life coach"?

 

[Jodie-Tyler]

i have extremly low self esteem, which then led to depression which then lead to SA, and i wish i had advise, but all i do i avoid as many soical sittuations as i can, and im calm. but thts not healthy, cz my SA will only get worse. If i keep blocking out ppl for a long time, when im forced into, which will happen, ill get so worked up , god knows what will happen.
But i know with SA u cant jst go out and face ur fear.
it takes time.
my advise, seek therapy sessions, im in them now, and they help abit.