Question of the Day

[ayoub]

How do you deal with depression?

Comments

[pan16.livejournal.com]

Well, usually with brute strength. And if that doesn't work I try to revel in the darkness and, in revelling, revel my way right back out again. I don't know if that makes sense to you, and to tell the truth I'm not sure I'd recommend this approach for others. But it usually works for me. ;)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I like to talk to a friend... Vent a little to a willing ear :)

[wait.livejournal.com]

I read a book about something more depressing than my own life. Nothing like a little genocide to put a kick up my own ass.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[evergladesqueen.livejournal.com]

When i was years ago, i just slept. Now when i feel im headed in that direction i simply put on the new age tunes, burn the champa and lay in bed and relax. *hugs*

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Sounds very relaxing!

[ex-nothingto835.livejournal.com]

a little prescription named Fluoxetine. And lots of distractions.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

What does that do?

[maeghanne.livejournal.com]

I don't know that I do deal with it. Rather, I don't deal with it well. I, like [Bad username or site: pan 16 @ livejournal.com], tend to shove my way through it. As I said yesterday, I "act as if" I am not bothered.. and it either helps me not be or gets me through to the next day when I'm not so bad off. That's the one thing I think that helps me the most. I am aware of how fleeting it is. I guess that either means I am good at dealing with it.. or that I am manic. Either way... its usually only a short while.

(And please don't get me wrong.. I am not saying "act as if" means not to feel it.. I can't hide from that!)

[maeghanne.livejournal.com]

I meant Nathan.. not that person I just accidentally refered to by not adding "16" to his name.. haha. I AM A DORK!

[jaebird.livejournal.com]

Sleeping o.o sometimes hiding from it..
Chopping off my hair lol

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Chopping off your hair?

I don't have much to chop off though! :P

[inspectorjury.livejournal.com]

That's easy. I am constantly waiting for depression to hit so when it finally does, I'm overjoyed!

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

Dude! I know I don't know you from Adam, but that's so twisted that I have to applaud. Effing brilliant!

[soul-incognito.livejournal.com]

hmm dare I say a little bit of LJ goes a long way.

I remember little bits I learnt in therapy to be able to self-therapize (hehe i made that word up I think) like ABC (Action Behaviour Consequences) which deals with the what when why and what ifs of why im feeling that way and by the time you've overanalyzed the bloody thing its pretty much sort itself out.
That and I remember that I've survived some pretty awful moments in the past, that thought empowers me.

And if all else goes astray...

CHOCOLATE!!!

*big hugs*

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmmmmm

Chocolate!

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

I have the true luxury of being smart and not suffering true clinical depression; but on those occasions that I feel a dark pall veiling my world, I take solace in that it is temporary and must ultimately pass. I also try to find means of stepping out of my head somehow by letting myself get distracted. At the very least, I try and argue with myself over it.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Heheh... I simply try to talk it out with a friend :)

[reynold.livejournal.com]

Long quiet walks in the woods alone talking to the Higher Being(s) (Take your pick, I'm not picky) and working my way through it. (Going back to your question of omens, it was one of these times when "talking to" could be replaced with "yelling at" that a good friend for the first, last, and only time called me to just toss around a frisbee and it turned out to be just what I needed. Strange, eh?)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Strange, but good...

[lilgeorgiawhore.livejournal.com]

Sleep. Or I curl up in bed under my covers and cry. Usually while listening to Tori Amos :-)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Sounds good :)

[fayruz.livejournal.com]

Binge eating

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

That does help :)

[stardances.livejournal.com]

When I get into a real bad spot I do an inordinate amount of cleaning, taking it one room at a time...it seems to me that if I can at least organize the physical things around me some sense of order will fall into place in my head. Often the crazy cleaning tears are not enough so I play mindless video games until the buzzing in my head settles down a bit..then, when I am almost numb I make myself take a walk or at least sit outside (that nearly always work, I become fascinated with some bee/plant/bird/insect and feel energized enough to learn more about it...forgetting to feel small in the process of being curious.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

That can work...

[cmerun12.livejournal.com]

It sorta depends on how/why I feel depressed and the intensity of it.

I've been known to:
quilt
sew
scream
cry
sleep
take long baths
read
shop
talk to friends/family
hide from friends/family
drink
workout
write
draw
color
drive
send random text messages
play with class-B explosives
go camping
star gazing
walking
biking
sitting quietly
listen to music

*pauses to consider* Yep. Those are the top things. As you can see, not "one" thing works better than the other. It's mostly what's available to me at the time.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

All work... :)

[artist-writer.livejournal.com]

art
writing
reaching out

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

[monkey.livejournal.com]

I beat it with a stick.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Sounds painful!

[suburbiadaze.livejournal.com]

Wait a minute. You can deal with it?

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

There are ways :)

[razzberee.livejournal.com]

There's no adequate way to deal with depression, especially when you're depressed. It's just called the "waiting game."

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

What do you do when waiting though?

[huggscancer.livejournal.com]

ill let you know when i ever come out of it...

ive probably been depressed on and off all my life. best thing i have done was to find lj. its been what i needed, but i need to be made to write because now theres just as much to wirte about, but not as much urgency....

:-\

crafts work well for me too, showers, sleeping, but havent been doing much of any of that... dont have any crafts here at school with me either.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:(

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Dr. Ri prescribes insomnia medication, snack food, gin, exercise (especially fencing), cute cats, plum wine, and husbands who will drop everything to snuggle with you and read you Dr. Seuss books.

(My life is completely Bill-centric...this is highlighted by my answers to your daily questions. I don't think there's been a single one that did not involve him somehow. Oh well.)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

LOL!

:D

[torisrabbit.livejournal.com]

i usually listen to a lot of sad songs...
then i make myself have a good cry and then i am back to happiness again...i am weird like that

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D