Any Info Would Help Or Guidelines. Posted: 03-26-04 14:34pm
Hello,
i suffer from depression. I have tried to
commit suicide, I have become anorexic, I
was unhappy often and I want to cry a
lot...The reason why I say I was unhappy
is because lately I have been looking for
the positives in life and trying to get
myself back onto track of putting the
depression aside and living life like it
was intended to be lived. I was someone
who thought negative all the time always
felt like I wasn't loved felt like nobody
wanted me around. I ran away from home
twice but ended up coming back both times
the first time I thought that it was the
biggest mistake of my life to return home
because I was told that everything would
change around here I would actually have
my say in things and wouldn't get health
forum at for nothing, but after about a
week things just went back to how they use
to be and I stayed here for about 5 months
then attempted to leave again for good
about 3 weeks ago and came back after my
mom was pleading for me to I told her how
I felt and told her how I would like to
get treated and since then things have
been good. It's been about a week now and
everyday I have been in a really good mood
and really happy. I look for positives, I
am also the type of person who takes a lot
seriously and that affected me a lot even
if it was constructive critisism it
bothered me a lot. I'm beginning to be
able to take things like it's nothing when
it's meant to be but still taking a lot of
time but now you know my story and i'd
like all the help I can get to keep this
up and for more guidelines on how to get
out of being depressed without the use of
drugs that is my last resort I do not want
to turn to drugs at all.
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Jess__10
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 7
Posted: 03-26-04 14:35pm
Forgot to tell you guys i'm 17 if your
wondering
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qt3
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 264
Posted: 03-27-04 13:01pm
jess__10
wrote:
forgot to tell you guys i'm
17 if your
wondering
hi jess and good for you for working so
hard to feel better :d
i learned the tools that have cured my
depression and anxiety gotten me off meds
in cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt).
Cbt is all about using the tools to learn
to think more clearly and accurately about
things and once you do your stress and
anxiety will decrease and you will become
more productive. My favorite tool is the
tea form which you use to help catch your
negative thoughts and refute them. Many
of these thoughts are automatic and come
from our childhood so they are no longer
relevant in our lives. We are often
unaware that we have them! I also like
the counter exercise which teaches us to
focus on what we are accomplishing rather
than what we have not done. My favorite
starter book on cbt is "been there, done
that? Do this! By sam obitz
(www.Tao3.Com). Many universities offer
cbt programs for little or no charge so
you may want to call the university in
your area if you're interested. Hope this
is helpful, but feel free to ask me any
questions. I wish I got started on my
road to recovery as young as you are as I
would not have had to suffer for so many
years....
Q
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Haley
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 122
Posted: 04-03-04 06:04am
I think it is great that you are trying to
do something to get better I wish I started
doing something when I was 17! I'm going
into my 11th week of a 12-week cbt program
and it is having a major impact on me and
i'm even weaning off my antidepressant
meds. I feel the best i've felt in a long
time. We are using the obitz book that q
mentioned and it is great and really
simple to read and use. Try and read it
and see if there are any cbt groups in
your area you can join. It's real simple
stuff and works really fast if you do the
exercises
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qt3
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 264
Posted: 04-11-04 04:51am
jess__10
wrote:
forgot to tell you guys i'm
17 if your
wondering
hey jess-
check back in and let us know how you are
doing
q
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 04-17-04 12:23pm
Hi jess,
hope things are still going well, either
way though I suggest that putting some
happiness into your life would be easier
if there were happy things around you -
like smilies put them up wherever you can
all sorts & put them in your bag or on
your books, a smile makes you feel good
(chemically that is because it actuallay
sets off a chemical reaction in your brain
which produces happiness or happy
feelings) so the more you smile (each time
you see a smilie or a person) the happier
you feel. Easy, cheap & pleasant.
Another thing you could do is consider
whether what is around you is happy &
positive or sad/negative - like happy
colours/pictures/books etc or sad, dark
things?? Make sure you get as much of the
happy positive stuff/things around you as
possible, the same goes for what you may
be studying or where you may be working.
The more positives the easier it is for
you to get away from the depression etc.
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qt3
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 264
Posted: 04-20-04 09:26am
Hope you're doing well jess!
Check back in and let us know?
I wish I started
doing something when I was 17! I'm going
into my 11th week of a 12-week cbt program
and it is having a major impact on me and
i'm even weaning off my antidepressant
meds. I feel the best i've felt in a long
time. We are using the obitz book that q
mentioned and it is great and really
simple to read and use. Try and read it
and see if there are any cbt groups in
your area you can join. It's real simple
stuff and works really fast if you do the
exercises 
