What do you do when your depressed?

[Mercury_Maniac]

so what do you do when your depressed, i listen to sad music, i don't eat anything cause i feel like shit and sometimes i get drunk but i don't have any alcohol right now so that sux

[dadaist]

Linger online, chat....lately I've been rereading a lot of books in my collection.
Or stay up and play CivII for hours.
I recently broke the 3000 point level, finishing in the year 2019 with a full spaceship on Alpha Centauri (don't worry if you don't know what that means, Civ players do).

[Incubus255]

I generally sit around watching other people chat while I listen to depressing music designed to keep me depressed for as long as possible until it feels like it would be easier to just claw my heart out then sit there and deal with the pain lol then I take a swig of the bottle of vodka I keep next to my comp for whenever I get depressed and I let it burn down my throat and it heats up my chest and it seems to help me forget about the pain for a few seconds lmao, then I generally try to do something to cheer myself up before I get depressed again ^_^ lmao

[dadaist]

I'd suggest some really depressing music, but it's all of what would popularly be called "classical" (though off the top of my head only one of them truly is, the other(s) are 20th century)....

Reading/adding to the DVD/CD collection both take money, and if you have none that's just cause for MORE depression.

Not sure how I'd snap THAT funk, this economy sucks.

[Mercury_Maniac]

yup life sux

[cowgirltease]

Spend a helluva lot of money!

[FussyPucker]

I don't get depressed I have these lovely little white pills from the docs they keep me happy :D

But before that I'd try and do something that I know would cheer me up. Drinking and not eating are sure fire ways to stay depressed and that's just not good for you!

Of course we all have to remember there's a big difference between being a moody whining little shit and being properly depressed!!

[Sharni]

Listen to sad music and eat chocolate

[GingerV]

When I was properly depressed, I went and sought medical attention.

When I'm just in a blue mood, I curl up on the couch with my favorite afghan, watch sappy movies, eat popcorn and feel sorry for myself. Occasionally I annoy friends with longwinded, random, weepy, seslf indulgent phone calls (which they put up with because they know they get a home cooked meal once I get my head out of my ass ;-)). If I'm still blue the next morning...I pick someone in my life, and commit a random act of kindness in their direction. Focusing on cheering someone ELSE up takes my mind off my own drama, seeing them smile tends to break me out of it. I feel proud of myself for having done good, and pride is incompatible with pity.

See, while I think everyone deserves a good 24 hour self pity party once in a while....I don't actually enjoy more than that. So I find ways to stop wallowing.

[LixyChick]

I clean! I used to bake but I found that the clean up part of baking (baking is very messy) helped more than the baked goods themselves! I cut out the middleman!

[skipthisone]

Lix I used to clean when I got depressed, but the pace was too slow, so now I clean when I get Pissed....amazing how fast you get things done :D.

Anyway, when I am depressed, I tend to go online, but I am no good company so that doesnt last long. I usually have a few beers to further mellow me and read a book or try to sleep to make it go away.

[Lilith]

Mad...I clean, like a crazy woman or do something very productive.



I don't get depressed maybe blue but not for more than a few minutes. When I am sad, I am generally distraught... I don't do sad well.

[celticangel]

clinically depressed~~~u get to recognise the early signd~~~~~I ssek medical help
feeling really down~~~~~~spend time with my friends~or take some time out(but let friends know why)
had it bad last year, and am soooo greatful that I am blessed with a great family,amazing friends and the best guy on the planet (well my planet anyway!!!!!!!!)

hope your spirits rise soon xxxxxxxxxx

[dicksbro]

Darn car keys, I'll find those suckers if it's the last thing I do ....

:D :D :D

[Cheyanne]

Sleep - a lot.

[Deno]

If it is real depression I am pretty destructive. I used to vent it by going to the local punk rock shows and beat on nazis all night. I quit doing that when I moved away from San Diego and ran out of people I felt justified in harming.

Now I just try to wait it out. I sit and think. Someitmes I try to keep myself so busy I bottle it up and let it steam itself out slowly. That works to a degree, but it sometimes will backfire with ugly results.

When things get bad I break things.

[dm383]

I'm glad to say, I don't get depressed anymore!! That's due to ONE person, and that's my very own Angel! :) 'Course, I sometimes get my "down days", don't we all.... but knowing I'm going home to CA always makes me feel SO much better!:heart:

originally posted by FussyPucker
I don't get depressed I have these lovely little white pills from the docs they keep me happy

I used to get them, a few years ago..... but only after I pulled myself away from the edge of an 80-foot cliff!! Would never let myself get that depressed again.... too scary!:eek:

DM

[MistyBluEyes]

I talk to my friends or I go out for a long drive

[Summer]

I draw.

[stiffman]

when i am depressed i surf and chat
that is what i am doing now to forget and not to think about my depression.

[sw_juggalo]

Well me what I do is work. I try to get my mind off of what every it is that made me that way... Or I'll call home talking to my family always make me feel better...
but.......... thats just me

[LixyChick]

Originally posted by skipthisone
Lix I used to clean when I got depressed, but the pace was too slow, so now I clean when I get Pissed....amazing how fast you get things done :D.
Are you trying to piss me off....or.....make me depressed?

LOL! ;)

[DallasLiving]

Listen to music, write, and draw. Lately the last two haven't been much, but the first has been.

[Mercury_Maniac]

another thing that is depressing is that this post that i made about depression got more replies then my threads with the pictures

[Stevo]

Have a drink and chill out to some music

[naughtyeddie]

well i i
eat junk food, ioce cream, fried food, watch blue movies, go to strip clubs , look at porn on the internet

things like that

[dadaist]

Originally posted by Mercury_Maniac
another thing that is depressing is that this post that i made about depression got more replies then my threads with the pictures

Yet another reason I don't dare post pics. The silence would be worse than the replies.

[campingboy]

If it is summer or at least nice out - a long walk followed by a hot shower/bath. I write about what is makeing me depressed / blue, read and sleep. The next day things always seem better, not perfect, but much more livable.

[darogle]

I go rock climbing. Nothing quite as Zen like for me anyway. Always puts things in perspective. You forget about what is troubling you and causes you to focus on the moment. If you don't, you fall....that's bad. LOL