Question by Michael Santiago: How does one start a new beginning?
Basically I’ve struggled with depression my whole life, I’ve became an everyday drug user and I’d drink everyday to escape reality, to escape myself. I’ve realized that I cant run from my problems anymore, no matter how useless I feel or how useless I actually am, I want to make something out of my life, I’ve token little steps in the past few months, I’m going to school in the fall, I’ve became more inclined with music (I’m a bassist and a vocalist) but I still haven’t had the feeling of being happy, I’m neutral at this point, I have good and bad days like anyone would, but I can’t seem to push myself to be happy, there are some aspects in which I can’t help, basic teen stuff, like the idea of love and being around good people, for the most part I’ve been fortunate enough to have good friends, I love my friends, but I’ve completely gave up on love and finding someone because I’ve come to realize that”ll never probably even happen, so I should quit while I’m ahead so with that on my conscience, with anything negatively affecting me it’s holding me back, even the littlest concepts like love or being lonely, or becoming a failure in life. But I wish to break free from that and try to live a happy self fulfilling life, is there any ways or tricks or technics that I can use to fight off the bad and keep the good in my life? I know there will be bad things that will happen but in an overall sense, is there ways or tricks that could keep someone in a somewhat good beat state of mind?
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Answer by ESLGamesGuru
I was there… The nice thing about getting close to the bottom is that you can’t dig further.
To try to beat depression… seek a professional… I’m not one… I’m just a guy who has been there. Talking with a shrink will help. You can decide if you need meds… I choose not to.
Some things that helped me:
My mantra: “Everything will be alright in the end… if it’s not alright, it’s not the end.”
This Youtube video helped me get kick started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RYlCVwxoL_g
(I know… it is only a video, but it really connected with me.)
Smile…yeah I know, what do you have to smile at? Doesn’t matter… force yourself to smile every day at least 10 times… the smile helps pump good chemicals into your brain. (This is actually called smile therapy: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/isnt-what-i-expected/201207/try-some-smile-therapy)
Exercise… exercise…exercise… at the very least… get up and go for a walk around the block… everyday. More exercise=more good chemicals in your brain.
Don’t worry about finding lovers… work on yourself and they will come.
Get out and meet people… when we get down we shut ourselves off… and then we live in our brain far too much… meeting people will help you get out of your brain.
Volunteer. Helping people will make you feel good about yourself again. I call it selfish volunteering.
Good luck… there will still be bad days, of course, but the trick is to balance out more good days than bad.
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