Depression Support Group
Depression is a real and debilitating condition that is often misunderstood by family and friends. Its meaning can range from a prolonged period of sadness to an actual mental illness with specific symptoms. Find and share experiences with others who are going through the same struggles.
Over the years I had my share of depression and like others here, I had to learn how to deal with it. Here are a few things I have learned to help cope with it.
Your first and foremost responsibility is to your own well being.
You can't be all things to all people.
While you can't be all things to all people, you can be everything to the right people (the right people being those who can be everything to you when you need it).
Trolls belong under a bridge, not in your life.
If your instinct is trying to tell you something, listen to it (unless its telling you to do something stupid, in which case go and check yourself in).
Don't be afraid or feel guilty to feel good. That is what makes life worth living.
Not everyone is going to understand what we deal with. We have to remember that.
If you feel you are in too bad of a place to be able to help others, let other people help others. Your first and foremost responsibility is to your own well being.
Don't be afraid to change your approach to life.
***If you feel you can add something to this list, feel free to do so, it can help someone who is seeking help***
Your first and foremost responsibility is to your own well being.
You can't be all things to all people.
While you can't be all things to all people, you can be everything to the right people (the right people being those who can be everything to you when you need it).
Trolls belong under a bridge, not in your life.
If your instinct is trying to tell you something, listen to it (unless its telling you to do something stupid, in which case go and check yourself in).
Don't be afraid or feel guilty to feel good. That is what makes life worth living.
Not everyone is going to understand what we deal with. We have to remember that.
If you feel you are in too bad of a place to be able to help others, let other people help others. Your first and foremost responsibility is to your own well being.
Don't be afraid to change your approach to life.
***If you feel you can add something to this list, feel free to do so, it can help someone who is seeking help***
Hugs GB
I will try to come back with something to add.
Hugs~~
LMT
The encouraging thing is that every time you meet a situation, though you may think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it you find that forever after you are freer than you ever were before. . . . You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hugs.
LMT