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.

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Blueboy27 04/03/2017

I hope one day I will get better. I'm really depressed. If it wasn't for God, family and friends I would hang myself. This is very terrible. God is first in my life.

CopingNow 04/03/2017

I hope you have a better day tomorrow. I know the feeling and feel it often.

CopingNow 04/03/2017

I hope you have a better day tomorrow. I know the feeling and feel it often.

CopingNow 04/04/2017

Hope that you are doing better today. I am going to try to make sure that when I go to bed that I don't allow my thoughts to wander to taking my life. When I get down, I tend to start to think that it would be easier to not feel, not experience, not try. But we all have to remember that even if we were to end our own pain, the pain is just going to start for our loved ones. The issues that they already have that they aren't sharing are going to be magnified or ignored while they have to deal with loss. And they will be angry. I hate that survivors left in the wake of suicide are so angry toward their loved ones but I guess it is understandable. They feel that its a cop out and selfish. I know that and tend to be a people pleaser anyway. So if Ican focus on the impact of others it is a little easier to keep plugging away.

Just trying right now to make it through one day at a time.

WanderingVet 04/04/2017

"If it wasn't for God, family and friends I would hang myself."

We would not be here in the first place .. but I get your point.

One of the ways I see it is something is the way it is because God has a plan for that and changing it is impossible .... OR ... something is the way it is and God is telling us how to change it but we can't hear him.

I think we cannot move a mountain, but we can manage our depression (or anger or jealousy, or hate, or, or, or). We do that by seeking those who have wisdom we don't have (medical profession), stop and think before we act, etc etc. All things God is telling us to do.

So ... if it is not changeable, it is God's will. If it is, we must listen CLOSELY to His word ... which will LEAD us to the change.

Many believe that God is within each of us. That would mean, in a way, that God and humanity are the same thing. If we need God (and who doesn't?), the first place to look is within ourselves ... most likely to the space that is between our ears.

All this is a (most) controversial thing. My reply is how I see it .. and I hope it helps some.

Blueboy27 04/04/2017

Thank you for helping me. You seem to be a good person. God Bless you.

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