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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Recently diagnosed with MDD

liz123
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What do you wish you had known when you were first diagnosed?


What coping strategies do you use?


If you have suicidal thoughts, how do you manage them?

Community LeaderThePepperMan
ThePepperMan
What do I wish I had known when I was first diagnosed? I wish the therapist had given me a bit of a road map about what depression is all about. Not that I'd experience all of it, but more information would have helped. My first therapist spent about 15 minutes with me before giving me a free sample of meds and a prescription for more.

Coping stratigies: talk to people here, talk to my wife and family, keep my personal life uncluttered.

Suicidal thoughts. That is a hard one. Mostly I have been picking events that I must live until. For a while it was "The Next Harry Potter Book", then it became "The Next Harry Potter Movie". Then it became "I have to live to take care of my parents in their old age".

The books and movies are all out, and both parents are now dead. I guess I focus on living for my children and wife.