me I am a man and I have suffered depression....do you take any kind of medications to help? if not I would recommend seeing a shrink and getting some medical help with it....you do not need to suffer all alone.....you have the PDoc if you will go to shrink and us....hugs

it does not make you a bad person it makes you human .........or a weak person ........you simply have ......an illness that needes to be treated ...if you broke your leag ..would you think you twice .....about going to the hospital and getting it looked after ....no ...I suffered ..in silence for ....many years and I dident need to do that .....billwfriend ..is right you don't need to suffer alone ...........welcome to the group ........I will keep you in my prayers ...God bless

Depression does not discriminate against anybody, it will take what ever victim it can get its hands on.

John Lennon of the Beatles suffered depression; the song Help was his cry for help.

J K Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, suffered depression. The dementors in her books are her representation of depression.

Robin Williams suffered depression; he took the permanent solution.

All of these people are/were wealthy and adored by millions of people.

As Muskrattiger said, you are human, you are not weak.


Welcome to our group! I am sorry for the circumstances that brought you here, but pleased to meet you.

in my opinon, and im not trying to be rude, thats a silly thought. Just because back in the day it was customary for just men to be strong does not mean it applies to these days. Every human being regardless of gender gets depressed or has a day where they feel weak and helpless. Your gender has nothing and I mean NOTHING to do with how your supposed to feel at all times. It ain't written in stone that men are to always be the rock and the warrior. You need to remember you are a human being before anything else and you have emotions.
I have two little brothers who have depression and a father with depression and PTSD. I have seen them one day completely fine then a moment later falling to pieces and just needing someone to be there and let them know its not the end of the world.
I also have depression and I have battled it countless times since my childhood. I am learning coping mechanisms everyday such as breathing exercises, soft music and having a workout routine everyday does so much good to keep me from having anxiety.
You just need to find what works best for you when fighting off the enemy. Whether its going for a walk, calling up a friend just to chat or finding a new hobby or going for a drive, so long as its healthy you'll find a way. *hug*

Hugs and love. You can beat this again.

I think you beat it, but something knocked you down again.

If you'd never had depression you wouldn't worry that it had 'come back' you would just accept this as something in your life. That's what it is - a new event, a new problem.

You're in a new place and this is a new challenge. and you clearly are good at rising to the challenge. So be kind to yourself, get lots of rest and vitamins, and let yourself get through this one too. :)

I am a man who has fought against depression for a lot of years and is doing much better now. It has nothing to do with you being a bad person. Helps me to focus on what I need to do, not what I feel. It helps to take a specific goal and break it into smaller steps. It shows me that I am not stopped by what I am feeling and that I am not a bad person. Hope this helps you.

I must personaly say to billwfriend/muskrattiger/The Pepper Man/Imiru/Too Much/birdie101/Minidogs2/I LOVE yours names by the way and Thank you for the replies.That has made my morning,I have eatten breakfast and now looking over the replies and wipeing TEARS as I am reading them because I must say that you ALL ARE W O N D E R F U L. Still getting use to this tablet and the way you respon because I would have responded to each one personaly. THANK YOU AGAIN I HAVE FOUND NEW FRIENDS. THIS IS GREAT.

Remember, we all have to experience valleys to get to the mountain top. Some of those valleys can be.....Horrible. Very much a "down" experience. But, continue, work hard...there is a "mountaintop" in sight. It might look very far away right now...But, it is reachable...and SO worth the effort.

and, remember, you are a man, but that doesn't make you "superman". You are human and more than vulnerable to human issues.....depression, one of them. That doesn't make you any less a man. That makes you MORE of a man in my book.
Don't let "society" tell you what is right or wrong.