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blah_blah47 Neophyte Posts: 20 |
posted 01-28-2002 06:25 PM
  
I posted this somewhere else on this site and no one responded so plase help me PLEASE PLEASE! Last..uhhhhh....Friday(?) when i was with my boyfriend -I just started crying, non-stop for like ten minutes...it was sooo embarrasing but he held me in his arms until I stopped. I have no clue why i did this but I do know it is not because of my boyfriend. After the date, i went to bed at like 8:45 and i woke up at like 10:30 that morning, which I never sleep that much , but the thing is, is that I've been very sad lately and I don't want to tell my mom or dad. I told them once before(b/c) i got into a huge load of trouble because I had been EXTREMLY sad and stuff and I even missed a day of school because I cried so much and my mom tried to take me to a doctor. i really think i do need to go now but i don't want to tell someone i hate my life....geez..what should i do?? How do I tell them? I haven't like thought of any 'suicidal' thoughts but I'm scared that it may go into suicide stuff...please help me:'( IP: Logged |
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Gumdrop Girl Sexpert Posts: 11271 |
posted 01-28-2002 06:57 PM
well, it is technically against our guidelines to post the same topic multiple times. and i'm sorry no one answered you sooner, but the fact of the matter is depression is a tough thing. i for one can't give any advice on it because i know i've had my spells where i'd be totally debilitated by an onset of depression or get incredibly self-destructive. i feel hypocritical to tell other people how to deal with it -- it's like, "physician, heal thyself." maybe that's how some other feel as well. the best i can do is extend my sympathy and hope you feel better soon. and if you're a bigger person than me, you'll go talk to a counselor about your depression. ask your parents ot set you up with an appointment with a therapist or something. read support groups, maybe someone else may have a better solution. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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blah_blah47 Neophyte Posts: 20 |
posted 01-28-2002 07:01 PM
okay...thanks... IP: Logged |
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glitter695 Activist Posts: 1976 |
posted 01-28-2002 07:53 PM
Is there any reason why you are feeling so depressed? Is it family, are you arguing with a friend? What do you think made you feel this way? ------------------ *~*Scarleteen Advocate*~* “One ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Heather Corinna IP: Logged |
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blah_blah47 Neophyte Posts: 20 |
posted 01-29-2002 04:24 PM
Yes, there is a reason i'm depressed but nothing has gone wrong or badly lately...i have no clue why I am depressed My teacher noticed I've been sad latley too..i'm guessingt hat's not a good IP: Logged |
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LilBlueSmurf Sexpert Posts: 5209 |
posted 01-30-2002 10:20 AM
Okay so the first step here is telling someone who can help you. Maybe you could go talk to the schools guidance counselor ... ?? There are many things you can do to help here, you just have to be willing. Sometimes people aren't. I wasn't at first either. And doctors are there to help. If you don't need to be there, he can at least tell you where you DO need to be and what you need to be doing. Hope things get a bit better sweetie ... IP: Logged |
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blah_blah47 Neophyte Posts: 20 |
posted 01-30-2002 02:42 PM
okay..thanks a ot everybody who has responded..i was looking up suicide(for a Religion project i was assinged) and i have 8/10 signs of depression..and they all are very serious. But i told my mom and she said "your going to commit suicide?" and I said no...and she said "well you know if you do suicide, half the time it goes wrong" and stuff like that which doesn't help me at all...anyways thanks for all the help I guess i'll get better i hope IP: Logged |
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sadelover Neophyte Posts: 8 |
posted 02-04-2002 04:41 PM
I think it's important that you be informed that a lot of times, depression can be a chemical imbalance thing. You may have that, especially if you're not sure as to why you're depressed. Sometimes I get in these "moods" where I feel depressed, but for the life of me I cannot figure out why, and then a couple of days later I'm all better. If what you're feeling is more of an on-and-off thing, then consider that. If you have been feeling this way and it doesn't go away, then it may be something else, something more serious. I have been to my college counsellor and they are great people. There's no shame in it, and they do want to help you, so don't feel too anxious or scared about it. Hope this helped, and I hope you find what you're looking for. IP: Logged |
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glitter695 Activist Posts: 1976 |
posted 02-05-2002 08:22 AM
You know what? Don't go along with those suicide questioner things. I took one of those in school and I 18/20 of them said that I was depressed and suicidal. They had my councilor call me down, to talk to me any everything. The most reliable thing to do is talk to a doctor to be SURE! ------------------ Monk N Bear~ Best Friends Forever! ~Luv ya babe! *~*Scarleteen Advocate*~* “One ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Heather Corinna IP: Logged |
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IWannaBeAGwenABe Neophyte Posts: 18 |
posted 02-05-2002 08:56 PM
~I want to say that all though you're thinking this now you will eventually get past this. ~At this very moment I am fighting a battle with depression. It took me a very long time to reach out to anybody. I remember before I had said anything there would be times where I would just sit in the bathroom looking at a bottle of pills thinking how I could take them. Depression is a chemical inbalance and there is medicines that you can take to fix your problem. My suggestion is to go to a guidance counciler and tell them how you are feeling. They may be able to give you a simple test to screen yourself for a possible depression. Also there are websites you can go to that offer screening. ~Remeber that getting over this is not easy but having yourself crying all the time is not good for you. ~Good Luck!! IP: Logged |
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blah_blah47 Neophyte Posts: 20 |
posted 02-06-2002 11:08 AM
yesterday i missed school becuase i got sick. as i said before i had a religion project to do on suicide. it said people could get sick when they are depressed for the simple fact they ARE depressed. well, i didn't tell my mom about the project and she found a bunch of stuff on suicide on the table. she asked if it was for me and i said no, it's for a project. i told her that i feel really depressed and I blew it off. i told her i didn't need to see a doctor I HATE THEM! maybe i just need to suck it up... IP: Logged |
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IWannaBeAGwenABe Neophyte Posts: 18 |
posted 02-06-2002 12:00 PM
~Just a personal opinion, depression is not as easily gotten rid of as you make think. It is possible for it to go away without any medical assistance but in most cases medicine and counciling is the best idea. What you need to think about is what if you choose to do nothing about it and you never get over it. Not only is thatunhealthy but it could also be deadly. ~My suggestion~~Keep reaching for the help someone is bound to give it to you!! IP: Logged |
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glitter695 Activist Posts: 1976 |
posted 02-06-2002 12:46 PM
Hay Tonawanda chica. It’s always great to see someone in my area posting at the boards!  Blah blah 47~ you know babe, this is your health, and you have to take care of yourself. I don’t know ONE person who likes doctors, but you know what? They are there to help you, and make you feel better about what is going on in your life. You know what is also a good thing to do? Keep a journal. It helps me out a lot, I write until I can’t write anymore. Hehe! But it does help me and it makes me feel a little better about myself. Also maybe talking to a close friend, or if you have a partner? It’s better than nothing, because you cannot keep ignoring the situation. Just please think about what I said. Doctors are there for a reason. ------------------ Monk N Bear~ Best Friends Forever! ~Luv ya babe! *~*Scarleteen Advocate*~* “One ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Heather Corinna IP: Logged |
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Gumdrop Girl Sexpert Posts: 11271 |
posted 02-06-2002 08:31 PM
i'm going to send this over to Support Groups. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Janeth Activist Posts: 51 |
posted 02-14-2002 06:17 PM
there are always your friends, family, teachers, or doctors that you can talk to. When some people are sad the best way for them to express themselves through journals, drawings, poems etc. maybe you should do that, and see what the pattern or message that keeps coming up and that might help you. IP: Logged |
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drewcosten Neophyte Posts: 7 |
posted 02-15-2002 04:47 AM
Unfortunately depression is different for everybody and everybody has different reasons for experiencing it. Sometimes councellors can help, sometimes drugs can, sometimes neither of the above can, it varies. I went through a serious bout of depression in highschool when my parents kicked me out for not wanting to be a fundementalist like them and neither the doctor or Zoloft helped. Well, actually, the Zoloft helped in that it made me so sick I decided not to be depressed anymore and strangely enough I wasn't. Problem is, this mind over matter approach probably won't work if it is a chemical imbalance (as in my instance it was purely circumstancial rather than chemical). Also, every winter I go through a milder for of seasonal depression (mainly because my body can't handle the cold though it also has something to do with the reduced sunlight) where I just don't care to go on living but I would never commit suicide. However once spring comes I am fine and loving life again. That said, if you are depressed and not getting over it I would still recommend seeing someone professional about it because, as I said, it is different for everyone. IP: Logged |
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luscious_leslee Activist Posts: 91 |
posted 02-15-2002 09:40 PM
i've been in the same place... although when i missed school it was for more than a day (two weeks). i can understand why you don't want to talk to you parents about it but understand that when they try and get you to see a doctor or therapist it's because they love you and they want to see you happy. i can't say why you're so sad or anything of that sort but i really encourage you to see a doctor. things like these are sometimes due to chemical imbalances and if so you may be persribed an anti-depressant. this isn't to say that you are severely depressed but your hormones and other chemicals in your body may be out of whack causing your emotions to be on a teetor-taughter (sp??). please do not let this sit anylonger. i know where you are and waiting until that day when you believe you'll stop crying, or until your happy again but isn't always the answer. IP: Logged |
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Lilfran14 Activist Posts: 183 |
posted 03-12-2002 08:39 AM
I really dont know what to call my condition. Alot of the times i can be sooo happy but then 2 seconds later i am the biggest snot and/or so unhappy. ALmost every day i think about suicide..Not going through with it but just about it, i have bad thougts 97 percent of my day, the only time im ever really happy is when im around friends which needless to say is not enough or very much. I dont know what to do or if something is wrong with me, i go to a counslor but i hate her, she annoys me and my mom says that if i dont like to talk to her then we should find somoene else but weve been through 5 already, i think the problem is me! I dont know how to pull myself threw alot of situations i guess! ------------------ "In the land of the free, home of the brave, why is it that i still feel like a slave.?" IP: Logged |
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Miller311 Activist Posts: 47 |
posted 03-29-2002 04:30 PM
Im terribly depressed. Im constantly telling other people who are depressed way to help it, yet most of the time they dont work for me or maybe i just dont let them work for me. Plus anytime that anything bad happens no matter what it has to do with it triggers back to the lost of my brother. So people seem to think that i should be getting better or not be as bad anymore. My brother killed himself last June, not even a year ago. Does anyone think that im suppose to be over it already? or better off now? I feel like it just happened yesterday, and still hurt as if it did. Is that wrong? ------------------ **RIP TEDDY** IP: Logged |
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LilBlueSmurf Sexpert Posts: 5209 |
posted 03-29-2002 06:42 PM
No one can tell you when you should be over something. People experience things differently ... The death of a loved one is never something people can just get over overnight. It's a hard thing to do, especially on your own. Do you talk to your family at all about this? Do you have a counselor? Talking about it w/ other family members or friends that have lost family members might allow you to see that you're not the only one w/ these feelings. IP: Logged |
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comfusedlilcutie Neophyte Posts: 8 |
posted 05-10-2002 10:15 PM
I to have been depressed and don't want to tell my parents the only difference is that I have actually thought of killing myself!but what I have been doing is keeping a journal I just vent I let it all go once I just wrote for about 7 pages it has really helped me now I still need a therapist but I found that if I put those into a journal that maybe after awhile I can give it to them and let them decide if to take me to a therapist if that doesn't work talk to a trust adult like a teacher or friends mom or maybe a relaitive who lives close and now u can confide in I hope I have helped u if not I am really sorry and I hope u at least try my suggestions. [This message has been edited by kythryne (edited 05-11-2002).] IP: Logged |
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