VirginiaL · 80-89, F
Hi Not a regular guy,
I just double-checked on Google for you, and the timeline is two weeks; if someone is feeling depressed for two weeks or more, it is time to see a physician.
Please do so as soon as you can, you have a life to live, and you do not want to take any chances on self-harm, either.
I am thinking of you with all well-wishes, holding you in my heart.
I just double-checked on Google for you, and the timeline is two weeks; if someone is feeling depressed for two weeks or more, it is time to see a physician.
Please do so as soon as you can, you have a life to live, and you do not want to take any chances on self-harm, either.
I am thinking of you with all well-wishes, holding you in my heart.
notaregularguy · 26-30, M
VirginiaL · 80-89, F
Then just several more thoughts for you...
1. Just find things to give you some distraction, day by day...movies have helped me sometimes, for example...just keep going, hour by hour if need be, no self-harm please.
2. Try not to get into addictive kinds of stuff, it may give relief in the short term but is too difficult to back out of...from the frying pan into the fire kind of thing.
3. If you can do something to help others, in my experience that may help.
4. The Swiss psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, who survived the Nazi concentration camps, said that if suffering is unavoidable then we need to honor it; it's part of the human condition.
5. If you know why or how your depression started, consider exploring that for a full picture of your life. For me, the perspective/understanding was helpful.
6. One more thing...at my age now, I am actually glad I have coped with depression, and since your age too. I feel my life is richer and full of depth.
1. Just find things to give you some distraction, day by day...movies have helped me sometimes, for example...just keep going, hour by hour if need be, no self-harm please.
2. Try not to get into addictive kinds of stuff, it may give relief in the short term but is too difficult to back out of...from the frying pan into the fire kind of thing.
3. If you can do something to help others, in my experience that may help.
4. The Swiss psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, who survived the Nazi concentration camps, said that if suffering is unavoidable then we need to honor it; it's part of the human condition.
5. If you know why or how your depression started, consider exploring that for a full picture of your life. For me, the perspective/understanding was helpful.
6. One more thing...at my age now, I am actually glad I have coped with depression, and since your age too. I feel my life is richer and full of depth.