How do you deal with a depression that won't go away and wishing you were dead ?

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Go to an iop.Extensive therapy treatment.Like three times a week in groups with people going through the same thing.It may help,if regular therapy isn't doing it.You can always message me if you need a friend to talk to.

ElPhonse · M

@Butterflykisses24 thanks daisy. i am in two programs. one in between shifts at work during the mid day and another after work for self medication with alcohol. talking always helps. i went from being a happy father, husband, ER Tech and home owner to a lonley single man trying to deal with this emptiness,

ElPhonse · M

and i have a counselor in each of the two programs. and being here allows me to reach out to talk to people who may understand. funny thing is that as an ER Tech, many of my patients were suicidal, homicidal, drunk or high and depressed or bipolar. in fact, someone who is in group therapy was one of my old patients and remembers me.