how do you get over depression

well, school started today, right after spring break when i was totally happy and having a fun time with my brother. school has made me depressed again and now i'm always tired and feeling sad and guilty because i sit alone at lunch and don't really have any friends. i'm too nice and quiet, but i'm cool when you get to know me. the kids at my school that i know of are just very superficial and mean and to me their "wild escapades" are boring as hell being they're very bland and boring because they don't use their heads and act pretty much the same ways.

so, i've been really depressed and sad and lonely. i'm only a freshman and i know college will be so much better. i'll be out of this hick town and in cali or newyork or somewhere. that's years away though! so, how do you stop these depressing feelings? how do you feel better?

i'm doing shrooms in a week or two and i thought maybe the shrooms would help. don't worry i'd only do things like that when i'm happy and in a great mood! do you think the experience of a psychedelic trip would have a positive influence on my life?

 

Well, you're a teenager, and probably an intelligent one at it, so being depressed is rather natural. Depression does not necessary have to be something negative if you don't let it get the best of you. A lot of creativity, growing up, and understanding comes from teenage depression. You just can't let depression get in the way of you having fun.

Having said that, don't rely on shrooms or drugs to help you with something as depression. They will only be an escape. It might sound cliche, but it's the truth. Instead, look for stuff that makes your life meaningful. Plant a garden, make a painting, write a book! Do something that has immediate result, occupies your time, and makes you enjoy yourself. It will truly make life seem worth living, no matter how shitty it is.

You also have to realize that there's a shitload of people out there, and only few of them are really going to matter. You have to go out and find those people who are truly worth it... fuck being friends with the superficial people. You just have to make yourself seem more friendly and available. Make eye contact, smile, and maybe break a guitar to school or something to do during breaks that would make you seem friendly and free, it will attract people and then all you have to do is be yourself.

 

I feel for ya. I'm always much happier at home with my family. But you gotta trudge on through. And you seem cool so people will gravitate to you and eventually you'll come to feel comfortable around others. Try to enroll in some interesting classes and focus on that for a while, it may help to take your mind off the lonliness and maybe you'll meet people that enjoy similar stuff as you.

 

Pray. Do for others to get your mind off yourself. Eat well, drink lots of water, no other crap like soda. Exercise. It takes time and work but it can be overcome. I have a lifelong struggle with anxiety and depression and these things work better than any drug.

 

Human Condition, I suffer from clinical depression (as opposed to bi-polar or several other types). And I go to a psychiatric therapist/counselor at a mental health clinic. I find it helps a lot, but sometimes you have to go thourgh a number of T's (short for therapist) before you find one that you feel comfortable and can work with. Bear in mind that school counselors are NOT the same thing. They usually have a minimal amount of training in psychological counseling. And also, it is not something that you ever need to feel ashamed or embarrassed about.

 

1. Find something you enjoy, and let it occupy your spare time and your spare thoughts. This is good for a number of reasons. For one, it can help alleviate depression and cure boredom, and two, if it's something that requires a progression of skill, you will eventually become good at it.

2. Set some goals for yourself, goals that will make you happy when you accomplish them, and look forward to these goals. When you make progress towards your goal, you will feel good about yourself and accomplished.

3. If being alone bothers you, put yourself out there to become more social and meet some friends. I definitely enjoy my alone time, but it always is nice to have companionship, or just another human being to talk to.

 

first of all. disregard everything you just read.

go run until you are about to drop. this will get you high as fuck. naturally.


call me in a half hour and tell me how you feel.


then and only then, pursue hobbies and activities.

stay off drugs too.


this all works for me.


edit; leaving to college wont help or simply snap you out of depssion. your mind follows you everywhere you go. best to tackle it now.