Welcome! I'm glad you have joined us. The forums are a great way to share your thoughts and find support- and I know you will find support, as evidenced already!
Have you tried Cognitive Behavior Therapy? It really produces results. You don't neccesarily have to deal with depression for the rest of your life. For sure you should be able to help keep it mostly at bay with the right thinking and other tools.
What have you found to be helpful in the past? What is your support system like? Are you using the program?
have with gr8 difficulty accepted my present condition........
but hoping..................... i can accept the fact that depression can return......
...........looking at others of my age doing things which i want to but cant......
n coz of the only reason - DEPRESSION..............it really feels awful....
in the process of falling down again n again n getting up ......at some point u get tired..... u feel hopeless.....u feel like a loser......n when u know that things can be even worse the next time u fall............why will anyone want to get up or even try getting up??? i really don't want this depression to come back.......this time i want to get out of depression once n for all................
Learn to accept depression as a visitor. She comes and goes as she please.
Learn to live a vital life while She is with you, though you may have to make some adjustment.
You are happier if she is gone.
She can come in an hour and gone the next. She may stay with you for a few days. While She is with you, do what you can do , experiment.
Feel Her presence. Accept Her as a part of life, like accepting a rainy day, or days with a cold. Learn what you can do in a rainy day or days with cold.
If the cold is severe, you may need a doctor. She is going to come back, may be in a milder form, or in a shorter duration form, but She can come back any time She wants. Get ready for Her.
i am really feeling gud dat i hav joined this place, 2 b with ppl who understand me coz they hav also been going through d same as I.
I have been suffering from depression since 3years.I have tried many things......but none seem 2 work. The first year i got moderate depression and with medication things were going all well.....thought depression is gone.....
but i ws wrong........d worst ws abt 2 come..............i got depression relapse.....n nw its become severe............since i hav tried so many things.......m here might b dis might work.................looking forward 2 a life worth living.......a life with no regrets........no guilt.........only smiles........