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When I was in college, my medication was drinking, boy did I drink. Then I used to see a shrink for 18 years, he would see me for half an hour, he would put me on some meds and set-up an appointment 3 months later which is quite long. He also set me up with a psychologist. When I had my worst break ...

Yuyu, Every time you watch your ex on facebook of Twitter, you're reliving the break-up. Stay away from that, that's the only way you'll get over her. Don't stalk her friends to find out how she's doing. Keep her as far away from you as possible. You probably won't do it and it'll kill you every tim...

Frame It always amazes me to see people going to college, getting married, having kids, hold on to a job and finding out that they suffer from depression. Ordinary people have no clue how much it takes to achieve this. I could never do it. You’re right about successful people being selfish, I have n...

Butterflysky, You can't really tell yourself to snap out of it just like you didn't tell yourself to get depressed. Medication can take up to 6 weeks to work. Your therapist will recommend a dose and you try it for a while, then if it doesn't work, he of she will up the dosage for maybe another 6 we...

Butterflysky, It seem obvious that you are depressed and/or bipolar. You might think you're lazy, and it certainly feels that way, but you have to understand that it's a disease, like diabetes, and it's not your fault. You don't have to be ashamed of it. Of course you don't go and tell the world abo...

Frame, Well you succeeded in getting a few engineering degrees and a master’s degree, it’s no small feat. You should try and think more about what you achieved than what you failed. Your not interested to start a business or work in the engineering field? For sure if our dreams don't meet our expect...

Nenkohai, I pretty much kept my problems to myself, beside my two of my best friends and my mother, nobody knows about my situation. My other friends and my sisters don't know about it. I don't think I hurt anybody, on the contrary, I think I helped out more people than the help I got from them. Whe...

Frame, What degree in engineering did you get? How where you able to start a business, where you depressed at that time? What kind of business are you in? When and why did your depression start? I'm from Quebec, the school system is a little different here, than yours. We do 6 years of primary schoo...

I think I did some work on myself but maybe not enough. I used to hate myself, I used to punch myself in the face to the point where I had bruises. I stopped blaming others for my situation. I stopped asking myself, why me. I don't hate myself anymore, I think I'm a good person and that I deserve be...

Hello all, Here is another depressed individual with his boring story. I started to feel depressed when I started college at 16, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life and I felt out of place. I am now 53 and I feel that my life is ruined. I have a very hard time getting out of bed and going...