Depression

[qob]

One of the biggest problems with dealing with depression is the solitary nature. I feel like I want to talk to people about it, but the people that I feel like talking to are still depressed, or are much younger than me. I love young folks - proportionately, there are more and more of them every day it seems - but even the wisest 24 year old doesn'

Comments

[wombat_socho]

Sometimes just posting about it helps.

Snap out of it!

[magicmarmot]

Man, those words...

I do take antidepressant medication for mine. It's helped tremendously, but that decision is a highly personal one. What it has showed me is that it's an actual disease with a physiological cause and not just "feeling sorry for myself", which is what Pop used to yell at me for.

[huladavid]

I'm with wombat_socho & magicmarmot.