Go to your doctor; this is a real medical condition and they can help you. They really can. Don't put it off, don't feel shy about it. Just get well. . . . and get as many hugs as you can in the meantime! They always help!

Find purpose in life. Find The One who is worthy of living for.

i have a councellior i just cant talk to her you see i could tell you ppli want to die becuase im not face to face with you but if i was there no way i could

find god.

I have had issues with depression for years. God did not help- and I was a full fledged Christian. I had complete faith in Jesus. But I still went home and night and felt helpless. God is not the answer. The only thing that helps me is my husband. He is the only one that can pull me out of my funk.

We're in the same boat then. I know what you meant when you said religion didn't help at all, but I totally became an atheist after, in fact it kinda worsened things for me because I kept thinking "So why did God make my sister gorgeous and made me look like crap" or Why did He let my sister have a ton of boyfriends at the age of 15 and I'm sulking here all alone, never had a boyfriend at 24?" Religion just gave me someone to blame. My advice is, find something physical you really like. I mean, really REALLY like. I prefer having something material [just something physical, ie. you can hold in your hand, maybe] that you'd always want to have around you. It takes away that empty-handed feeling because you have SOMETHING. I bought a really nice, fast computer for myself, so I can surf whenever I want, listen to songs that I want, and write really long pointless stories that nobody can get their hands on because they're password-protected. I'm proud of it, and makes me feel I own something really important. Also, do something. ANYTHING. Yeah, the point here is to distract yourself. I enjoy drawing a lot, although my drawings aren't always happy fun stuff, I look at it and makes me feel I accomplished something. That way it cuts out that feeling of being USELESS. Non-depressed people would NEVER understand that feeling, like you don't matter because you don't do anything that matters. These are what I do. They don't always work, but helps a bit.

I have had about 7 different councillers my whole life (I am only 18) and they seriously help. Also talk to your doctor there is some medication out there that can really help. It might be a chemical imbalance also. i have that and my emotions and everything were all messed up till i talked to my doctor and i got tested. Also think about the good times you had in life and those will give you temporary comfort

it's odd to think that i've been depressed for some 15years, since the age of 11. but i have found a couple of ways to get round that. find anyway to entertain yourself; whether its distracting myself by playing some internet game, reading a new book on my favourite topics, listening to songs that make me want to dance, they all make me smile, or at least somewhat amused. they keep your happy for a little while, so just keep trying to have some fun one way or another. i can relate to you, especially if you're experiencing depression over a long period of time. and maybe you've tried this. but just keep it going. if it makes you happy, then do it.

thankyou all :D :D

Find the good in life and in the world. Sure that's easier said than done. Amidst the crap of life that one feeling as you do might have to struggle through.. there's got to be one spark. Just one spark that burns or flickers enough to start another spark. The spark is an interest in life - it could be an unconscious or a known interest. It could be a curiosity. It could mean nothing to the next guy but everything to you. This spark or little glimmer of hope could be as insignificant as seeing a cloud shaped as a donut. It could be funny, it could be strange or gratifying. As long as you have enough left in you to feel it, you are on the right track. Work to understand your feelings as if you're a newborn child. If you stub your toe, say hey now.. that hurts. Then after the pain subsides, say hey now, the pain is gone. When something amuses you, say out loud. That's funny. Identify as many positive feelings without having to ignore the negative ones. If you're ready you can emphasize on the positive. When you're reaching out, you'll hear a lot of advice, a lot of stories. You'll wonder does anyone really care? There is one person who does for sure. You care because you matter. Remember no one is going to know you as well as you know you. There won't be another soul in the world who has felt exactly what you have felt. This is because you are unique and you are a miracle. To yourself, to your world, to those around you. Others may be able to relate or offer sympathy and help. You may even be one to go on and try to help others in their time of need. Take it day by day, minute by minute if you have to. Remember to breathe. It's cliche but it is true. I stop breathing so often I wonder how I survive. Every so often I take in a deep breath - the kind of inhale you take in after a really good cry. Set goals and take action. Remember above all there are people in the world who love you. Even perfect strangers love you because there are still really good people in the world. People who would stay up all night and stumble upon your post and feel an ache in their heart wondering if you're ok. Understand your depression first because the most important thing is knowing how to fight it. You cannot fight what you do not understand. You can fight when you know where to hit where it counts. We're all rooting for you!

First, go to your doctor to see if you are clinically depressed or not. If you are , the medication can really help your outlook on life. Also, find something that you love to do that diverts your attention from what may be depressing you. Reading, writing, music, or attending religious services are all things that can definately help.

My quick fix is food and rest. Hunger and fatigue are my major depressors, but a full belly and a good nap usually snap me out of the blahs. When that doesn't work, I buy something for a friend or somebody who needs something really badly. Not talking about a 2nd mortgage here, but a CD for a friend or five bucks for a homeless guy. It helps me come around, and sometimes they appreciate the gift.

I am almost depressed all the time beginning when I was about 15. I am 17 now and I have converted my depression mainly into rage. Now I feel good when I am angry and I enjoy being constantly pissed off. There may be something wrong with this but I enjoy being angry.

There a lot of good tips here in these answers. You can also find more information that can help in the "How to Articles" section of Answerbag at the bottom of the page. Click on the link, then type "stop being depressed" in the search box.

i believed i was a girl since i was 3. i wanted to be a mom since i was 7. i wanted to raise a family since i was 8. none of that could happen since i was born with something i hated since i was 3(a penis). that lead me into a severe depression at about 9. when i was 12, to give myself the family i would have died to have, i became a local nanny. though i could not have my own, caring for someone elses child, filled the motherly hole that sat in the pit of my soul. by the time i hit 26, people stopped hiring me due to my biological gender(at least that's what they said on emails and phone messages). i though i could by know get on with life, but even know i still want to be a mom more then anything, and i still find myself awake at 5am warming up milk, till i realize i have no child to warm it up for. since people stopped hiring me, all the emptyness i felt as a child came back to me and know i just find myself crying whenever i see a mom with a kid and just left wondering why i dont have a womb. in the last 6 months i have been put on many meds but nothing works since everything i feel is in me and not just some stupid brain problem. i just dont know what to do. being a nanny gave me the life i feel i should have been born to do. know, the lack of a child in my life has driven the mother in me into madness. if any1 has an answer to stop my pain, i would owe you my life.

I have felt depressed for many years, it started in my early teens about 13-14 and i am now 22. I am so sick and tired of feeling this way because it's stopping me from having a life and i'm hurting the people I love the most which is my boyfriend who has been so good to me and i treat him awful because of the way I am. My close family and friends too who have been the best but most of the time i keep putting them down and it hurts me to see i'm doing it to them all. It times like this i would like to end my life because i see no end and i just want to give the people around me some peace. I have also self harmed which i hate myself for because i know it's wrong and stupid but i feel like i should be punished for what i put them all through. I know i need help now or i'm going to lose everything.

depression is like any other condition if you felt like you were having a heart attack you would seek medical help right? i think you should tell someone you trust to take you to a doctor even a m.d will treat you or refer you if you are that depressed meds can help with your symptoms untill you get to the root of the problem. good luck i have felt the same way and feel much better now life can be good.

Find out what is making you depressed work on it improve it no point in moping about it, it takes actions to get you out of it, for example pertending its not their and doing other things to distract you from it will not work because when you get bored again it feels even bigger than before. Example one being shy and hiding away, major problem need to get outside self motivate you're self to go outside, if you have friends ask for their supportalong with family. I know how to get out of depression im just into deep. :'(

I have a really sick way of looking at this issue. Why rush it. You will be dead soon enough anyway. Sometimes that is enough to pull you back from the brink. All you have to do is find a way to make it through today. Don't focus on resolving everything when you are spinning up toward the edge. Just find a way to talk yourself off the balcony today and seek help later. If you are serious enough to come that close you need to talk to someone in the medical profession about your issue. There are a number of drugs that will help you feel better. Please understand I really know where you are. I made it through a bad day to send you this note.

Put on some Nirvana

Late on the dishes, food still on the plate Mommy is mad-Daddy's home late. I'm in the corner crying all alone Wishing to myself, get me out of this home. I'm always getting beaten, never treated well I'm the one child's whose life�s a living hell. Thrashes on my back, bruises on my face All because I didn't clean up this place. I don�t have a bed, cement floor is all I got Cold walls, no blankets, not even a cozy cot. Laundry not completed, so no dinner for tonight. My family all eating, plainly in sight. Raggedy clothes, cold feet I must add I know what you're thinking you must have been bad But that�s not the case-Honest to god I'm just a misfit, the odd pea from the pod. I was cute in the beginning, a mistake in the end. Not allowed to socialize, not allowed to have one friend. Daddy doesn't like me, he's mean-it's true He yells mean things at me for anything I do. He tells me he'll kill me, that I'm going to hell. If anyone asks he'll tell them I just fell. Mommy doesn�t say much-well nothing at all. I'm not allowed to do anything-I have to lay there when I fall. Looking all depressed is what I do best But trying to survive is definitely a big test. No child should live the life I have to go by Every child should smile, and have no reason to cry. Living in my world, is definitely not fun I guess I'm that *lucky* child, that very *special* one