Welcome to my world! fun isn't it? find something about your life that you like... try and focus on it. i know it's hard right now, but try to imagine you are standing on the bank of a river, eventually, this, like the water - will pass. Give it time, you will soon start to feel better, everything changes, and its the bodys natural defence mechanism to snap out of things like this, albiet with time.

For what it's worth, I've been exactly where you are now and I can attest to the fact that as hellish as it seems at this time you are going through...you will one day look back from a much better place and understand that we all have to experience the bad times to appreciate the good times. It will get better, just hang in there and understand that although nobody seems to be on your side right now, there are folks who really do care about you and are trying to do their best by you.

Do you have someone you can talk to about it there? I won't tell you not to feel sad but you might feel better if you talked to somebody. How old are you, how long have you been seeing your girlfriend, why are you being scolded? I care about you, and hope you feel better soon. :)

Nothing in life is big enough to make it to where you can't get up off you're knees. If you're knocked down 100 times, stand up 101. Take it from me, I know exacly what you're going through. The thing is you don't have to think like that. You have authority of what goes through you're head. If some stupid crap like suicide pops in you're head, you can make it stop, don't negotiate pros and cons of it, just think to yourself ill be up again soon.

I know how you feel. I went through that a lot. Sometimes I still feel that way. It feels like you don't want to move at all. Like nothing matters, and any effort toward anything is like a gargantuan feat. You just want to disappear. But each little thing you do, away from giving into that pain is worth a lot. Even though it might not seem like much its a lot. I'm not going to tell you everything will be cheerful and perfect later but it certainly will become more manageable. All pain can lead to strength and detachment. Try giving to others and making them happy and slowly you will discover why we are here.

My daughter is feeling exactly like this at the moment and it's really horrible fr her, and for me. The problem is, I can't give any good advice at all because it's 2008 and whatever way I dealt with things back in the dark ages was certainly not like what they go through today, you poor kids. The only thing I hope is that she keeps communiating with me. Sometimes we just sit in her room and say nothing, she sits there sort of whimpering and I try and think of positives. I love her to pieces and hope she knows that and you, I hope you have a good relationship with your parents, cos it's really important - they Love you and they're there to listen, even if they don't have any good advice, take care x

Hi plasticky, depression is a complicated thing. It can keep you down for a few days or much much longer. I have a daughter who is 30 years old now but when she was 16 she was where you are now. She missed weeks of school,stayed in her room all day and night,stopped going out with friends etc,there was nothing i could say or do to make things better. Then one evening i received a phonecall from her boyfriend who said that he had taken her to the hospital as she had overdosed on pills. I will never forget the drive to the hospital that night not knowing if we would ever see her again. When we arrived at the hosiptal the nurses gave us the 3rd degree asking us what we had done that would have made her do something like that. They did not know that she had been suffering with depression since she was 12. She was lucky enough that she got to the hospital in time that she did'nt need her stomach pumped, however she did have to drink this charcoal mixture that makes you vomit. WE stayed at the hospital all night with her watching her vomit charcoal,it was horrible seeing her go through that. After a week in hospital her doctor finally perscribed a antideppresent. She is still on anti-deppresents and although she still suffers from depression she is able to function. I guess what I'm trying to say is see your doctor and tell your parents between the two of them they should be able to get you feeling better about yourself. I hope everything goes well for you . GOOD LUCK!

I'm depressed too, but thats because I feel like I've done it all and nothing else interests me. I need a challenge but I cant decide or be bothered. If I had money I could go shopping, If I had a TV I could distract myself with it. My wife got into an acting school and got her life together and we moved states. Now I'm alone and bored out of my mind. I know I have to take positive steps and do something. I always like the quote "she was never bored because she was never boring" but I gave up a lot to support my wife and never thought too hard about where I would fit in. Now its time to think about myself and help myself and its really hard. Guess I'm just saying that we all go through rough patches from time to time, that its easy to take your frustration at your own lack of direction out on the ones who love you, and that you should do the things that make you happy and take care of yourself when you need to. Sometimes you need to stop trying to please other people and please yourself. Good luck to both of us...

There are some great tips here: http://www.answerbag.com/articles/Join-Depression-Support-Groups/5dd6dafe-612b-3b29-df6b-245a8eb1c1dd

you can't really change the situations you are in. but what difines you as a person is how you react to it. you have to make the best of any situation because you can't change the fact that your in it.

Well it sounds like u may be depressed. When u feel like that the best things I find you can do is: 1: Get out of the house. Go for a walk do something, anything! Just get away from the current setting take a walk in the park or somewhere natural. Its been proven that natural scenery lifts the body and mind and combats mild to moderate depression. 2: Write. Write down everything that you're upset/pissed off about, then keep it, burn it, rip it up, throw it away do exactly what you want to do with it. The point of this exercise is that it promotes rational thought. When you can see something physically it doesnt seem so scary or upsetting and what you do with it is symbolic to you dealing with it. 3: Talk about it. When you feel ready talk about it. If you dont wanna talk to friends or family the Samaritans are a great source of comfort and you can contact them over text anytime day or night when you feel down. Good luck its not easy but Im sure you'll get tru it!

dude when people scold me I laugh at them, they are not me, they are not you, nor can they tell you what or who your are, when my folks did that to me I hitchhiked around the country...a bit extreme, but my absence changed them. some folks get used to having a punching bag about they can fling their daily crap at, dont lose to that bro, your bigger than that. I want to die too, but the sunsets are so beautifull I dont want to miss out on them, besides my wifes bro killed himself ten years ago and shes still out of her head about it, he was tryin to hurt his dad not her. Chin up man, all things pass in time.

well sweetie, dying isn't the solution to any problem. trust me. i've been there and done that. and once i realized life is precious, i totally changed. you see, my best friend passed away, and he adored life with everything in him. and it just showed me to appreciate life no matter how bad things get, because it was in honor of him. now of course, you probably don't much care about all that. i'm just saying that everyone gets down. and sometimes there are people who get too down, and act on their emotions. i'm sure you are a wonderful person, don't do that. there are probably millions of people who care about you. smile when you're sad =] tomorrow is always another day. another day for possible happiness.. tell a close friend, get someone you can always talk to. i hope i helped even a litte. if I did.. smile real big noww!

The worse part is when you really don't want to care or even acknowledge other people anymore. It just seems stupid and a waste of time to even try to be like all those kewl people who are awesome at so many things. For so much of my life I never felt like i was great at anything. Every time I set up some social account like myspace, facebook, or twitter I have hardly any friends to contact. Then i realize how stupid those people are for joining that bandwagon. My opnion of other people has really suffered over the years as I have tried to deal with TMJ while trying to work and please my parents or others. Many people are so ignorant or immature when it comes to depression you would have to ask why if you can put so much energy into getting your 500 friends on facebook or your thousands on twitter can't you get off your butt and learn not to mess with people that are sad and down on their luck? How much energy does it take to read about depression and anxiety, heck do it for yourself and those you know cause chances are you might know someone who is hiding it! It really sucks the life out of me how impressive people can be on forums, video games, and they are so great at so many things yet they suck at being kind and sensitive to men like me with problems. I feel almost like a cold uncaring sack of water that wakes up sometimes to face another beating.

At least you've got some kind of relationship. I've never had one in 53 years. Most of that time I've been depressed too. Just do your assigned functions every day. If it's school, then do it. Study and get the best grades you can. Ignore everything else. Just put one boot in front of the other and march on.The depression will either go away or it won't. Get on the right medications for it if you can. They don't always work, they haven't for me. You just set one concrete goal at a time and march towards it, ignoring all else.Just slam your way through, one day at a time. The alternative is non-existence. I'm indifferent to it, when it comes, it comes, but I'm not going out of my way to end it as long as I have reasonable physical comfort and a goal before me. +4

Did anything spark these feelings off, or did they just start all by themselves? If so, what's the last bad/depressing thing you remember happenning BEFORE you started feeling depressed all the time? You don't have to post your answer here, if you don't feel comfortable doing so, but answering these questions might help you discover the cause of your problem, and therefore, what you need to fix.