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Depression
M/18. I suffer from deep depression everyday of my life, nothing makes me happy and everyday I think about suicide. What should I do about this?
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I am also 18 and have thought about suicide one too many times. Suicide is definitely not the answers by any means. I began to realize that when I fell more in love with the thought of pursuing the future that I want. Find something in your life that is worth while. That is all I worry about. I stepped away from the drama, hate, and past occurences. I would constantly get down and think that my life was worth nothing when it is truly priceless. You can't put a price on life, because it's worth more than that and GOD loves you. You are here for a reason, and I know that if you wait it out you will find that God was holding onto your life to prove you have something in your future and that if you find it you will be so happy with yourself. Only worry about yourself and not others for the time being. Look back into your past and analyze what was making you feel this way. Did something happen? Was something said? Etc. Once you find the reason you are feeling so down you can come to a conclusion with it and START OVER. That is what I did, I am worrying about my future and moving foward on a new leave! Good luck. xoxo
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You need tell your parents about the depression and your sucidal thoughts it's not normal to be thinking that you should consider visiting a therapist talking is better then not saying anything all at & keeping what your feeling bottled up to yourself inside isn't healthy once you talk to someone you'll feel as if everything has been lifted off your shoulders and you'll feel relieved you should go to your doctor & tell them what's happening they could give you some anti depressants if they feel you need them they'll be able to give you a more knowledgeable answer another thing you could do is write your thoughts on paper that might help as well this isn't something to be taken lightly it's very serious if you were to harm yourself think about all the people you'd be hurting that love & care about you it's not worth it just when you think you've got it bad there's always another person
out there who's worse off then you are remember that(:
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18 is a difficult age, there's a lot going on in your life- even if it seems like there isn't anything going on (if that makes any sense). I'm 22 and when I was 18 I felt like that alot of the time too, even now sometimes I still do. But one thing that I've learned with depression is that although you're feeling negative emotions and just really down that at least you're still feeling something. Practice being optimistic looking at things from a different perspective if at all possible. In my circumstance I know that you're constantly thinking, almost like you're in your own head too much and maybe evaluating things a little too closely. I think that you should definitely find someone to talk to about your thoughts and feelings, and if you don't feel close enough or comfortable enough to talk to someone you already know reach out to your community like a therapist or even a hotline. Talking helps, it really does. And just know that even when you feel really horrible that someday things will be better. Things always get better even when it seems that they won't. It's been proven to me over and over again. I hope that even one sentence in this helps you. Also a hotline to try is 1-800-273-TALK (8255). It's totally free and confidential. Think about some of the things that you used to enjoy doing or that made you feel good and try to get back into the habit of doing those, eventually you might find that you enjoy them again. Good luck hun, and keep writing :)
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Know that this isn't your thinking or normal thinking for starters. I think you're able to see that as believe me a lot of sufferers have a hard time seeing that this isn't normal as it's totally engulfed them.
What you need to do is tell an adult you trust be it a teacher, counselor, coach, aunt, uncle or parent that you're having constant dark thoughts that are scaring you and that you're never happy and constantly thinking about ending your life.
The best thing you should do and it takes courage to do it is walk into any hospital emergency room and tell them exactly what you told us and that you need help especially when all you think about is ending your life.
What happens then is that a psychiatrist will see you. He/she will ask a bunch of questions about the feelings you are having and figure out what to diagnose you with and come up with a program of psychiatric counseling and prescription drugs.
Usually they send you away with a prescription and then see you weekly until you become more stable. However, in your case they'll likely have you on a 72 hour in hospital stay (required) because they will think you have reason to harm and or kill yourself otherwise.
They'll get you the help you need but you may have to be an in patient for awhile. I've been there. You're not well and the only way to get help is to do it medically.
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