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How to overcome this depressing feeling
Hi! School is starting again and I really feel depressed. I'm in my 2nd year of taking up Secondary Education Major in English but this semester I shifted my course to Psychology. So 2 weeks from now and school is starting again. Everything I do is awkward and being in a new environment again is making me feel sick. I just don't know what to do. I can't eat nor sleep. I don't know if i did the right decision on shifting my course. These past few days I've been really depressed. I'm taking some sleeping medicine just to forget it all. I feel pressured and i can't talk it out with my family or anyone because i know that they will take it as me, being weird or something. Please help me. I want this disgusting feeling that's creeping out on me.
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Change is difficult but sometimes necessary.
So it's normal to feel down and school is tough!!
It takes a lot of dedication and you have to stay focused on the outcome. Obviously the larger goal is to obtain your degree but a smaller victory would be passing the course. Try to keep in mind how amazing that would feel!! and Believe you can do it!!!
For your depression ... Concentrate on your body and your overall well being. Take a walk even if it's not a long one. Breathe in the air, pay attention to all that's around you let some good healthy thoughts flow. Do this everyday and just let your mind veg out for a bit. Chase away any bad thoughts and try to just clear your mind and not think about school!
This will be difficult but keep working at it. You will start to feel better as you trying.
you are not weird and yes some people will not understand but it's good to vent. When you vent you are dealing with it. When you don't deal with your feelings lots of times it leads to depression.
So get it out when you can!! and get some air, drink lots of water and be mindful of what you put into your body.
This time will pass .
Feel better!!!!! xx
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I will be bold enough to state that subconsciously your mind may have caused you to make that recent switch to psychology for a reason. If you find that not just in a new environment but many things can set off feeling depression for you, it may be that you have chosen this course because of a hope it might help you. Very often, people who have counseling or psychologist needs themselves will end up going for a career in the same area themselves. For one thing, they may find what helps heal them and the plus is they can have empathy for others who later come to them for help. I am no psychologist but I have read enough to realize that one type of treatment for depression and anxieties has overwhelming success with many people. I do not know what actual course are taught in college for psychology but if one is offered on CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) then hon, it's a must that you take that class!!!
You can get an intro into it right away but reading a book by David D. Burns, a psychologist who switched from only medicine treatments for his patients to using both. CBT is the first choice and if that doesnt help then the small percent of people who dont respond to this re-training of how we think, they get the meds.
Its a self help book called "When Anxiety Attacks." My library has it. SO check yours. Or better yet, get your own copy by going to book stores and asking them to order it for you if its not on their shelf and that way you save on shipping. IT was recommended by a friend for my ex. The friend used to be a counselor but felt so depressed he felt suicidal many times until his wife came across a psychologist who used CBT in treating people. I know you would benefit as some of the things you said ring a bell as typical distorted thoughts. I won't pick on what those statements were but if you read the book, you will realize it for yourself and the book will go along with the new path you have yourself on. And hon, you are not much stranger than most the rest of the population. We all tend to think negative thoughts long before positive ones, and way more negative than positive ones. Its just that a few people naturally know to stop them and counter it with positive ones. Its not quite that simple though for most of us. I myself suffered extreme social anxiety as a child and teen and the exercises mentioned in this book, of which I employed a similar version in my sr. yr of HS, cured me of anxiety within a few short months if even that. Dr. Burns also has a website I will list the link to. I wish you the best dear.
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