My Life Is Completely Hopeless. Where Can I Go for Help?
... by Your Lost Lenore: My life is completely hopeless. Where can I go for help? I feel completely hopeless. I am a 14 yr old girl, and have been suffering from severe depression for about the last three years. I have been suffering all alone, and haven’t talked to anyone about it. Lately I have been seriously considering suicide. I know I need to get help. I just can’t hold this all inside anymore. But I have no one to go to! I am homeschooled. Whenever I try to talk to my mom, she either starts doing housework or walks away, or yells at me and tells me to stop thinking about only myself. I have no friends, and no other person who I trust ...
Recovering Alcoholic: the Depressed Alcoholic
by moirabot I heard a counselor say once that alcoholism is a disease of the emotions. As a recovered alcoholic, I believe he was right on. Growing up, I don’t believe I ever really learned how to deal with my emotions. It wasn’t that I was suppressed in some way or locked in a closet as a child. Quite to the contrary, I had a great childhood. An older sibling and two loving parents, I grew up on a small farm full of fun and there was always something exciting to do. Growing up I always dreamed of doing great things. Read more... ...
High Plains Starting New Treatment Program
... Plains starting new treatment program "Comparing (the treatment) to our mental health services, if the person is so depressed and is actively suicidal, then he or she would have to be hospitalized. It's a similar situation with substance abuse." Loos said if the person is going through … Read more on Hays Daily News Depression and schizophrenia are becoming more common among Syrian … Disorders such as schizophrenia and severe depression are becoming more commonplace, and we are seeing many patients who have suicidal tendencies," said Ana Maria Tijerino, a mental health adviser for MSF. In Syria, the Damascus-based psychiatrist says … Read more on GlobalPost Read ...
Anxiety or Depression Help?
by Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library Question by Allison Miller: Anxiety or depression help? I started missing school at the end of the year because my anxiety made me physically ill. I struggled to even get through finals and graduation. I’ve been trying to get my anxiety under control but it’s not. I never feel like doing anything and I constantly fear of getting sick again (nausea). I used to go to baseball/basketball/football games all the time and have a blast or go to nice steak houses for dinner and now I so don’t want any part of it because I fear ill get car sick or sick from food or overheat and feel sick. I got away to college in a little over a month and I don’t want this to ruin my future. I got into a good honors college and an important program and I’m afraid ill lose it all from anxiety. What can I do? Read more... ...
Are These Symptoms Normal for Depression in the Elderly or It Was Something Else?
Question by Bugsie: Are these symptoms normal for depression in the elderly or it was something else? My granny died of a miocardiac heart attack at 64, produced by the water from the congestive heart disease, but she had a huge depression as well for 3 years, after my grandpa died. She didn’t want to take any pills, was hiding them from my mother and wanted to die….she was also aggressive towards the woman we hired to make sure she takes her pills. She even had a mild stroke at one point and she had a paresis on her upper lip. Read more... ...
Depression Symptoms Treatment: Depression Treatment and Symptoms of Depression in Men
We are through UPS and our emotional ups and downs. Tragic life of struggle, frustration and disappointment is a normal reaction. Many people use the “depression” word to explain these feelings, but depression is more than sadness. Some described as “living in a black hole” or sense of impending doom, depression. However, some depressed people do not feel sad, you can feel all the dead, empty, apathetic, or men, in particular, but May feel angry, aggressive, and anxiety. Regardless of symptoms, depression is a normal grief, packaging, day by day life, interfere with their work, study, eat, sleep, and play different capacities. Helpless, hopeless and worthless feeling is intense and relentless, with little or no assistance. Read more... ...