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Dear g/u/rls, what are your ways of fighting crippling depression, severe social anxiety and nonexistent self esteem?
| Wow I was gonna make something like this too, more along the lines of how do you get yourself to go to work after waking up depressed and suicidal
| Danger/u/
| Listening to Terence Mckenna / Alan Watts / Ram Dass lectures and forcing myself to at least try to create more than I consume.
Meditation and green tea is good too.
It might be superficial and deal with surface level problems, but forcing happiness and doing what you love often works well.
Recognise what you NEED to do, and do it. Because anything alse would be suffering.
| And there's no rush, too. Take your time with it.
| Just say "F*** it". Than do something nice for yourself. Even if its silly.
| I don't do anything about it, I usually just try to live with it without it consuming my life
| Stay at home and binge games
| Distract from it by doing nothing but playing vidya while my life slides into the gutter and I hasten my inevitable homelessness and early death
Why was I born a gross abomination in the wrong body in an era where nothing can truly make me beautiful and lovable
| Quiet time to appreciate your time.
| Becoming a slut for a while helped boost my self esteem, but then I almost got an STD and died so don't do that.
| Upend society and send civilization slamming into the ground
| Beer. Videogames. But I substitute beer for a whisky mix, big.
| Pray. Helps a surprising amount.
| *to be healthy
| I'm not one to talk about but, try to work around it, look for help too, work, study, exercises, music and fun like video games etc.
| >>310098
I'm currently looking into Taoism, so I don't think praying would really work. I do try to meditate daily though, but I'm not very good at it.
>>310104
Because I want to live a healthy, 'normal' life, probably.
>>310114
Thing is, I don't really have much time for it now. I wake up at 6:30am, take meds, eat breakfast, leave for work and come back at 7:30pm exhausted and devoid of any motivation. I really dunno how to fix that, since I need this job and can't leave yet.
| Weed for self medication.
Philosophy for peace of mind instead of psycho therapic diagnoses
Talking to friends/family about sensitive stuff instead of therapy. (Just tell me it weighs on your heart)
Trying to be happy, doesn't matter which circumstances.
Using panic attack apps for giving your mind a task and Moodmission (great app) for general activities. (You rate them and can choose activities which are fun and were found to help by studies.)
| >>310139 I don't know much about Taoism. But as a Christian, the way it helps is that you're giving yourself over to someone who's not only all-powerful and perfect, but also who loves you, so it brings meaning into my life in addition to being comforting.
Often, when I'm in bed, I imagine God lying next to me and wrapping his arms around me, sort of like a lover. It's kind of weird, but it helps me a lot.
Maybe those same ideas could be applied to Taoism too.
| Cute anime girls, mostly.
| Asphyxiating on fat cock, the closer I get to passing out the better I feel the next morning.
| >>310139 I've been there and I'm still kinda am, so I know how you feel. First, have a goal, something to aim to so you have a motive to get out of bed in the morning, can be anything you want,specific or not. Second, don't take the state you are for granted, yeah you're sufferig, but use that in your favor, try to look for a way to change your job or life, something to get out of that suffering. Third, when you are finally avaiable, take care of yourself, therapy, gym, friends etc
| Give up on emotions and caring about most things except that which makes you happy.
| >>311082 I tried that before. Lost all emotions (edgy shit) and it was shitty af. It's like hardcore depression with self destructive behaviour to feel anything.
And smh I was reborn out of the ashes of my former self.
And now I don't know if I'm still in the new dying of the old world process, of already in becoming a new me process lmao
Life is shitty, but Ecclesiastes 9-12 (Google it).
| Personally, I try not to sink into the pitfalls of listening to moody music and sulking. I try to force myself to be optimisic. Even as a joke like faking confidence and optimism helped me quite a bit honestly. For some, the saying "Fake it until you make it" works. That's what happened with me. Sure, I'm not totally that optimistic all the time or confident but it's a start. You should be proud of yourself for doing something productive every day. No matter how much or what it is.
| In my darkest time I developed the ability to magic up 5 seconds of feigned enthusiasm whenever necessary. This let me do anything that took less than 5 seconds to do, such as getting out of bed. Not comfy, though.
These days I'm getting better, thankfully. (That darkness was genuinely not worth surviving.) I draw my motivation from the gap between what is and what should be, where I can maybe make a difference. It's hard and sometimes I break down very badly, but it's... better.
| Other fun things to play with are occultism (but not too much of it - especially don't touch the parts that are supposed to break your perception and cause hallucinations), creative work (which you don't have to show to anyone - just having a thing that would not have existed without your efforts is kinda nice), or focusing on the sensations of the moment. The texture of fabric, the taste of sugar, the vividness of light. At least, it helped me.
| In my case, I usually just live with it. I've had depression for years and just learned to deal. It took a long time for me to get on a hold on it. But now I just listen to LoFi and code random stuff to get distracted.
| Honestly so glad I find this thread since I still can't find proper way to deal with it as well, thanks g/u/rls
| So far, I'm trying to keep a journals to make myself busy. I have this one special journal where I wrote down every annoying voices and vivid imagery that pushed me to the corner. Also I'd take short naps so they won't bother me too.
| I live just for one person.. but idk what she think about me.. xd
| Honestly, threads like this that make me realize I'm not alone in this shit, that there are people somewhere out there who understand. That kinda helps.
| While I have no problems in that regard; listening to music helps. Not the emo kind; the upbeat,fast, enjoyable kind.
| Have someone special ^^
| oh wait.. i was writung here yesterday xD
| >>314995
Welp, guess I'm SOL then.
Besides, I'm pretty sure that trying to have a relationship only ruined me further.
| >>315008 Yeah, trying to have a relationship at the wrong time with the wrong type of person for that time can be pretty risky.
I'm a bad person. I curated my partners for their inability to say no, so that I'd always have someone there for me... but as I've been getting better, I also tried to help them grow stronger and look after themselves. I hope that makes up for it.
| ohh :/ idk if its right time.. but she make me feel alive :o
| i didn't wanted to hurt here :(
| 2 years of therapy and it only made things worse... Therapy is a sham y'all
| These work for me, but YMMV
1) 5 HTP dietary supplement
2) sunlight
3) walking
4) seeing my therapist
5) cognitive therapy
| danger/u/
| Honestly, crying while on my bed helps.
| Lots and lots of repression of my inner self until the day I can finally move out. That is the day that keeps me going.
| Make your bed and slay the dragon.
| Also, psycho cybernetics book. Audiobook if you can't read. It WILL help but you just have to give it a chance.
Full book on YouTube if you don't have money to buy it.
| I learned from that episode of Nnnnhhhh with Courtney Act in it that the key is the less you judge others, the less you'll judge yourself as well.
| And I like to paint my problems in the form of an animal. Try it, mb it can help someone ..
| Videogames and jacking off
| Listen to your body and your mind, you're the only person that really knows what YOU need. Don't be distracted by what works for most people, because you might not be like most people, and your mind might not work the same way.
| >>319242
It can, it's kinda dependant on how much you put into it and the quality of your therapist. A good therapist is basically a guide who asks you the right questions. Like I said, Your Milage May Vary, but seeing a therapist really, really helped me.
| >>319242 It helps if you have a clear idea of what you want to accomplish going in, and you meet the right kind of person to help you get there.
| I read.
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