I've been depressed for awhile too, but I think about the people that talk to me everyday and how making them happy makes me happy. Went over my parents house and sat with them, telling them what I been going through. They understood everything and so will your parents, they'll help you overcome this more than anyone can, your friends as well as they are your friends for a reason, we all have to deal with depression at some point, but once it's over you got a full life ahead you man. Keep your head up.  

whatsup with everyone on graalians being depressed?
#PerksOfBeingATeen  

Posted by DJ Meow

whatsup with everyone on graalians being depressed?
#PerksOfBeingATeen

can we not  

Posted by CM

can we not

Did I say something wrong CM?  

Posted by 5hift

That so?

In that case, probably should stop acting like everyone else here is insane.

Not everyone shares the same morals and unfortunately, not all minds are rational.

5hift lay off Conquest man, we all missed him

Posted by John

I've been depressed for awhile too, but I think about the people that talk to me everyday and how making them happy makes me happy. Went over my parents house and sat with them, telling them what I been going through. They understood everything and so will your parents, they'll help you overcome this more than anyone can, your friends as well as they are your friends for a reason, we all have to deal with depression at some point, but once it's over you got a full life ahead you man. Keep your head up.

An almost identical thing happened to me haha. I realized after a while that I was bringing the people close to me down as well, so I decided to change some things.

Got into working out, put more effort into things, treated people better, and just gained a new outlook completely. My life hasn't been the same.

It's all in the mindset.

Posted by DJ Meow

whatsup with everyone on graalians being depressed?
#PerksOfBeingATeen

depression is extremely common  

Posted by DJ Meow

Did I say something wrong CM?

yes  

i could see a counselor, but i won't see a doctor. unless i think about suicidal or something.

i am planning to enlist in the US army reserve when i get into college. this is the 2nd fastest way to get a US citizenship after marriage. if not, i'll be forced(country duty) to join S.K military with no benefits and treated like a dog for 2 years.(+ have to attend citizen army class every month until im 40(remember korea is still in war))

so if i see a doctor and that record stays, it's gonna interfere with my army application. then i'd be really pissed lol.  

So im guessing you're feeling down. But nothing bad is going on? Sorta like sentimental?  

Posted by Rufus

That's interesting to me because over here you'd be referred to counseling by a doctor. Unless you went private, but that would be a fairly expensive option for a young adult. I know someone in America who was referred to CBT after going to a doctor with depression, but the culture of taking anti-depressant (even among children) is well televised.

Typically a counselor isn't a doctor over here, even schools have them. As far as doctors go we have psychiatrists and psychologists so it's typically wrong to assume seeing a doctor would mean they're just going to prescribe you pills. A psychiatrist treats with medicine and a psychologist will help you address your behaviors and suggest ways to get through your whatever is going on.  

A counselor will do exactly what I did; they will analyze the "facts" of your reality and give you alternative perspectives. That's your job. I tell you what I know but I don't care what you think; the IDEA is that if you're bored with life, you need to expand your language. That is what a counselor does; they reanalyze everything you consider true, and tell you more ways of looking at it.

A country being secretly built by pirates, a game that is secretly a religious casino ... The point is to amuse yourself by growing. That's all it is. A real counselor will do the same thing. They aren't going to tell you how to live your life.

The people in this thread who think that counselors are life coaches are completely uneducated. By law it's a liability issue.  

Lmao, nobody here said that counselors are life coaches.

They're there to help you get through tough times and provide advice.

Not everyone is like you and somehow knows what is best for yourself.  

Posted by 5hift

Lmao, nobody here said that counselors are life coaches.

They're there to help you get through tough times and provide advice.

Not everyone is like you and somehow knows what is best for yourself.

Okay well I still refute you and Dusty. I am a shaman, and so far some of you have done nothing but argue, tell him to get drugs, and then claim you know how to solve his problem. I may a have a sense of humor, but I still know you're narcissistic, and that I have the answer just to be clear  

Posted by Conquest

Okay well I still refute you and Dusty. I am a shaman, and so far some of you have done nothing but argue, tell him to get drugs, and then claim you know how to solve his problem. I may a have a sense of humor, but I still know you're narcissistic, and that I have the answer just to be clear

You've got jokes, bud I'll give you that.

Nobody here is arguing about anything except for you and me.

In the end, all we want to do is just help. No need to feel all high and mighty and "refute" one another.  

Posted by Conquest

Okay well I still refute you and Dusty. I am a shaman, and so far some of you have done nothing but argue, tell him to get drugs, and then claim you know how to solve his problem. I may a have a sense of humor, but I still know you're narcissistic, and that I have the answer just to be clear

I can speak out of personal experience that anti depressants can work but they make you feel very slow in your mind, kinda like you're high all the time.

Sadly for me after a while I got the side effects of the pills making my depression and suicidal thoughts even worse so I just quit taking them.
Was the right decision in my eyes, mainly because it slows down your depression which is good but it also limits the feeling of happiness.

Since then I quit using pills at all, too much of a hassle and it's not really needed since I don't have any life threatening diseases  

I'm depressed for having everything given to me.