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Originally Posted by toasterwater  I have experienced depression on and off for my whole life. My latest case was last night. I am quite embarrassed about this, but if anyone has advice on battling depression, i would greatly appreciate your help. I would especially appreciate the advice from someone who's been in my shoes. Thanks. |
Hi Toasterwater, a few years ago I had frequent bouts of insomnia, and a psychologist diagnosed me with
Dysthymia (a form of depression)...after 20 mins of talking with me!
I chose not to believe her
Sometimes I wonder though, when life seems gray and I don't seem to be feeling anything, and not like anyone else...but then I realize I don't always feel that way, so something must be right.
My question to you is:
how do you best learn?
Yup, that's right. Do you best learn from reading? Watching? Doing something? Talking over it? Or just going it alone?
I knew I had to change my fairly negative outlook on life, and I also knew that I learnt best by emulating people, so I started hanging out with people who seemed more positive, secretly 'spying' on the ways they treated themselves, others, success and challenges and comparing them to my own.
I've had several 'aha' moments since then, realizing what attitudes they held that were different from mine and slowly letting them rub off on me as well.
I hope I've given you at least one practical idea
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Originally Posted by demk Check out the book by Stephen Hayes too, Get out of your mind and into your life. Its very practical. |
Stephen Hayes, father of American ninjutsu?
