Have U Ever (had someone relate to you?)

During this battle with depression, you will tend to feel like know one understands you and the dont get what you’re going through. That’s how I feel at moments, I just ask if anyone knows how I feel, and then I ran into this song Sometimes. The funny thing is, is that I am a huge Brandy fan and she has always been a muse for me when I was down. During this stage in my life, I figured I was immune to her beautiful voice, and ability to write relatable songs, but I guess not. I hope you enjoy, because this is the most comforting song I have heard in along time.

Fuck getting help, here are others ways to help yourself

I am a strong believer that in order to get help you have to start helping yourself. Apart of helping yourself involves trying to search for ways to get help, but into then, you have to rely on natural mind techniques that will help deal with this depression.

It’s not unusual to experience some of the signs of depression from time to time. But if the feelings are very strong all the time, there are things you can do to help yourself.

• Notice ‘thinking errors’ – are you overgeneralising. For example, do you imagine every pain is a deadly disease? Do you tell yourself everything is going wrong when only one thing has gone wrong?
• Balance frightening thoughts with reassuring statements.
• Occupy your mind. Concentrating on something can lift your mood.
• Exercise. Physical activity relaxes you and makes you feel good.
• Pay attention to the way you look.
• Eat a regular diet of wholefoods.
• Avoid alcohol. It’s a depressant, even if it makes you feel temporarily better.
• Investigate alternative and complementary therapies.

If your low mood interferes with your home, family or work, lasts for two weeks or more, or brings you to the point of thinking about suicide, you may be experiencing clinical depression and you should seek help. There are many kinds of help available. Talk to your GP or contact a mental health organisation.

 

“Coping Techniques.” BBC HEALTH. Winter 2007. Thought Diaries. 1 Apr. 2008 <http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/mental_health/coping_thoughtdiaries1

When to seek help

Other ways to help yourself

Monitoring Your Thoughts

Right now, I have been learning how to manage my depression and one of the ways I do so is by controlling my thoughts. A few weeks ago, I visited the BBC website and went to the Health section where I learned this technique. I had to follow four steps, which seemed like alot, but as I always say, depression doesn’t go away over night, it is a working progress that needs time.

According to BBC Health, the first step of montoring your thoughts is to be clear about what the problem is, because what you’re dealing with may not really be a problem at all.

The second step you should take to monitor your thoughts is to monitor how bad the problem really is because some problems are things that can’t be let go, however, ssome problems are very serious and for a depressed person, serious problems can sometimes make you feel worst.

The third step to monitor your thoughts is to find steps between where you are now and where you want to be. I think this is the best step to take because you get to map out how you feel, and how you use to feel and how you want to feel. Then all you have to do is use positive thinking to get closer to how you want to feel. I think that also eliminates negative thinking because you now know how you want to feel, and you began to refuse to feel any other way.

The final step in montoring your thoughts is to work through the steps at your own pace. Remember, I already told you guys that everyone has their own depression, so if a group of us were following these steps, we wouldn’t want to do them at the same time, because we all react differently to our problems.

For more information about monitoring your thoughs, visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/mental_health/coping_thoughtdiaries1.shtml.

“Coping Techniques.” BBC HEALTH. Winter 2007. Thought Diaries. 1 Apr. 2008 <http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/mental_health/coping_thoughtdiaries1.shtml>.