How do You Deal with Your Crippling Depression?

A bottle of Evan Williams, a package of razors, a $20 hooker, and a trip to Cocaine Mountain.

Wake up, school, videogames, sleep repeat.

Where's the "I don't deal with it" option?

@Vrikk said:

Get over it -- that's how people deal with depression. Sitting in your bad mood doesn't ever help.

Sure, but that doesn't apply to those with clinical depression.

Anyways, without video games I would probably had literally gone insane by now. Also, I'd have quit school as I'd have no reason to continue going.

B, C, F, and I!

Running helps. Running helps a lot. It's helpful to get a laugh every now and then as well.

Is this an inside joke that I'm not in on? If not, it seems fairly insensitive.

It's become less of a depression and more of an anxiety/stress thing, but I distract myself by playing video games, watching TV/movies, reading, drawing, or listening to music. For the most part, it works for me. So does simply avoiding the person/thing that's stressing me until I'm calm again.

I'm not against medication or going to a psychiatrist/psychologist, but it's not an available option right now.

Either you're not depressed or you play video games... I play video games.

Video games usually help with sadness. Halo Reach last year helped me get through some tough times. Usually games online where crazy things can happen. I would say Battlefield 3 today would be a good one. Just interact with others and see stuff blow up. Shit just got real.

I think. Constantly. When I'm thinking about how fucked up the world is, this makes the problem worse. When I'm thinking about game design, everything just floats away....

When I get depressed, I accept it and move on.

Video games, masturbation, retail therapy, sex with strangers.

Pills made of alcohol.

If I'm ever sorta depressed or whatever I play games or read but I guess I sort of always play games so I'm not sure that counts.

I sleep on it, when I'm depressed.

Time, and sad music.

Eventually some little thing snaps me out of the funk.

Edit: Or sometimes I just say "no".

Do what Forrest Gump did and just run across the country.

I don't, so I'm good. Sucks that you do though, my cousin has depression and it's clearly rough for him.

@FunExplosions said:

@BeachThunder said:

No all of the above option?

@coakroach said:

You also forgot all of the above

Oh, jeez. My poll is a disaster. I'm getting so depressed.

Should have had Claude do the poll.

Well i use to just mix all the drugs and alcohol together to just forget about my problems but as you can guess it just leads to more problems. I just got back into games to give me sum thin else to keep me somewhat occupied. Otherwise I'd just be out with my friends in bars or whatever. The actual helpful thing I learned was diet and ex excersise can completely alter your moods. I had crazy side effects to all the crazy chemicals going into my body from the drugs, alcohol and mainly it seem processed foods. I went thru a crazy detox and feel so much fucking better.

Anti-depressants. Although I think my depression rears its hear as uncontrollable anger because that's what I notice when I don't take them for a few days. I guess they are seratonin enhancers, and that's what makes your brain feel rested. I suppose I'm cranky but... I bypass grumpiness and go all the way to vengeance on the earth super villainy. I'd describe it as feeling like my torso is imploding.

Maybe I need anger management more than pills. Whatever. I need to not hear stupid things, that's what does it.

Whatever it takes to keep yourself preoccupied, do it. Keep yourself engaged so your mind is on other things. I have a tendency to remind myself that even though I can have problems and rough times, there are way too many people who have it way worse than I do, then I focus on remembering all of the good things in my life. I could be one of those starving African children you see on tv. I could live in a third world country. I could be an amputee or paraplegic. I am not any of those things thankfully. Life is rough, but you gotta keep your eyes on the prize. Don't lose sight of the big picture.

As for the poll, probably friends. You can't place enough value on good friends.

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I choose friends and videogames...usually a combination of both; also pills and psychologists.

Whenever I'm dealing with depression I just try to improve my life, exercise, cut back on doing pills, work on music/college, spend more time with friends, whatever. Just giving myself a bright side to look on, something to look forward to or work towards helps tremendously I find.

Video games and music, they keep me entertained enough to forget about it.

Dude, Don't play Nier... just don't... Your depression WILL get to you if you do play it!

Mobb Deep's Back at You video works everytime. Friends and intimacy works too....

Sleep... I sleep so much I should get paid for it. Nothing makes your life shorter than extended slumber!

Reading helps a lot. Requires your full attention.

Though I don't suffer crippling depression, my problems are more related to anxiety disorders, and depression seems to be a side effect.

Go to your doctor and get some pills, and keep taking them. Don't let anybody tell you any different, they do work.

But like, don't take them all at once, that would be bad.

@Abyssfull: Oh believe me I would if I wasn't so busy with college and essays as of late. Whatever little free time I have is spent babysitting or playing Skyrim. Which isn't a lot. Don't worry though, I'm sure to pick it up in the near future. Multiplayer was damn good fun.

I had a bout of anxiety/depression a while back and went to a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist (CBT), that helped me get out of the worst of it. I wasn't terribly deep into it, so I still had the strength of will to do the mental exercises required for the therapy. If you're too far gone I think anti-depressants are your best bet to get your head above water, but I feel CBT is the best way in the long term to deal with those bad thoughts.

Gotta find what works for you though, but give whatever you try a while to work. Takes a good long while.

Uh, Skyrim :)