Anyone else deal with depression or knows someone who does?

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Ceric:
Well Counseling Session number 2 is out of the way. I was actually doing pretty good. Trying the breathing exercises. Work has actually been enjoyable for the last few days. Now I'm feeling more depressed then when I went in. Mired in the same junk as last time.

--- Quote from: MysticGohan on March 28, 2014, 06:26:38 PM ---Yeah, my dad never bothered to teach me to get beyond my learners permit, which has long long expired. So getting around is abit hard on my own. Just would be cool if we all could hang out together. My life's just not the same without her. I was always her little man, just miss her so much.

She was more there for me than my own family has been.

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I can't believe I missed this. You should learn. I think that be an excellent skill to try to acquire in its own way. I'm going to offer but from your profile we don't live close enough.

MysticGohan:
Aww thanks Ceric, the main concern is with my reaction timing, I'm at times slow to react to things or process information, due to being born premature by 3 months.

marvel_moviefan_2012:
I guess I can share my recent experience if it helps anyone. The short version is this, I moved to Nebraska to start a new life, get away from my old life and get into college, which I did. Some things from my past never would go away so I built up some anxiety and began experiencing some stress, so I started using the schools councelling center for help, talking to someone was nice for a while but then I got hooked on just wanting someone to talk to. So I kept going back even after we settled my anxiety. Then to make it worth going I dug up other stuff from my past and transferred things others went through into my own life to make it all sound more interesting. I also exaggerated some stuff because it's easy to do when you are trying to get a certain reaction. Anyways they wanted to put me on some medication, I tried different ones and they had negative side effects I won't bore anyone with.

Then I realized I was deteriorating, I was losing interest in everything, I changed my major/minor soo many times I lost count and I was dropping classes, adding classes, failing classes where before I was totally focused and getting mostly A's and B's. Going back to college after being out of school for ten years and having dropped out of high school meant I had some catching up to do anyways and for the first year it was just that, catch up. But I still maintained a decent enough GPA and kept going.

Last Halloween my counciler suggested I go to a Halloween party, anyways while there I realized some things that were wrong and I stopped taking the meds and canceled my appointments all. She panicked and sent me into a whirlwind of pain and misery that ended with me staying three days in a mental health clinic and ultimately getting banned from school and tresspassed from campus, including getting kicked out of my apartment and having to move in with my elderly aunt and uncle. Since then I got a proper full time job, transferred to a community college and began taking classes online through them to finish what I started.

it was a long road and I am not there yet but I am getting closer to stabalizing and getting things back the way they were. Well needless to say I had too much, I panicked and sold all my things, packed my van and moved to California, you know to go to Hollywood and get into film. I got there, realized I made a huge mistake and turned around came back and took another job. It was a wild ride, but in the end I think it was good for me to face my fears and realize that past is something we have to live with but we can't be haunted by it.

Do I suffer from depression, maybe I tend to have wild mood swings, but really I just need someplace to go to talk to someone. I began coming here because I have been reading this site's news forever and the forums are a place to vent. I think we all come here for similar reasons, to share ideas, to talk to like minded people with similar interests, and to get **** off our chest when we need to.

I have lost loved ones, friends, family, the woman I was engaged to, its hard to get over. Some to death, some to distance, and some to things that can't be explained. I am not entirely alone but I sometimes feel alone. That is what drew me to this forum, you guys act like people with real problems, some forums if you stray from the topic at hand they just ban you for going off topic. Some people act like their video games or toys or movies, whatever it happens to be is the world world. Yes we all want an escape but sometimes escaping can be bad sometimes you just need to talk it through.

Ceric:

--- Quote from: MysticGohan on April 04, 2014, 02:42:16 AM ---Aww thanks Ceric, the main concern is with my reaction timing, I'm at times slow to react to things or process information, due to being born premature by 3 months.

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Practice. I personally find driving a more instinctual thing. In fact I'm rarely actually thinking about driving when I'm driving. Shoot I couldn't tell you most of the time what color the car is in front of me. Just an Object is in front of me moving as well must be a car.

--- Quote from: marvel_moviefan_2012 on April 04, 2014, 10:16:59 AM ---...

Do I suffer from depression, maybe I tend to have wild mood swings, but really I just need someplace to go to talk to someone. I began coming here because I have been reading this site's news forever and the forums are a place to vent. I think we all come here for similar reasons, to share ideas, to talk to like minded people with similar interests, and to get **** off our chest when we need to.

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Thats a big reason I'm here. It bleeds over into other aspects of my life. I have no one in the physical world that I can really just call up and shoot the breeze with. It takes its toll. I can see that in my son too. How he'll try to make himself relevant in a conversation when its clear he has no idea what we are actually talking about but, he's made a tangental connection that he thinks will get him an in.

Phil:

--- Quote from: marvel_moviefan_2012 on April 04, 2014, 10:16:59 AM ---*snip*

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Thank you so much for sharing that. That goes for everyone in this topic.

Marvel, I'm glad you're doing better. I know all about mood swings, as I have a mood disorder in addition to mental illness. >_>

Anyway, if anyone likes to talk, I love to talk. Well, type. Well, you know what I mean. It doesn't have to be about depression, it doesn't have to be about games, it can be about anything that is healthful and helpful to each other. :)

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