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I went to my local mental health place the other day, I just got home. The first step is realizing you have a problem The next step is to seek help. It has taken me many years to get to the point of seeking help. I went in the other day and got started back on the proper road. Sever depression is a treatable condition. You have to go and seek the help before you can get it though.

I don't know if anyone else feels the same way i do, I am me, But i know it took great courage on my part to go in and tell these strangers that i did have a problem and i needed help. Yes at first it was pretty bad, People asking question after question, but the funny thing is these people ACTUALLY listened to me. They did not judge or make fun of me.

All i can say is, seek help,

As a side benefit i found out that i do have a couple TRUE friends, People who would (were) there for me, Up until earlier today (before i was released) i was convinced i had no friends in the world. Not TRUE friends. I still do not know why these 2 people are true friends (my sense of self worth is still low), but they see something about me that i don't see in myself. Hopefully in the near future i will be able to get out of the cycle of depression and see what they see also..

These two people opened my eyes to the fact that i am not worthless and there are people who would miss me.

So please.. if your in the state of mind that you might want to hurt yourself , get help.. As it was i had nothing to loose and i lost nothing and gained a new realization that i do have friends.

Thank you for posting. I know how hard it is to seek help and how easy it is to convince yourself that you ought to be able to make yourself feel better on your own. I fought death wishes for many years and then one day I just couldn't fight anymore. If I hadn't had someone make some calls for me and set up an appointment I might not be here today.

I'm glad you're starting to feel better. Sadly for me my depression isn't something I can just cure/fix. Help is overrated when you don't know what you need help with.

You are right,there's no fix, but if you are lucky you can go into remission. I've been told I'm in remission. Once the meds kicked in, therapy was a lot more useful.

I have diagnosed depression, and i went in the other day with no idea exactly WHAT needed to be fixed. I just knew there was something wrong. The point is you don't need to know what needs to be fixed, they will help you with that. The point is to take the first step is getting help. Take the first step, suffering (and yes it is suffering) alone trying to ignore it etc is not the answer. Ive been doing that for many years.

... get help..

Hi Wolfmanjack

You're a brave and couragous person, there are many people who can't do what you have done, they think they are weak when they seek professional mental assistance. But in fact it takes an awful lot of guts to take the step. Well done.

thank you for your kind words