May
i am really depressed. its hard for me to even think straight, much less to think at all. i dont really talk when im around my friends, so i dont hang out with anyone anymore. i feel like im a boring and selfish person since i cant share myself with anyone. i have social anxiety as well and i can even talk to anyone when im at a social event and i feel sooo akward like im a complete empty soul. im on wellbutren right now, but i dont feel much of a difference at all. i think i need anti-depression medications, but at the same time i feel like the depression medication community is a capitalist scheme. i feel like if i got through this without medication, i would know that i got through it by myself and i would feel stronger for that. but at the same time, im not sure if i can do it..any suggestions/advice?
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Man this could be a very long answer, but i'll
try to keep it short for you. I have severe social anxiety
which often caused me to get depressed.
I first seeked out mediactaion and was perscribed
Zoloft. When i got off this medication i felt like i had the
same anti-social pessomistic attitude i've always had.
This is when i realized i needed to get help for my
problems w/ social anxiety first and hopefully that would
help out w/ depression as well. I found out about
the Stanford Shyness Clinic in Palo Alto, California.
With the help(1 yr.) of their cognitive therapy techniques
i have become almost completely comfortable in most social situations. If you live anywhere near cantral california i would strongly reccomend you seek their help as i reluctantly did.
If not, i also reccomend u read a book by a Stanford psychologist called Shyness by Dr. Phillip G. Zimbardo.
Hope i could help, u can overcome these feelings of
hopelessness, you must dedicate yourself though. Good luck!
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Well besides medication, do you have a therapist or psychologist? Because psychotherapy can really help if you find the right person. If you really don't want medication (which I do agree with you on that one, it is prescribed way too often), then I would try psychotherapy. Only then, if you really don't see any results and you can't stand the depression or it keeps making your life difficult, I would try medication. That way you haven't just jumped to the last resort, you tried your options. It wouldn't be fair to deprive yourself of something that could really help you. That is what makes you stronger; accepting what you need.
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hey sweetie… you need 2 go see a therapist or someone who specializes in that.. i think you have OCD. it is nothing to be ashamed of. Try Prozac. Good Luck!
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Doesn't sound like OCD to mee….
I have that and sometimes I get really stressed but I think that is just Anixety…….