hmmm,i dont think it's ok to be depressed.when one is depressed,there's always a tendancy to suffer from depression and it will affect people around u.my mum was diagnosed with having depression last year but thankGod she recovered in less than 1 year.i believe that it was my fault bcoz i was so depressed at the moment b4 my mum got depression.eventually,my mum couldnt stop worrying for me n she got depression.

TS,try to talk with your friends n family members as well.u need their support to be healthy again but of course everything still depends on you,the key is in your hand.hope u'll get well soon

i mean its normal to be depressed, as long as it is not chronic or anything.
just try not to be,
enjoy life, life is short.

to avoid depression, is to change thinking pattern into positive one

I will told u guys, what is depression lo...

Actually,u will felt loneliness even there are friends around u....

Those without depresssion won't feel loneliness even alone...

Ya, negative thinking will always come out even u try so hard to think positively !

Depression ,its not what u can easily control...

i think depression is all in the mind.

and due to environmental surroundings

it can be overcome with will powah

i think everyone suffer from depression whether its mild or serious ones...unless u dun have anything to worry about ,no money problem,no need to work,no family problem ...

Syd,

what is the name of this?

"feeling of being confine in small area, you feel frustrated/depressed.. and sometimes feels like vomit"

any one feel like this before?

I felt like this during my uni years.... in UK.. winter... too cold to go out, nothing to do, exam time and I spent 90% of the time in ROOM.... 10% in kitchen/bathroom/market place buyign groceries.....

P/S I have solution for my depression now... my daughter`s smile

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Added on October 3, 2010, 5:18 pmeasy for outsider to say....

another solution that I did was to stare at the blue sky or night sky.... it makes me think that I am so puny compared to the problem that I think was the world....

This post has been edited by Awakened_Angel: Oct 3 2010, 05:18 PM

omg, this is soo true. completely agree..

How to cope with person that's depressed?
I've been thinking long about this question, because I think my mum suffers from depression, just that she didn't realise. To be honest, she's affecting me, and I don't know what to do, and I think I'm getting depressed because of this too. any good advise?

That's very sweet! I hope I have that one day.

the solution to me is sleep
well it does not give out solution actually
but it help my mind thinking about the problem
maybe after u wake up ull come up with the solution
or maybe its just me

im also wondering
wasn't everyone suppose to fell depressed or by at least had suffer depressed once in their life?

Normally, depressed people also have INSOMIA problem. (difficulties sleeping)

Moon Yuen,

another thing u can do is joining religious activities. Church/temple/masjid, watever u wish.

Meet new frens, ppl n do a few things.

I have been into the situation.. My advise is Seek spiritual help.

Denial of Stress is a Stress.... It leads to depression.

my advise, get a good group of friends, do fun activities, play games, go out and watch comedies.

again, depression can be just a state of midn.

hi missceamypie,

you need to be by your mum's side whenever she's depressed. do not judge and do not ask her "not to think so much" (though this is the tendency for most ppl to advise depressed souls).

it is not their choice that they think too much ... being depressed it's not a choice either and depressed cannot help but be depressed for whatever reasons there are. as someone who knows the depressed victim, you just need to lend them your ears and heart because it is at this moment that they need someone whom they trust to listen to them and possibly console them.

try to understand what's causing her to be so depressed helps. most ppl who are depressed just want to release their tensed feelings to ease themselves... so listening and caring and understanding is the best help you can offer them

Here's an important questionnaire to determine once and for all whether u r depressed. And no, being depressed is not ok.

http://nwsamaritans.org/forms/Burns_Depression_Checklist.pdf

Go and make more friends.
Occurs when eg far away from home or loved ones . Those study overseas should be lonely so far from Malaysia
Most of time depression starts from loneliness and uncertainty