Part of the cure is changing your mindset. Hope this link helps.
http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/depression.html

I was jobless for 5 months before and hence, tasted depression. I remember shedding tears while I was sitting in my car waiting at a traffic light. Not a good place for anyone's mind to be in.

Stupid rite , all of a sudden without logical reason your confidence just plummets, all -ve thoughts rush in to choke you, and feel like the whole worlds burden is suddenly on your shoulders.

After that, I think each of us needs some strong, great and resilient principles embedded in our minds. These indomitable beliefs in our minds will stop us from dropping to a lower state, and instead is a solid weapon to overcome troubles and to beat them, instead of letting it beat us.

Also, Know and accept that depressions are just temporary.

This post has been edited by nlik: Jan 23 2008, 11:05 PM

Around like 4 to 5 months. Gradually lar. My case, managed to get a suitable job and that helped to boost and fight that low feeling. So gradually while starting to work again, it helped.

Initially it's like dragging 20 bucket's of water in the hot sun. but as you fight to move forward, more of the water spill out .

So it becomes easier to move faster as the buckets lose more water. Soon can walk normal as the buckets are emptied. Finally can run when the buckets are all empty! BUT don't stop too long because rain will surely fall again and buckets will fill with water.

Ah.. i just read from the same article that depressions is part of karma, cause and effect. Like a hukuman for something we all did in the past. So just bear with it lar, something like bayar hutang. After the period is over, then your debt is lighter.

So keep up your strength. It's only temporary! Don't lose to laziness.

This post has been edited by nlik: Jan 23 2008, 11:17 PM

Where got alone? So many thousands of people around the world also face depression.
Where got alone? U already live in this world for X amount of years, surely you know friends,relatives and friends mar.

Where got alone? Lowyat.net has a big red sign 100,000 members registered . Too bad.... no matter how it is, it's impossible to be alone if you are in a forum like this logically lar. Hence, you and the rest here are not alone. All of us are sitting on the same planet. In a way it's impossible to be 'Alone'.


Again, it's just yourself using those -ve words on yourself. I know it's hard to catch or realize, but it's good to start catching those words like a game. Games are fun rite? So start catching the Alone, Sad, F**K, D** words before they do more damage man.

I'm failur.. NO! But then always .... Yeah right, as if Lim Goh Tong never fail before.. Haih.... What Haih!, nothing to do izzit? got this list of things to complete, got that place to go some more wanna waste time ar. I will never win 1.. D*u, cannot win here got so many other contests outside there. Life still going on, means can still win 1 mar. haiya, no one cares about.. care,care ,care ... what care u expect when u keep quiet. Ppl are not pyschic ok, U already big man still wanna act like baby meh? But then hor.... walaue, enough la.. get out get out dun kacau me already u dumb, negative stuff.

And so the game went on in my head...Shoot it before it shoots you down. hahaa..

This post has been edited by nlik: Jan 24 2008, 01:44 AM

pinkish, JS5016 how is your progress so far? It's possible to start a journal on this forum. Useful to chart your improvements and motive you to move on.