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gigglinJess

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How do you pick yourself up if you're feeling depressed?
 

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i usually turn the sadness to anger, listen to 'hit the floor' from Linkin Park's Meteora album and write hate poetry...
 

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i've been trying to tell people this for a long time.

The best way to cure depression is to watch 'To Catch a Predator'. The predicament those guys find themselves in is much worse than anything you're going through. That helps me.
 

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gigglinJess said:
How do you pick yourself up if you're feeling depressed?
Okay serious reply:

Be active and engage in some form of sport or physical exercise. Swimming and jogging are highly recommended.
Focus on the positives and do something you're good at (e.g. play a musical instrument, or engage in a particular recreational activity).
Intimate your feelings with friends and family.
 

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Walk around, do something fun, bludge
 

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you could also light a fart... lifts me up all the time
 

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The things that set off your endorhins are crying, laughing and exercise
I can recommend all three
Most of all - get some help
 

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SiN3m said:
i usually turn the sadness to anger, listen to 'hit the floor' from Linkin Park's Meteora album and write hate poetry...
I do this and then incessantly complain to anyone I can find using a LARGE amount of sarcasm. It helps me lighten up cause i would have been teasing people for the past hour.. and that's always fun :eek:
 

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Going to sound weird...
but i watch a mega sad movie e.g. moulin rouge, titanic, shawshank redemption etc.
cry my eyes out
and either a. go to sleep because i feel tired for crying and wake up all better
or b. once finished crying eyes out i feel considerably better and do what i will

Or.
I listen to sad music and moan in my own sadness until i feel like a complete loser, then stop.

...hope it helped somewhat..:)
 

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Just.Snaz said:
I do this and then incessantly complain to anyone I can find using a LARGE amount of sarcasm. It helps me lighten up cause i would have been teasing people for the past hour.. and that's always fun :eek:

^5 agreed
 

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when i am depressed i draw pictures of depressed people. or people who commit suicide but are smiling when they do it. if i'm angry i draw pictures of people dying. i guess its the closest i can get to doing it myself without any consequences
 

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I just go off and find something to do - sport, working, cooking, studying. Something to get absorbed in and distracted by.
Plus if you've made some achievement by the end of it, like a great meal, a huge cake, some $$, an assignment finished or whatever, you can have some modicum of pride in yourself.
 

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gigglinJess said:
How do you pick yourself up if you're feeling depressed?
Serious response: I take a nap / read a book / listen to music / talk about it.
Prozac can only help you so much.
 

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i try to get out to the gym/for a run
orrr
i put on disco music and dance hard

but normally i get pretty down and cant even be bothered to move...so..still working on it

DONT listen to sad songs. DONT watch sad movies.
 

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Crates said:
i've been trying to tell people this for a long time.

The best way to cure depression is to watch 'To Catch a Predator'. The predicament those guys find themselves in is much worse than anything you're going through. That helps me.
Guys, I'm going to emphasise my post. Trust me, it really works! :D
 

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