What are the best ways to move yourself on from depressive thoughts? When you see your life ahead of you as one in which you will never really be completely happy until the day you die, or it's too late.

Join a club? Get some new friends? What is the best way to stop internalising everything?

MY lil video for march 1st self injury awareness day
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I always find the weeks leading up to Christmas a hard time and am glad when it is over. I enjoy the day and we usually have a good time by going away for a few days afterwards but the period before and for a few weeks after brings out a load of difficult feelings.

I am sure others also feel this or something similar. If so what do you feel and what do you do to cope?

Alan

It is no wonder I am the black sheep of the family. Again I am going to be evicted. And this time the slum lord doesnt have to go to court as it is a week by week rent. I cant get the $150 up. And around here if you live on the streets you go to jail for vagrants. I can't wait I wont have to worry about anything. I can stay away from my family as I am useless to them. My sister and brother dont want me around anyway. I was always told if you treat others good and if you try to the right thing things work out. But that is wrong too. I am going to end up worse off than my mother did. Even though I kept trying. I will work today and then hopefully the feeling in my chest will put me where mom is. I am tired of trying to do right. I think maybe it will be better for everyone if I just lay it down. Sorry if I am bringing anyone down on this crappy christmas. It will not be my favorite holiday ever again. And I doubt if I ever will be the same after all this. I am going on 60 and am tired of trying. Sorry shouldnt bring you all down to. Forget it sorryagai

there is a piece of music which never fails to deliver you right into the arms of bliss...somehow i feel that music always helps, and to me its rock and roll and metal that help me come out of this dark abyss... its something i can turn to without feeling too ashamed about being interdependent. hmmm...is there something in your life that makes you feel this way too????

We’re told (I was told just this morning, as it happens) that low self esteem is often linked with depression.
‘You feel low because your self esteem is low, and your self esteem is low because you feel low’ said my friend.
Exactly.
But what no one has ever been able to explain to me satisfactorily is how to break out of that vicious circle.
If you don’t like yourself, inevitably it makes you feel bad.
But when you’re feeling bad anyway, it’s hard to like yourself.
The same person also commented on my smile.
I know I have a lovely smile. But when I don’t smile, I feel unattractive. And when I feel unattractive, I don’t feel happy.
So what is there to smile about?

Halloween Friday the weather is going to be in the 60's today and High 50's tonight. Kids will be out trick or treating. And I am off for the weekend and I am glad of that. Hope everything is all right with all of you. I am really tired for some reason. Why, I enjoy the walk to work better than the one going home is beyond me. But, maybe I am fresher in the morning than in the afternoon. I intend to catch up with everyone this evening or this weekend. Hope you all have a good weekending Halloween. Watch all that candy

Just came across this because I was looking for the weekend teaser. Not sure I should be here because I don't have anything positive to offer and all my negative crap is already on my own blog.
I think I've reached the point where unhappiness, loneliness and frustration are just a way of life and I don't see that there is any way of fixing that. Medication doesn't work, counselling doesn't work, I've tried it all, this is just how I am. Sometimes I can feel happy and good about life, but it is very hard to hold onto those thoughts.
I've been thinking about making a major change in my life, but even if it were feasible, I'm not sure it would really change anything, I would still be the same person with the same problems - and probably a few more too.
I don't know how to change who I am inside and that is really where the problem lies.
So, like I said, I probably shouldn't be here because I have nothing to offer anyone, too wrapped up in my own self-pity I guess. I dump everything onto my blog because I don't have anyone to share it with in the real world, or rather, because I don't think it's fair to inflict it on the people I could share it with.
the irony is that I have something really exciting to look forward to next week, and I know I will have a wonderful time, but I also know it won't last and I will be back in this place again.
Thanks for listening, and take care.