How to conqure depression?

Thread: Its No Longer Free

Meditate. Ask your higher power for peace of mind.
Don't come here too often.
Do pop in when you feel strong.

You will soon find that the key to happiness is having control over thoughts.

Take antidepressants. It's not a cop out, not going to turn you into a zombie or a sheeple. If you really are sick they will help you.

I can't tell you how much my life has changed for the better since going on them. I had made 2 suicide attempts earlier this year. Without the meds I would be dead by now and that's a fact. Life isn't perfect but I'm starting to feel like a real person again for the first time in many years.

Its seems less heroic and romantic than meditation or pulling yourself up by your bootstraps or even fish oil. I resisted the idea of antidepresants for so long because it seemed to invalidate and cheapen all my earlier efforts and even the nature of my suffering itself. But it works where those other things fail. And that's all that matters in the final analysis.

Antidepressants and psychotropic drugs have also contributed to many suicides and violent acts and coming off of these substances abrubtly or losing the ability to afford/obtain them can also have disastrous results.

I'm glad they worked for you but also understand these can be very dangerous and are not always recommended/beneficial for many individuals as well.

In my opinion they are more of a bandaid than anything and while they might provide some immediate support/aid for certain individuals, ultimately the goal should be to get off of them and restore your consciousness to a healthy state where you do not have to ingest chemicals to feel healthy/normal.

Go Vegan...