Life can feel meaningless when you’re doing nothing. So…

When you’re depressed and you feel useless and can’t get yourself to do any of the things you used to be good at and enjoy…. [...]

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Life is meaningless,pleasure is meaningless,work is meaningless. If…

How come a man with everything could write such negative ramblings? Maybe the existence of the book of Ecclesiastes can help us understood one source of depression. [...]

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Fragmented memories of being 17 coming up 18 and down

As a teenager I started to experience chronic depression. This is part of how it felt,and what I learned. [...]

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“I’m so pathetic I expect people to laugh at me”:that’s a good starting point

Some people are chatting

Some people are chatting. As you approach them you feel painfully self-conscious because they’re in a group and you’re on your own. You make a show of looking at your watch,and then speed up as if late for an appointment. Somehow walking faster feels better.

As you’re passing they [...]

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“You’ve shown me disrespect so we’re going to kill you.”

It turns out there are two contradictory types of ‘self esteem’[...]

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How do I feel today? I don’t know.

Is today a good day or a bad day? I guess it’s just a normal day. [...]

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Today’s news about antidepressants increasing chance of feeling suicidal for under 25s

This post links to the original stories and makes three important aspects clearer. [...]

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Should we be scared of schizophrenic people?

The media encourages us to lump together all people with schizophrenia as dangerous and to be locked up. This is seriously wrong. [...]

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Part 2 of:How to find a job that won’t damage your health

Here are some factors worth considering when choosing what type of job to do. [...]

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How to find a job that won’t damage your health

There are ways to make bad jobs less damaging to your physical and mental health,but better if you can to get a job that fits you better. [...]

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Does exercise improve mental health?

Regular gentle exercise may well improve your mood even if you’re clinically depressed. [...]

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What it feels like when major depression hits

For me depression rarely starts with feeling down. [...]

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Coping with lethargic down times like,er,now

Sometimes I make mistakes or the weather’s bad and I start to slide into lethargy (as opposed to severe depression). Here’s how I sometimes manage to climb back out of the shallow hole before I slide deeper. [...]

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Treatment by talking ?

How can words alone help someone with a mental illness or other problem? [...]

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The first few times depression hits:dazed and confused

The first few times clinical depression hits you’re likely to feel frightened and confused [...]

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